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I have a web app that is in queens engrish but the chrome translate bar pops up and tells me that its in Estonian.

I have tried lang and xml:lang but the google translation bar seems to ignore these.

Note: The web application is totally Ajax and the content that causes the bar to pop up is dynamic content that can appear long after the page load. So perhaps I have to add a header to my Ajax responses??

Anyone ever had issues like this?

Guido

Gary - Stand with Ukraine
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gatapia
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  • I'm also having this exact problem, except the language is "Galician." Did you ever find a solution? – darvelo Oct 31 '11 at 23:30

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I would just add a lot of text in the about section or in a hidden div, or something like that - your browser may need some more text to correctly define a language. You're not the first one to have this problem.

They said you could avoid translation by doing this:

<body class="notranslate">

or:

<meta name="google" content="notranslate" />

But have a look yourself :)

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Maxime Kjaer
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I know this doesn't answer your question, but you could add Estonian as one of your preferred languages, then Chrome wouldn't offer to translate it for you.

This google language detection code might help you identify where the problem is.

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  • I know how to disable the chrome bar in my browser. I want to make sure it does not pop up on other peoples browsers when using this app. – gatapia Aug 25 '10 at 00:34