http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/08/google-translate-web-logs/ Adventures in web and mobile globalization Tue, 07 Feb 2012 18:38:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/08/google-translate-web-logs/comment-page-1/#comment-30779 John Yunker Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:16:32 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1957#comment-30779 Tony -- Thanks for pointing that out. I'll be on the lookout for an example where we have different hl, tt, and langpair codes. Tony — Thanks for pointing that out. I’ll be on the lookout for an example where we have different hl, tt, and langpair codes.

]]> http://www.globalbydesign.com/blog/2009/08/08/google-translate-web-logs/comment-page-1/#comment-30778 Tony Ruscoe Sun, 09 Aug 2009 15:11:39 +0000 http://www.globalbydesign.com/?p=1957#comment-30778 The "hl" parameter is actually the language of the interface in which the user is viewing Google Translate. It would probably be fairly safe to assume that the language code assigned to the "hl" parameter is therefore also the target language, but that's not always the case. What you should really be looking for is either a "tl" parameter (i.e. target language) or the "langpair" parameter. The “hl” parameter is actually the language of the interface in which the user is viewing Google Translate. It would probably be fairly safe to assume that the language code assigned to the “hl” parameter is therefore also the target language, but that’s not always the case. What you should really be looking for is either a “tl” parameter (i.e. target language) or the “langpair” parameter.

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