google translate attribution

raakvlak

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Mar 26, 2009, 1:26:34 PM3/26/09

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i'm a bit confused by the google attribute guidelines.

when implementing a google translate on a site, when and how is google
attribution required / expected / best done ?

next to / near to the "translate this" element or on the translated
page ?
if on the translated page, where ? at the top or at the bottom of the
translated text?

the terms at http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/terms.html only
refer to search results. making the analogy to translation, they seem
to suggest that attributing after translation is enough.

am i right?

Ben Lisbakken

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Mar 27, 2009, 4:32:09 PM3/27/09

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Hey Raakvlak --

If there's a box for users to enter data for translation, we request
the attribution next to that box (like search boxes). If there's no
text entry area but there is a "Translate this" button, attribution
should go there. Otherwise, attribution is only necessary near the
translated text.

Thanks,
Ben

raakvlak

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Mar 28, 2009, 4:44:25 AM3/28/09

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Ben, thanks.

The idea is to have a "translate to" followed by a popup to select the
language

attribution at the end of the translated text, is that ok?

Jim

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Mar 28, 2009, 8:29:24 PM3/28/09

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Ben,

The website I'm developing may have more than one, in some cases many,
pieces of translated text per page. I'm assuming (hoping!) that I
don't have to do attribution by each piece, but that one prominent
attribution per page is sufficient. It is clear from the page context
what is translated and what isn't.

Does this approach sound OK to you?

Thanks in advance,

Jim Renkel

Ben Lisbakken

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Mar 30, 2009, 10:42:25 AM3/30/09

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Raakvlak --

Yes, that is good. And you can use this for reference:
http://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/documentation/#Branding

-Ben

Ben Lisbakken

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Mar 30, 2009, 10:43:23 AM3/30/09

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Jim --

Correct, you do not need to put "Powered by Google" everywhere on your
page, you only need to use it once :)

-Ben

Jim

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May 21, 2009, 7:44:50 PM5/21/09

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Ben,

I finally got my web-site up and running. Could you look at it and
verify that it is OK on attribution?

It's at http://twxlate.com. It's a mash-up of twitter and Google
translation that essentially allows users to tweet in the 40+
languages supported by Google translate.

I would also appreciate any comments that you have on the site.

Thanks in advance,

Jim Renkel

On Mar 30, 9:43 am, Ben Lisbakken <lisba...@google.com> wrote:
> Jim --
>
> Correct, you do not need to put "Powered by Google" everywhere on your
> page, you only need to use it once :)
>
> -Ben
>
> On Mar 28, 5:29 pm, Jim <james.ren...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Ben,
>
> > The website I'm developing may have more than one, in some cases many,
> > pieces of translated text per page. I'm assuming (hoping!) that I

> > don't have to doattributionby each piece, but that one prominent
> >attributionper page is sufficient. It is clear from the page context

> > what is translated and what isn't.
>
> > Does this approach sound OK to you?
>
> > Thanks in advance,
>
> > Jim Renkel
>
> > On Mar 27, 3:32 pm, Ben Lisbakken <lisba...@google.com> wrote:
>
> > > Hey Raakvlak --
>
> > > If there's a box for users to enter data fortranslation, we request

> > > theattributionnext to that box (like search boxes). If there's no

> > > text entry area but there is a "Translate this" button,attribution

> > > should go there. Otherwise,attributionis only necessary near the

> > > translated text.
>
> > > Thanks,
> > > Ben
>
> > > On Mar 26, 10:26 am, raakvlak <rene.beek...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > i'm a bit confused by the google attribute guidelines.
>
> > > > when implementing a google translate on a site, when and how is google

> > > >attributionrequired / expected / best done ?

>
> > > > next to / near to the "translate this" element or on the translated
> > > > page ?
> > > > if on the translated page, where ? at the top or at the bottom of the
> > > > translated text?
>
> > > > the terms athttp://code.google.com/apis/ajaxlanguage/terms.htmlonly

> > > > refer to search results. making the analogy totranslation, they seem