The process is semi-automated. The translate gadget will automatically compare the language of the website with the default language of the visitor’s computer system. If the two match nothing will happen at all. If the two do not match a toolbar will be displayed on top of the website with the option to translate the website into their language.

Installation of the Google translation gadget is simple. Just copy the code from the Google Translate website and paste it into an appropriate file on the web server.

Several aspects of the translation gadget are not clear as of yet as Google has not addressed them. Among them the question if the translated websites will be indexed by Google or if the code interferes with other code on the website. It should also be noted that machine translations are not perfect which makes the translation gadget not suitable for some types of websites.