I do not know why, but "cincyweb" sent me the response directly to my email instead of posting it here. Here is a copy of the message:
> Go to http://cincinnati-oh.gov and click on the Translate link at the > bottom right of the page. From there you will see the Google > Translator. This does not happen all the time, but click on a > language and then click on another language. You should see the > error. I tried it, and yes, it looks like a Google error. Essentially, the translate tool is embedded into the translated page. So when you click it a second time, it attempts to translate the translation, instead of the original. My advice is to forget about the URL translate tool, and use the translate API library directly: http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/ It will take a few days to learn how to use the API properly, but in the long run, it will be time well-spent. If, however, you do not want to invest the time, I suggest you just modify the script part of the tool to check the target URL first to make sure it is your own (not in the Google domain), and simply do nothing when it is not. In other words, the translated page should not even offer the translation tool. Of course, since this error is likely to happen repeatedly to people who simply copy / paste the code as instructed by Google, it really behooves Google to correct this. They could do it simply by adding the check I described above into the code they supply for people to use with their tool. I suspect that this would be much easier than changing the code on the translation servers. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "General" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general?hl=en.
