When you visit a website in English, German, French, Chinese or other languages of the world, browsers such as Google Chrome and Internet Explorer bring up a notification asking if you want to translate that page into Italian. Personally, I found that notification always uncomfortable and annoying, therefore, my opinion is to disable the automatic translation of websites as it is not always useful (think for example of applications or image sites where translations only make a mess).
Instead of installing special extensions or plugins that weigh down the browser, it is better to use, to translate websites on the fly, instantly, a bookmarklet or a button to put on the bookmarks bar that starts the translation quickly and that works on all browsers .
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Google Translate is certainly the most popular among online translation services, but there are others that are less well known and equally good.
Google Translate offers an automatic and immediate translation system not only for texts, Word and PDF documents but also for websites.
As I think it is known, every time Google searches for something, if there are results from foreign sites, a quick link appears to do the translation of the web page.
Furthermore, with Google Translate, a Google Translate bookmarklet can be installed on the browser which, if pressed, starts the instant translation of the web page in Italian or in other chosen languages.
The bookmarklet is a piece of code that should be put as if it were a favorite site.
On the Google Translate page, you must then choose your preferred language and then, click on it while holding down the left mouse button and drag the link on the bookmarks bar at the top.
If the bookmarks bar is not displayed, press the key combination CTRL-Shift-B .
Alternatively, you can right-click on the link on the bookmarklet page to add it to your favorites.
Whenever you visit a foreign site, you can translate it into Italian by pressing on the bookmarklet.
Depending on the frequency of use, it is recommended to place it clearly visible in the browser.
Even the online translation service Bing Transle has published its bookmarklet to add as if it were a site on the bookmarks bar to have a quick button and translate web pages written in other languages .
It works more or less like Google Translate, automatically detects the original language with which the content is written and translates it into one of the supported languages, including Italian.
Before installing it, you need to select the language you want the translations for and then drag
the bookmarklet (by clicking on the word translate ) on the bookmark bar.
The original text is displayed on the page when you move the mouse over a translated phrase.
To return to the original language version just click the X on the translator bar.
Unlike Google Translate, Microsoft Translator leaves the external links of the pages intact, which is very useful when you have to download something (with Google the links are opened already translated and if they are downloads they don't work).
I recommend putting both translation bookmarklets in your favorites bar or bookmarks because sometimes, with some sites, one of the two may not work.
If you like bookmarklets, I remember, in another article, the best bookmarklets to enhance the browser and add fast action keys .
