Request for Russian support

[maratnugmanov]

So the Cyrillic range regex (in line with your code) would be /[\u0400-\u052F]/g

This covers all Cyrillic characters and is usually used to target Cyrillic languages. Code for russian language is probably ru-RU, sometimes it is ru-KZ but like most of the time it's ru-RU no matter the specific country.

This range can also be used for many other languages although I am not really interested in them since I am not such a polyglot :D

Thanks dude I hope you'll find some time to implement that. If not, well, at least your Chinese friends are the lucky ones, cheers!

[wa008]

Sorry for the late response.
Russian is supported on 1.1 version, I uploaded into chrome store and waiting for review.

[wa008]

You can download and try to use in release page before finished review of chrome store.

[maratnugmanov]

Sorry to get back to you so late. The good news first - looks like it works, good job and thanks for the implementation! The bad part is it only works when Google Translate interface is in English. Which means I need to have global Google Account language changed to English, which is not convenient if you work with localized units in other Google apps.

Any chance the logic could run locale independent? Thanks!

[wa008]

Sorry to get back to you so late. The good news first - looks like it works, good job and thanks for the implementation! The bad part is it only works when Google Translate interface is in English. Which means I need to have global Google Account language changed to English, which is not convenient if you work with localized units in other Google apps.

Any chance the logic could run locale independent? Thanks!

Thanks for your feedback!

I'm not sure if I understand you correctly. Are you asking if this logic can be used in other Google apps, like Gmail and Docs?

If so, the current extension doesn't have this feature.

I can explain how the extension works. Let's say you want to translate text from Language A to Language B. When you input your text in Language A, the extension checks if the target language on the Google Translate page is also set to A. If it is, the extension automatically simulates a click to switch the target language to B. As a result, Google Translate can successfully process the translation as you originally intended. This is how it functions.

In my opinion, this logic is designed to work only on the Google Translate website. However, if you are using the Google Translate feature within other applications like Gmail or Docs, it would be possible to adapt this logic to work in those environments as well.

[maratnugmanov]

I mean if your account language is russian then the extension doesn't work. Google shows all of it services based on your Google account language (https://myaccount.google.com/language). So imagine that my main language in Google Account is Russian, that means each and every Google service is presented for me with Russian Interface. Now if I go and change Google Account language to English and then refresh Google Translate page it will now show me the interface in Russian. So Translate button is now Перевести, languages are now named in Cyrillic like Русский, Английский, instead of Russian, English. Does that make sense?

The extension is only works if you use Google services in English interface. So my best guess is that it tied to localized bits and so it won't work for other users who use his native language as Google Account language.

Try setting it to Chinese for example, it will change Google services interface to Chinese right? And this the extension will stop working.

[wa008]

I mean if your account language is russian then the extension doesn't work. Google shows all of it services based on your Google account language (https://myaccount.google.com/language). So imagine that my main language in Google Account is Russian, that means each and every Google service is presented for me with Russian Interface. Now if I go and change Google Account language to English and then refresh Google Translate page it will now show me the interface in Russian. So Translate button is now Перевести, languages are now named in Cyrillic like Русский, Английский, instead of Russian, English. Does that make sense?

The extension is only works if you use Google services in English interface. So my best guess is that it tied to localized bits and so it won't work for other users who use his native language as Google Account language.

Try setting it to Chinese for example, it will change Google services interface to Chinese right? And this the extension will stop working.

I get what you mean, you are absolutely right!
I will try to fix this bug when I'm available, Thanks for you precious feedback!

[wa008]

I updated the code to fix this issue and submit new extension in chrome store, hope everything works well.

You can use package in below link to test it now if want to, or the extension will update automatically after the new packages was approved by Chrome Extension Store.
https://github.com/wa008/AutoSwitchTranslate/releases/tag/1.2

Thanks for your feedback again!

[maratnugmanov]

Nice! I will update you once I'll be at my desk, hopefully tomorrow.

[maratnugmanov]

Looks like it works just fine! I will update you if I'll encounter the problem again. Thanks for the extension 👍