# Readonly mode for Google translate
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/readonly-mode-for-google-translate/32056
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [August 13, 2015, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/readonly-mode-for-google-translate/32056 "2015-08-13T07:54:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@rubo77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rubo77)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2015, 7:54am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/readonly-mode-for-google-translate/32056/1 "2015-08-13T07:54:47Z")
Is it possible to add a parameter to the url, so the online website google translator can translate a Discoure page?
This doesn’t work:
[https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=en&tl=de&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org%2Ft%2F-%2F32056&sandbox=1](https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=en&tl=de&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org%2Ft%2F-%2F32056&sandbox=1)
Is it possible to get a link with a translated page somehow else? in Firefox? without plugin?
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### Author:  [@riking](https://meta.discourse.org/u/riking)
#### Post date: [August 13, 2015, 10:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/readonly-mode-for-google-translate/32056/3 "2015-08-13T22:39:11Z")
The “translate to {language}” function built into Chrome works fine on Discourse IIRC.
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### Author:  [@rubo77](https://meta.discourse.org/u/rubo77)
#### Post date: [September 28, 2015, 7:16am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/readonly-mode-for-google-translate/32056/5 "2015-09-28T07:16:58Z")
> [@rubo77](#):
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> [Readonly mode for Google translate - Support - Discourse Meta](https://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=en&tl=de&u=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.discourse.org%2Ft%2Freadonly-mode-for-translator%2F32056&sandbox=1)
I found out, that that link works fine, if you disable javascript completely, so discourse seems to serve the javascript version to google translator
could you add a get-option to enable noscript view of a page?
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### Author:  [@ryantm](https://meta.discourse.org/u/ryantm)
#### Post date: [May 2, 2016, 6:16pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/readonly-mode-for-google-translate/32056/6 "2016-05-02T18:16:03Z")
@riking is right that the built in function works fine, but sometimes people use [https://translate.google.com/](https://translate.google.com/) and translating this thread to Chinese, for example, ends up looking quite empty:
> **[Readonly mode for Google translate](https://meta-discourse-org.translate.goog/t/readonly-mode-for-google-translate/32056?_x_tr_sl=en&_x_tr_tl=zh-CN&_x_tr_hl=en)**
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> Is it possible to add a parameter to the url, so the online website google translator can translate a Discoure page? This doesn’t work: ...
It also generates entries in the forum logs.