Ni hao, Hola, and Hello – Google Translate widget added to sidebar

I have added a new translate box to the sidebar. This uses Google’s Translate widget to translate the original page/post into one of the languages listed in its drop down menu. Machine translation of one language to another is still not perfect, but it’s better than when I first encountered it (which is more than a few years ago).

I’ve added this feature because I’ve noticed a steady increase in the number of non-English language sites linking here. This includes several international message boards including ones in Chinese and one in Spanish. I suspect that most of these visitors speak English better than I can speak any of their languages, but I nevertheless hope that this widget helps.