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Joshooah Lovenkraft

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09-10-2009 19:32

Apparently in the latest Snowglobe Viewer version 1.2.0.2680, September 02, 2009, it has a built in translator that you can access via preferences>text chat where you should find a "chat language" drop down menu and a "translate chat" check box but it doesn't seem to appear for me. Anyone else give this a feature a go and any reviews on how well it works?

More details here: http://www.mydebitcredit.com/2009/09/09/second-life-does-translation/

edit: see Suezanne's links below for the correct build

I also quite like their new logo for Snowglobe:

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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09-10-2009 20:54

From: someone

Philip Linden commented on SNOW-93:
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OK here are links to latest builds. IMPORTANT: In this build the feature is off by default - you need to set preferences->text chat->translate text.

For the actual production release, my thinking is that we need to have this feature on by default if it is to have real impact, since noone would otherwise
know to search for the capability. Thoughts or suggestions on that front welcome.

Here's the public URLs for the autotranslate builds

Windows
http://secondlife.com/developers/opensource/downloads/2009/SNOW-93/Snowglobe_1-2-0-2680_Setup.exe

Mac
http://secondlife.com/developers/opensource/downloads/2009/SNOW-93/Snowglobe_1_2_0_2708_SNOWGLOBETESTBUILD.dmg

Linux
http://secondlife.com/developers/opensource/downloads/2009/SNOW-93/Snowglobe-i686-1.2.0.2708.tar.bz2

Perhaps you don't have the correct build.

Now where does one go in SL to find a place where people are chatting in Chinese?

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Joshooah Lovenkraft

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09-10-2009 20:59

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

Perhaps you don't have the correct build.

Now where does one go in SL to find a place where people are chatting in Chinese?

Hmmm I'm on the SLdev mailing list so I'm sure I installed the right one but let me give your links a go. I tried uninstalling and installing previously to no avail. I heard a few others had problems getting the translation stuff to show.

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Destiny Niles

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09-10-2009 21:33

I've installed in on two systems without any problems at all. You won't see the translation unless there other person is using another language and the client have to have the install language as something different than the one you are using. ie, with it not translate Spanish to another Spanish client, nor English to English, but it will do Spanish to English.
Also it only translate on the receiving client, so you cannot speak from English to Spanish, the other person must have the translator client to get the translation, if the speak Spanish to you it will translate it to English if that is your language.

Joshooah Lovenkraft

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09-10-2009 21:40

Yay your links seemed to work Suezanne. Merci beaucoup!

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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09-10-2009 21:58

Now where are the places one can go to find people chatting in non-English?

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Joshooah Lovenkraft

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09-10-2009 22:05

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

Now where are the places one can go to find people chatting in non-English?

I was about to try some of the non-English infohubs but it seems this build has messed up web based slurls in firefox. http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Inworld_Locations_for_Volunteers

Tried reassociating snowglobe in about:config in FF but doesn't seem to work ... argggh.

Web based slurls messed up for you Suezanne? I'm wondering if it's just on my end.

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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09-10-2009 22:09

Slurls are working here with that build.

If you are getting to the SLurl map, you can right click the "Teleport Now" button and copy the link and paste it into SL as a workaround.

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Joshooah Lovenkraft

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09-10-2009 23:05

well slurls seem to be working again. i'm just full of issues tonight!

There are some folks chatting in German at this info hub if you wanna lurk a bit like I did Suezanne http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berlin%20newBERLIN%203/184/97/35

I'll give it a better test tomorrow when I can catch up with some of my esl euro friends.

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SuezanneC Baskerville

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09-10-2009 23:07

In my Firefox, in Tools, Options, Applications, Secondlife is set to "Use Second Life (default)"

In XP, there's a registry setting, "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, secondlife, shell, open, command." which is currently set to

"C:\Program Files\Snowglobe\SnowglobeTestBuild.exe" --channel "Snowglobe Test Build" --settings settings_snowglobetestbuild.xml -url "%1"

quotes included.

That setting might be messed up.

=== oops too late ====

time to sleep

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Joshooah Lovenkraft

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09-10-2009 23:25

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

In my Firefox, in Tools, Options, Applications, Secondlife is set to "Use Second Life (default)"

In XP, there's a registry setting, "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, secondlife, shell, open, command." which is currently set to

"C:\Program Files\Snowglobe\SnowglobeTestBuild.exe" --channel "Snowglobe Test Build" --settings settings_snowglobetestbuild.xml -url "%1"

quotes included.

That setting might be messed up.

=== oops too late ====

time to sleep

Thanks! Got slurls working again somehow already.

Time for me to sleep as well but one thing I noticed is that it will translate my own chat if talk to myself like I often enjoy doing

[23:12] Joshooah Lovenkraft: bonjour mes amis (hello my friends)
[23:13] Joshooah Lovenkraft: comment vas tu aujourd'hui (how are you today)

As Destiny mentioned, it won't translate your chat back to the other person's default language unless they are also using this Snowglobe build but pretty handy and quite useful once it goes into the main viewer. It's not perfect by any means but it seems good enough to get across your point. It also translates chat from objects but doesn't seem to translate IMs. This will kinda suck for those that have developed translation devices though.

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Lindal Kidd

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09-11-2009 08:48

From: Joshooah Lovenkraft

...doesn't seem to translate IMs. ...

Drat. That would be the ONE best feature of a built in translator.

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Lee Ponzu

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09-11-2009 11:08

From: SuezanneC Baskerville

Now where are the places one can go to find people chatting in non-English?

Look for Czech, Turkish, Korean, Brazilian in search. Sure, there are a lot of others, but these I know of.

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Snowglobe Viewer with built in translator
Joshooah Lovenkraft Just Joshin' Join date: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 1,376	09-10-2009 19:32 Apparently in the latest Snowglobe Viewer version 1.2.0.2680, September 02, 2009, it has a built in translator that you can access via preferences>text chat where you should find a "chat language" drop down menu and a "translate chat" check box but it doesn't seem to appear for me. Anyone else give this a feature a go and any reviews on how well it works? More details here: http://www.mydebitcredit.com/2009/09/09/second-life-does-translation/ edit: see Suezanne's links below for the correct build I also quite like their new logo for Snowglobe: _____________________ Hello Avatard - Your Emporium of Fun Stuff In-world: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fordham/178/19/63 Xstreet: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=103499
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	09-10-2009 20:54 From: someone Philip Linden commented on SNOW-93: ----------------------------------- OK here are links to latest builds. IMPORTANT: In this build the feature is off by default - you need to set preferences->text chat->translate text. For the actual production release, my thinking is that we need to have this feature on by default if it is to have real impact, since noone would otherwise know to search for the capability. Thoughts or suggestions on that front welcome. Here's the public URLs for the autotranslate builds Windows http://secondlife.com/developers/opensource/downloads/2009/SNOW-93/Snowglobe_1-2-0-2680_Setup.exe Mac http://secondlife.com/developers/opensource/downloads/2009/SNOW-93/Snowglobe_1_2_0_2708_SNOWGLOBETESTBUILD.dmg Linux http://secondlife.com/developers/opensource/downloads/2009/SNOW-93/Snowglobe-i686-1.2.0.2708.tar.bz2 Perhaps you don't have the correct build. Now where does one go in SL to find a place where people are chatting in Chinese? _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Joshooah Lovenkraft Just Joshin' Join date: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 1,376	09-10-2009 20:59 From: SuezanneC Baskerville Perhaps you don't have the correct build. Now where does one go in SL to find a place where people are chatting in Chinese? Hmmm I'm on the SLdev mailing list so I'm sure I installed the right one but let me give your links a go. I tried uninstalling and installing previously to no avail. I heard a few others had problems getting the translation stuff to show. _____________________ Hello Avatard - Your Emporium of Fun Stuff In-world: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fordham/178/19/63 Xstreet: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=103499
Destiny Niles Registered User Join date: 23 Aug 2006 Posts: 949	09-10-2009 21:33 I've installed in on two systems without any problems at all. You won't see the translation unless there other person is using another language and the client have to have the install language as something different than the one you are using. ie, with it not translate Spanish to another Spanish client, nor English to English, but it will do Spanish to English. Also it only translate on the receiving client, so you cannot speak from English to Spanish, the other person must have the translator client to get the translation, if the speak Spanish to you it will translate it to English if that is your language.
Joshooah Lovenkraft Just Joshin' Join date: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 1,376	09-10-2009 21:40 Yay your links seemed to work Suezanne. Merci beaucoup! _____________________ Hello Avatard - Your Emporium of Fun Stuff In-world: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fordham/178/19/63 Xstreet: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=103499
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	09-10-2009 21:58 Now where are the places one can go to find people chatting in non-English? _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Joshooah Lovenkraft Just Joshin' Join date: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 1,376	09-10-2009 22:05 From: SuezanneC Baskerville Now where are the places one can go to find people chatting in non-English? I was about to try some of the non-English infohubs but it seems this build has messed up web based slurls in firefox. http://wiki.secondlife.com/wiki/Inworld_Locations_for_Volunteers Tried reassociating snowglobe in about:config in FF but doesn't seem to work ... argggh. Web based slurls messed up for you Suezanne? I'm wondering if it's just on my end. _____________________ Hello Avatard - Your Emporium of Fun Stuff In-world: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fordham/178/19/63 Xstreet: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=103499
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	09-10-2009 22:09 Slurls are working here with that build. If you are getting to the SLurl map, you can right click the "Teleport Now" button and copy the link and paste it into SL as a workaround. _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Joshooah Lovenkraft Just Joshin' Join date: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 1,376	09-10-2009 23:05 well slurls seem to be working again. i'm just full of issues tonight! There are some folks chatting in German at this info hub if you wanna lurk a bit like I did Suezanne http://slurl.com/secondlife/Berlin%20newBERLIN%203/184/97/35 I'll give it a better test tomorrow when I can catch up with some of my esl euro friends. _____________________ Hello Avatard - Your Emporium of Fun Stuff In-world: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fordham/178/19/63 Xstreet: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=103499
SuezanneC Baskerville Forums Rock! Join date: 22 Dec 2003 Posts: 14,229	09-10-2009 23:07 In my Firefox, in Tools, Options, Applications, Secondlife is set to "Use Second Life (default)" In XP, there's a registry setting, "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, secondlife, shell, open, command." which is currently set to "C:\Program Files\Snowglobe\SnowglobeTestBuild.exe" --channel "Snowglobe Test Build" --settings settings_snowglobetestbuild.xml -url "%1" quotes included. That setting might be messed up. === oops too late ==== time to sleep _____________________ - So long to these forums, the vBulletin forums that used to be at forums.secondlife.com. I will miss them. I can be found on the web by searching for "SuezanneC Baskerville", or go to http://www.google.com/profiles/suezanne - http://lindenlab.tribe.net/ created on 11/19/03. Members: Ben, Catherine, Colin, Cory, Dan, Doug, Jim, Philip, Phoenix, Richard, Robin, and Ryan -
Joshooah Lovenkraft Just Joshin' Join date: 28 Dec 2007 Posts: 1,376	09-10-2009 23:25 From: SuezanneC Baskerville In my Firefox, in Tools, Options, Applications, Secondlife is set to "Use Second Life (default)" In XP, there's a registry setting, "HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT, secondlife, shell, open, command." which is currently set to "C:\Program Files\Snowglobe\SnowglobeTestBuild.exe" --channel "Snowglobe Test Build" --settings settings_snowglobetestbuild.xml -url "%1" quotes included. That setting might be messed up. === oops too late ==== time to sleep Thanks! Got slurls working again somehow already. Time for me to sleep as well but one thing I noticed is that it will translate my own chat if talk to myself like I often enjoy doing [23:12] Joshooah Lovenkraft: bonjour mes amis (hello my friends) [23:13] Joshooah Lovenkraft: comment vas tu aujourd'hui (how are you today) As Destiny mentioned, it won't translate your chat back to the other person's default language unless they are also using this Snowglobe build but pretty handy and quite useful once it goes into the main viewer. It's not perfect by any means but it seems good enough to get across your point. It also translates chat from objects but doesn't seem to translate IMs. This will kinda suck for those that have developed translation devices though. _____________________ Hello Avatard - Your Emporium of Fun Stuff In-world: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Fordham/178/19/63 Xstreet: https://www.xstreetsl.com/modules.php?name=Marketplace&MerchantID=103499
Lindal Kidd Dances With Noobs Join date: 26 Jun 2007 Posts: 8,371	09-11-2009 08:48 From: Joshooah Lovenkraft ...doesn't seem to translate IMs. ... Drat. That would be the ONE best feature of a built in translator. _____________________ It's still My World and My Imagination! So there. Lindal Kidd
Lee Ponzu What Would Steve Do? Join date: 28 Jun 2006 Posts: 1,770	09-11-2009 11:08 From: SuezanneC Baskerville Now where are the places one can go to find people chatting in non-English? Look for Czech, Turkish, Korean, Brazilian in search. Sure, there are a lot of others, but these I know of. _____________________ So many monkeys, so little Shakespeare.

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