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Add google translate to your website

How to add google translate to web page

Step 1: Add link to html head

<script
   type="text/javascript"
   src="//translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit"
/>

step 3: Add html element where google translate select dropdown will be shown

 <div id="google_translate_element" />

Step 2: Instantialize google translate in a js file link to the page

function googleTranslateElementInit() {
  new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en'}, 'google_translate_element');
}

Step 3 (optional): Style widget

.goog-te-gadget  {
  display: flex;
  align-items: center;
  justify-content: flex-end;
  /* font-size: .5rem !important; */
  font-size: 1rem !important;
  margin-right: 3rem;
  color: white;

}
.goog-te-banner-frame {
  display: none;
}
#goog-gt-tt, .goog-te-spinner-pos {
  display: none !important;
}
.goog-te-gadget select {
  display: inline-block;
  /* background-color: red; */
  border-radius: 0px;
  padding: .7rem 1rem;
  margin-right: 1rem;
  font-size: 1.2rem;
  color: black;
  background:#EDF2F7;
  background-image: url('data:image/svg+xml;charset=US-ASCII,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%22http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%22%20width%3D%22292.4%22%20height%3D%22292.4%22%3E%3Cpath%20fill%3D%22%23000000%22%20d%3D%22M287%2069.4a17.6%2017.6%200%200%200-13-5.4H18.4c-5%200-9.3%201.8-12.9%205.4A17.6%2017.6%200%200%200%200%2082.2c0%205%201.8%209.3%205.4%2012.9l128%20127.9c3.6%203.6%207.8%205.4%2012.8%205.4s9.2-1.8%2012.8-5.4L287%2095c3.5-3.5%205.4-7.8%205.4-12.8%200-5-1.9-9.2-5.5-12.8z%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E');
  background-repeat: no-repeat;
  background-position: right .7em top 50%;
  background-size: .65em auto
}

.goog-te-gadget a {
  margin-left: 1rem;
  font-size: .5rem !important;
  display: inline-block;
}

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