Why use GTranslate with WordPress?

[Nick]

Hi Edvard and all,

Please excuse my ignorance with this question: I am using WordPress for my blog and was easily able to paste in the Google Translate code (http://translate.google.com/translate_tools) into my site and it worked. No fancy coding was required. I just pasted the code into the WP widgets section and I was able to specify exactly where I wanted Google Translate to appear on my site.

What I don't understand is the advantage of using GTranslate over the method that I used? In other words, why would a person want to use GTranslate in WordPress when the original Google Translate code works so well? Thanks in advance.

Sincerely,
Nick

[Edvard]

GTranslate covers the default translation method provided by translate.google.com. But it also makes it possible to have a nice look with language flags. It also can connect with Google Analytics and provide you analytics data about your clients interacting with the module.

It serves as a base for the Pro version, which enabled search engine indexing of your translated pages and manual translation editing.

[Nick]

Thanks for the explanation. I will give it a try.

Regards,
Nick