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I'm trying to translate the whole of a web page into a different language; just using automatic translators. Unfortunately, Google Translate seems to play around with all of the html code as well. :(

I don't want to use the on-the-fly Google Translate because I want the site to be indexed in that language, rather than English. Is there a better way to translate a whole web page, including source code?

Thank you!

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Can you describe what problems you have with Google Translate manipulating the HTML? Does it translate <head> to <cabeza> and <body> to <cuerpo> when translating to Spanish? :) –  Pekka 웃 Apr 2 '11 at 10:44
@Pekka, OP also wants the site to be indexed in that language. –  JohnP Apr 2 '11 at 10:54
@JohnP But I what does that have to do with his HTML problems? If he wants to do a server-side translation, he needs to use the REST API instead of the Ajax one, but he already seems to be doing that - it just doesn't seem to be working to his satisfaction. –  Pekka 웃 Apr 2 '11 at 10:59
@Pekka, Yeah, he needs to mention what his current setup is. I've never known google to mess up the tags. –  JohnP Apr 2 '11 at 11:02
No, it doesn't translate like that @Pekka, but it doesn't keep everything the same. Try pasting the source of a website into Google Translate. –  James Urbon Apr 2 '11 at 14:14
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