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The state of Oregon has added automatic language translation options to its website. This news was announced by The Oregon Department of Administrative Services last week. The state’s official website is now supported by Google Translate which provides visitors with the ability to translate the content of the site into 25 languages apart from English. The languages are Italian, French, German, Chinese (simplified and traditional), Japanese, Arabic, Spanish, Russian, Danish, Dutch, Filipino, Finnish, Greek, Hindi, Norwegian, Malay, Persian, Korean, Portuguese, Swahili, Swedish, Vietnamese, Thai and Ukrainian.
Those who visit Oregon.gov will find a “drop-down” box labeled “Select Language” at the upper right corner in all pages. A user who is unable to read the default language which is English can choose from the 25 languages provided in the drop down box. Selecting the desired language will instantly produce the translated version of the page.
Oregon’s e-government manager Wally Rogers said on the occasion of the announcement that this feature had been added taking into account the fact that the State had a substantial population of non-English speakers who could not use the online resources available on the website because of language differences. The automatic translation option would not only allow such residents to understand and take advantage of the information presented on the website but it would also allow the government to reach out to more people. Moreover, with the help of Google Translate the state government was able to translate more than 40,000 pages without spending any money.
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