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I'm developing a web browser using C++ with QT Development framework which offers a webkit module as rendering engine, the browser i create have to translate every page it opens to certain language (Swahili to be specific), i figured that google chrome has that feature of detecting a visited page and prompt for translations, well i want to make my browser that way, n it should translate all pages with other languages on the fly, so how can i achieve that? is there a way or altenative please?..

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Short of writing a translation engine yourself, you're pretty much tied to Google's Translate API service. v2 is REST and is a paid service (1M characters for $20, which would get quite pricey if you're embedding it into a browser for public usage).

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thanks man, i'll figure how to write mine later on, i bet its tricky, is there any clue on that – BlacSko Bbk Woofer Aug 29 '11 at 11:29
I'd perhaps take a look at what the OTE (Open Translation Engine) team has done here: sourceforge.net/projects/ote as a starting ground. – Demian Brecht Sep 1 '11 at 19:26
Also, this paper (dei.unipd.it/~satta/publ/paper/inters.pdf) seems like it could be a good read on the topic. – Demian Brecht Sep 1 '11 at 19:27

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