If your company website has already been localized or if you plan to localize it into other languages, you will want to ensure that your clients see that high quality human translation, not the machine translation provided by Google. Google can provide automatic translation of search results for users browsing in other languages. However, Google has also provided a simple way for companies to control whether or not this automatic translation of their websites will be allowed. Here are the simple instructions from Google Translate’s Help Page:

If you’re a webmaster and would prefer your web page not be translated by Google Translate, just insert the following meta tag into your HTML file:

<meta name=”google” value=”notranslate”>

If you don’t mind your web page being translated by Google Translate, except for a particular section (like an email address, for example), just add “class=notranslate” to any HTML element to prevent that element from being translated. For example:

Email us at <span class=”notranslate”> sales at example dot com</span>

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