Option To Translate Page Missing, Translation Pop-up Doesn't Work
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In visiting a page in Russian the Translation Pop-up settings stated would be triggered did not work. So I right-clicked as translation is typically a context menu option. It wasn't. So I went to settings and typed 'Translation' and found only the option to set language preferences and the option to turn on or off the pop-up. The option for pop-up was set to true, btw. But it also said that the translation option could be manually triggered on any page. It just failed to say 'How' to manually trigger the option.
So I went through each option in the settings, then through each option in the ribbon (or Vivaldi button) menu and found: Translation is not in the File menu, nor Edit, View, Bookmarks, Tools (where it should have been, even if elsewhere it SHOULD have been here, too), Window, or Help menus.
Statistically speaking it takes 5 Good experiences to overcome 1 bad experience. Vivaldi has it's work cut out for it. -
@joeqpublic You should see a Translate icon in the URL field. Often, I found that a page refresh is needed to trigger this.
Offer to Translate Enabled
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Offer to Translate Disabled
The Translate Page option can be added to the context menu in Settings, Appearance, Menu Customisation, Web Page, Page, and dragging "Translate Page" from the Application Commands list onto the Context menu wherever you want it to be.
If the icon does not appear, this should enable translation. Again, a refresh of the page may be needed.
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@pesala Thanks! The icon was not present and the functionality was not invoked when the web page loaded. In fact, after multiple refresh and visiting several different similar pages, the translator eventually invoked a couple of times. It did not appear in the address bar until after being invoked. I greatly appreciate you taking the time to explain how to add it to the context menu. That put control in my hands and solved the issue. Thank you!
I must state for the record that the process to do that is by no means intuitive. Please understand what follows is not directed at you, and should in no way be perceived as an attack on you, the browser, or anyone or anything. It is simply my perspective describing how the current design model buries the immense functionality of the browser in a swamp of misdirection and confusion.
'Translation' is not an element of 'Appearance'. And menu functionality should not be considered an element of 'Appearance' either. I understand that menu items are 'visible', but if that is basis for assignment then isn't everything an element of 'Appearance'? Shouldn't passwords be under appearance, extensions, etc.. The ability to assign specific commands to a specific menu is a 'Tool'. That is where people are going to look for it. Translation is a 'Tool', that is where people are going to look for it. I also understand that desire to be different, unique. Vivaldi is those things. It is not necessary to throw away every universal expectation or recognized convention to establish the fact. Give people what they expect, then show them what you do better. Do not make them hunt and root out the tools to complete a basic online task. Make it easy on us to love you. Grudging admiration is not a basis for a long term relationship. Its only a basis for a summer fling, if that.. -
Translation appears to be on the blink. No icons appearing in the URL bar and when right clicking with automatic selection of language to translate from it isn't working. When changing it to Spanish to English the Spanish line says English to the right and the translation remains Spanish to Spanish.
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Context menu item "Translate Page" is missing in latest version.
Sorry, it is there. Just some arabic or jewish logic, copy from right side to the left. -
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