How to Add Google Translate in Blogger

Learn how to add and customize Google Translate in Blogger. Make your blog multilingual and reach a global audience easily.

Welcome to EmadulAi! Google Translate plugin is now stable!
Initially introduced as an experimental feature in v3.0.0, the Google Translate plugin has been fully stabilized starting from v3.2.0.

Customize Google Translate Widget

You can easily customize the Google Translate widget through your Blogger Layout settings.

  1. Go to Blogger Layout.
  2. Find the LinkList widget with the title Google Translate, if you have not renamed it.

Good to know: The language specified in Blog Settings will be considered as the Page Language.

System Language Option

The System Language feature can automatically select the language based on the visitor’s browser language, improving user experience for international audiences.

To add it in the language selection list:

  1. Create a new link or edit an existing link in the Google Translate widget.
  2. Set the Site Name as system and the Button Text as its Site URL.
  3. You can use # or custom_text in the Site URL to use the default text, i.e., System Language.

Default Language

When System Language is enabled, you can choose whether the Page Language or System Language should be used as the default for your visitors.

To set the default language:

  1. Create a new link or edit an existing link in the Google Translate widget.
  2. Set the Site Name as default.
  3. Use page or system as the Site URL to choose the default language accordingly.

Language List

To add a new language to the Google Translate language selection list, create a link with the language code as its Site Name and the language name as its Site URL. You can also use # or custom_text in the Site URL to use the default text.

Below is a list of available language codes along with their respective names:

Language Code Language Name
afAfrikaans
sqAlbanian
amAmharic
arArabic
hyArmenian
azAzerbaijani
euBasque
beBelarusian
bnBengali
bsBosnian
bgBulgarian
caCatalan
cebCebuano
zh-CNChinese (Simplified)
zh-TWChinese (Traditional)
coCorsican
hrCroatian
csCzech
daDanish
nlDutch
enEnglish
eoEsperanto
etEstonian
fiFinnish
frFrench
fyFrisian
glGalician
kaGeorgian
deGerman
elGreek
guGujarati
htHaitian Creole
haHausa
hawHawaiian
heHebrew
hiHindi
hmnHmong
huHungarian
isIcelandic
igIgbo
idIndonesian
gaIrish
itItalian
jaJapanese
jwJavanese
knKannada
kkKazakh
kmKhmer
koKorean
kuKurdish (Kurmanji)
kyKyrgyz
loLao
laLatin
lvLatvian
ltLithuanian
lbLuxembourgish
mkMacedonian
mgMalagasy
msMalay
mlMalayalam
mtMaltese
miMaori
mrMarathi
mnMongolian
myBurmese
neNepali
noNorwegian
nyChichewa
psPashto
faPersian
plPolish
ptPortuguese
paPunjabi
roRomanian
ruRussian
smSamoan
gdScots Gaelic
srSerbian
stSesotho
snShona
sdSindhi
siSinhala
skSlovak
slSlovenian
soSomali
esSpanish
suSundanese
swSwahili
svSwedish
tgTajik
taTamil
teTelugu
thThai
trTurkish
ukUkrainian
urUrdu
uzUzbek
viVietnamese
cyWelsh
xhXhosa
yiYiddish
yoYoruba
zuZulu
How to prevent a section from being translated?

To prevent an element from being translated by Google Translate, simply add a classname notranslate to it.

For an example, following element will not be translated:

<div class='notranslate'>
  <p>This paragraph will not be translated.</p>
</div>
Conclusion That’s all about adding the Add Google Translate in Blogger in your Blogger posts. We hope you found this guide helpful and easy to follow. Please feel free to share this article with others. If you face any issues or have any questions regarding any step, don’t hesitate to ask in the comment section. Thank you for reading!

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