Google No Longer Offers the Google Translate Website Translator (2024)

FAQs

Why can't i translate a website on Google Translate? ›

Try refreshing the webpage. If it's still not working, right-click anywhere on the page. Then, click Translate to [Language].

The Google Translate website widget rose back from the ashes after being discontinued to aid webmasters who need to translate their content quickly to raise awareness and fight the spread of COVID-19, at the beginning of the pandemic.

In 2019, the Google Website Translator widget was discontinued for most users; however, it remained available for non-commercial organizations. On October 1, 2023, ITHAKA retired the Google Website Translator widget from its sites.

DeepL is one of the best Google Translate alternatives for people who really value accuracy, especially when it comes to grasping context and local idioms. DeepL offers an API that you can use to automatically translate your website, as well as a web interface and apps to translate text content or text files (like .

Google Translate adds more adaptive features, new contextual translation options and a fresh redesign to make accessing Translate more helpful. AI has helped power some of our biggest advancements in translation in the years since we've launched Google Translate.

In November 2016, Google transitioned its translating method to a system called neural machine translation. It uses deep learning techniques to translate whole sentences at a time, which has been measured to be more accurate between English and French, German, Spanish, and Chinese.

Over the past year, Google has added more languages to its translation tool, including in offline mode. Now, it's bringing context to translation results to help you understand local idioms, turns of phrase and words with multiple meanings.

Translate websites

In your browser, go to Google Translate. At the top, click Websites. We recommend setting the original language to “Detect language.” In the “Website,” enter a URL.

The upcoming feature in the Circle to Search tool, will not even require users to draw a circle on the screen. Instead, the users have to long-press the home button or navigation bar and look for a translation icon. When activated, the feature will translate the entire screen with one long press.

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What is a better option than Google Translate? ›

Amazon Translate is a neural machine translation service that delivers fast, high-quality, and affordable language translation. Amazon Translate allows you to easily translate large volumes of text efficiently, and to localize websites and applications for international users.

DeepL is more accurate but more expensive and limited in language selection compared to Google Translate, making it a better choice for budget-conscious users or those requiring translation in non-English languages.

So assuming that the page in question is in a popular language, there must be something in the sequence of text characters that is confusing the CLD which either does not know what language the page is using or it thinks is using a language that Google does not know how to translate.