Website Translation

Choose a language below for instructions on how to translate website pages and documents.
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Translate This Site Quickly

In a hurry? Use this translation tool to view gpsbulldogs.org and toggle to your preferred language. Though this tool provides quick translation, certain design elements may not display as intended.
 
For the best experience, we recommend using your browser’s built-in translation feature. Read the directions below.
 

Translate This Site in Your Browser

All modern browsers can now translate websites! Translating in your browser is the best way because it does not rely on widgets or embeds.
 
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Browsers can auto-detect your preferred language settings and will frequently offer to translate when you visit a website in a different language. Clicking on the prompt that appears will enable the content to be translated to your preferred language. The pop-up on our website typically looks like this image.
 
Since our district website is primarily in English, users and staff who have English set as their preferred language will not receive a translation pop-up.
 

Update Language Preferences and Translate Pages

Though browsers auto-detect your language, you can manually override any detection inaccuracies. Outlined below are steps on how to set up your preferred language and how to translate websites on different browsers.
 
Change your preferred language for translations
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. At the top right, select More More icon and then Settings.
  3. On the left, select Languages.
  4. Under “Google Translate,” select Translate into this language.
  5. Select the language that you want from the language list.
Translate pages in Chrome
  1. On your computer, open Chrome.
  2. Go to a page you want to translate.
  3. On the right of the address bar, select Translate google translate icon.
    1. You can right-click anywhere on the page and select Translate to [Language].
  4. Select your preferred language.
    1. If Translate doesn’t work, refresh the page.
Configure installed languages
  1. On your computer, open Firefox.
  2. Select More more icon, and then Preferences or Settings.
  3. Scroll down to Language and Appearance settings.
  4. Under Translations, select from the list the languages you wish to have available for in-browser translation and click Install.
    1. The first time you translate from/to a language, it gets automatically installed in your device, so, you may see some languages already installed when accessing these settings.
Translate pages in Firefox
  1. On your computer, open Firefox.
  2. Go to a page you want to translate.
  3. Click the translation icon firefox translation icon in the toolbar or select Translate page from More more icon
    1. Firefox detects the page language automatically. To change it, use the top dropdown menu.
  4. Select your desired translation language from the bottom dropdown menu.
    1. To change desired translation language, use the dropdown menu.
  5. Click Translate.
Configure languages
  1. On your computer, open Edge.
  2. Select More ..., and then Settings.
  3. Select Language from the list in the right.
  4. Click Add Languages, select from the list the languages you wish to have available for in-browser translation and click Add.
Translate pages in Edge
  1. On your computer, open Edge.
  2. Go to a page you want to translate.
  3. Click the translation icon Edge translate icon in the address bar.
    1. Edge detects the website's language automatically. The option to translate may open without clicking.
  4. Select your desired translation language from the dropdown menu.
  5. Click Translate.
Safari uses the system language to set the browser language.
 
Set System Language
  1. Open System Preferences.
  2. Select Languages & Region.
  3. Under Preferred Languages, click the + icon and select your preferred language(s).
Translate pages in Safari
  1. On your computer, open Safari.
  2. Go to a page you want to translate.
  3. Click the translation icon safari translate icon in the address bar.
  4. Click Translate.

Translate Documents

Google Translate is useful for translating text, images, Word documents, PDFs and websites.

Guide to Exporting Google Docs as Word for Translation

  1. Open the Google Doc you want to translate.
  2. On a computer: Click File > Download > Microsoft Word (.docx).
    On a mobile device: Tap the three dots (more options) > Share & export > Save as Word (.docx).
  3. Go to Google Translate's Documents tab.
  4. Upload the Word file.
  5. Choose your target language.
  6. Click Translate.