Google Translate set default language
google-translate, javascript, jquery
Solution
This isn't a direct answer to how to use jQuery to accomplish the task, but hopefully it's helpful. Google Translate uses a cookie called "googtrans" to track which language is selected. You can set that cookie yourself before the page loads and Google Translate will use it.
// PHP code sample, could be accomplished with any language that can set cookies
// set the default language translation to Portugese
setcookie('googtrans', '/en/pt');
Problem
Maybe this has an obvious solution that I'm overlooking, but I can't seem to find the correct parameter to put in to make this happen. Using the Google Translate widget on a site, I need to set the default language that the user sees when entering the site, even though the site is english. ``` function googleTranslateElementInit() { new google.translate.TranslateElement({ pageLanguage: 'en' }, 'google_translate_element'); } ``` I've tried adding: `defaultLanguage: 'fr'` and tried: `targetLanguage: 'fr'` I did find some nice jQuery solutions, but didn't want to bypass this if it was an easy fix.