Archive for February, 2010

I use the Google tool bar.  The other day I was on a WordPress plug-in site and it was in some Viking language and I needed it translated.  So I enabled the Translate tool thinking I could click on the translate button and have the entire page translated.  Nope, that’s not how it works.  You have to hover your mouse over the word you want translated and a little Javascript window appears with translations.  Lame. 

Anyhoo, it wasn’t the solution I was looking for so I turned the button off, but the fucker kept translating.  Extremely annoying.  However, I figured out how to turn it off.  Thought you might like to know if you’re having the same issue.

1. Go back into the toolbar options by right-clicking on a blank spot on the toolbar or by clicking the little wrench icon.
2. Click on Tools in the menu on the left and locate the Translate thingy.  See that disabled Edit link?  That’s the source of the problem.
   
3. Check the checkbox to the left of Translate to get the Edit link to activate.  Click on the now active Edit link.
4. See the problem?  Those checkboxes are still clicked and active.  Apparently, unchecking the Translate checkbox only hides the button from the toolbar, but any checked options are still active.
   
5. So uncheck all three of those boxes and save.  That should disable it.  Bob’s you uncle.