Hello,

I've inserted the code for Google Translate (which is a great thing,
BTW) into my website.

For a while everything was fine, but since a few days the translate
bar shows up on top of my page, no matter what I do. The language
attribute of my pages is "de-AT" (I'm Austrian), the code contains
pageLanguage: 'de'. But still it shows the annoying bar everytime I
navigate to another page of my site. To close it on one page doesn't
prevent it from showing up even after a reload of the same page.

It would be fine to have a parameter, which prevents the bar from
showing up generally (translateBar: 'no'), since the dropdown field is
already visibly in the page. Why this additional bar then?

Thank you in advance,
Heinz

I've disabled the whole translate tool, since if it bugs me, then it
will bug my visitors, too.

Sorry to do this, since it generally is a good idea. I hope you come
up with a feature to give the webmaster the possibilty to just hide
the translate bar.

Heinz

I have the same problem, it's terribly annoying. The web is full with
complaints like this and I am hoping, day after day, that Google wakes
up and adjusts the code for Google Translate so as not to show this
dropdown automatically. Maybe today?!!

Tomáš

On Oct 19, 7:58 am, Heinz wrote:

To be absolutely clear: this happens when you install
http://translate.google.com/translate_tools and the language of your
page is (detected) different as that of your browser. This is a faulty
logic though as I speak and read many different languages despite the
fact that I have an English-language browser / OS installed.

I turned off translation altogether from Google Toobar but this code
still manages to produce a very annoying blue dropdown bar that moves
all my pages downwards.

This dropdown toolbar should NOT be automatic for people who install
the code from http://translate.google.com/translate_tools -- the code
provides a dropdown of languages, so why does the blue translation bar
appear in addition to that?

Tomáš

On Nov 7, 12:12 pm, Vacilando wrote:

I have the same problem (with simple language attribute "cs"), I have
sent feedback to the Google just now:

I have tried to include google web translator into my new website
(being developed just now), http://novy1.adamek.cz
I have Firefox 3,5 (impossible to choose this version in this feedback
form).

I have czech Windows XP, I have czech Firefox.
My website is full of czech text, there are 3 attributes language "cs"
in XHTML code (via 3 various ways), additionaly in parameter of code
of google translator is "cs" too.

But always I load page, there is immediately automatically opened
banner "Do you wish to translate this page into the Czech?". It is
annoying and making the website unusable.

I am not only webmaster, who has this problem. This problem have more
people.
Check Your discussion board:
http://groups.google.com/group/google-translate-general/browse_thread...

How to switch off that automatic bar in the top of my page? (or, how
to explain him, that my page already IS in the Czech?)

I am looking forward to fast answer and solution of that problem,
disallowing comfortable using of sites equipped by your translator.

regards

Martin Adamek
adamek.cz
cell tel. +420 ....

BTW... your automatically suggested code for including into a web site
is invalid for XHTML 1,1 , so I had to repair it for using in the my
code.

On 19 říj, 12:58, Heinz wrote:

yeah, this automatic bar is terrible and makes this tool not
usable !!!!!!!!!!

Here's a way to turn off the automatic bar: http://vacilando.net/node/264726

Until Google fixes the problem in their own system I don't think there
is any other way to use the translation widget for websites with multi-
lingual content.

Hi all,

There are a number of issues in this thread, so I'm going to start by
addressing Heinz's original issue.

Heinz,
It sounds to me your page is in German, and you've appropriately
specified "pageLanguage:de", correct?
And your browser, is in German also?  Or English?

When it prompts you, does it prompt to translate into English?

The easiest way to turn the auto prompting off, is to click the button
that says "Never translate <language>" button on the right hand side
of the banner.

Does that solve your problem, or am I missing the issue?

Cheers,
Josh

On Feb 13, 1:16 pm, Vacilando wrote:

<style type="text/css">iframe.goog-te-banner-frame { display:none !
important; }</style>
<style type="text/css">body {position: static !important; top: 0 !
important;}</style>
will remove the header top bar

On Jan 4, 8:25 pm, mateusz wrote: