There's a new tool on Codetown that lets you translate the entire site to different languages. Give it a try! You will see it on the righthand column. Hope this helps all you non-English as a first language people. All the best, Michael

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Comment by Michael Levin on February 20, 2012 at 7:56am

I used Google Translate - actually, I saw it used on this site (which I love, incidentally) and I wanted to use the buttons, but I haven't found the code for it yet. Badr of MoroccoJUG says it works, but with mistakes. I use Google Translate all the time from French to English and back for the Africans. 

Comment by David Moskowitz on February 20, 2012 at 7:41am

Mike,

how did you set this up. is it a widget on ning?

I've used Microsoft's translator on another ning site and I don't think it is very good.

Thanks

Happy 10th year, JCertif!

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