TRANSLATION

[+CULLY CLOMPERS]

Hi

 

We are off to Austria this year & want to do some caching. Is there anyway to translate the pages? I have selected English in the top right hand corner, but that doesn't translate the descriptions. I can use google translate to copy & paste but that will only work for the ones we choose before we go. Any advice would be great. Thanks

Cully Clompers

[+CaveBadgerMan]

If you use Google chrome there is a add-on that can translate the page for you when you open it.

[+BCNorwich]

Hi, You can addon translators in FireFox as well I use IM Translator

[jri]

We are off to Austria this year & want to do some caching. Is there anyway to translate the pages? I have selected English in the top right hand corner, but that doesn't translate the descriptions. I can use google translate to copy & paste but that will only work for the ones we choose before we go. Any advice would be great. Thanks

Cully Clompers

 

I use the Google Chrome browser to look at foreign caches, as it normally offers to translate web pages automatically when it detects a foreign language. As you've probably discovered, the language selector on Geocaching.com only changes the language the website's menus and messages appear in, not the cache descriptions. This can still be useful though: if Chrome doesn't detect the language of a cache description, setting the whole website to German (for Austria) should prompt Chrome to start trying to translate everything back into English.

 

If you're using http://translate.google.com/ already, another tip is that you can enter URLs into the translation boxes, rather than copying and pasting the text from the cache description. This will let you browse through a translated version of geocaching.com, and should work on any browser, not just Chrome.

 

Unfortunately, I'm not aware of a method of automatically translating the contents of GPX files, so if you haven't got an internet connection when you're abroad, it looks like you need to start planning where to go now! At least these days plenty of places have free wifi!

[+Calypso62]

Wow!! I didn't know that about Chrome. That will come in handy on my next overseas trip!

[+CULLY CLOMPERS]

Thanks for your help everyone, will try using chrome. many thanks

 

Cully clompers

[+londontavern]

I use - FireFox - GreaseMonkey - Gtranslate for simple and easy to use translation.

 

Not only for the cache description but in particular the hint and the logs.

 

I then use GSAK - decrypt and translate the hint etc and then place into Cache Notes, this will now appear as the first log when loaded (via gpx) to a paperless GPS or onto a smart phone app'.

 

Some Multi's also give you a good 'mini-tour' but I would only do one if it has already been been translated or translates really well (print them out).

 

I also use GSAK to grab any (spoiler) images and send them to my gps (etrex30) via a macro as it can deal with them, or if not print any 'useful' spoiler images out.

 

If you have an android smart phone you could also download the gtranslate app' and then an associated offline dictionary (german in this case).

 

Used with C:Gxx (on the phone), if you hold your finger over a foreign piece of text it will give you the option to open in another browser or gtranslate, I've found this useful once or twice

 

I do this for all of the countries that we visit.

 

It's all a bit convoluted but nevertheless has made our geocaching abroad all a bit more easier and much more enjoyable.

 

By the way we have also attended some local events when on holiday and found them pretty fun and interesting.

[BOBBLES WORLD TOUR]

Not as indepth as londontavern's way but,I use a basic Android app - "Offline Dictionaries"

This allows multiple languages, but I only use it for hints.

It has helped in the past but is just a word here and there. Not whole texts.