My translation widget isn't working. It just says "data unavailable" every time I type something in. Is it working for other people? I'm thinking that maybe the server(s) it uses is down.
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Translation Widget not working
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iBunny said:Mine dosent work offline and I cant get online with my iBook
I was hoping that I dont have to connected to the internet to use the translator. I would be upset....
I'm pretty sure you need to be online, it would be a lot more than a "widget" if it stored all of those translations locally, so unfortunately it looks like you will have to be upset.
jaseone said:I'm pretty sure you need to be online, it would be a lot more than a "widget" if it stored all of those translations locally, so unfortunately it looks like you will have to be upset.
They have the dictonaty and theasurus and stuff stored on the computer. They should with the translator too
mine too!
the graphics are screwed on mine too, and a cursor won't come up in any of the text boxes! i dont know whats up!
the only thing i've done regarding dashboard is install the following widgets: imdb search, wikipedia, uk yellow pages and network stat.
frustrated!
the graphics are screwed on mine too, and a cursor won't come up in any of the text boxes! i dont know whats up!
the only thing i've done regarding dashboard is install the following widgets: imdb search, wikipedia, uk yellow pages and network stat.
frustrated!
Ahhh, I once had this same problem as well.
Go search for
widget-com.apple.widget.translation.plist
either in Spotlight, or in HOME>LIBRARY>PREFERENCES
Open the plist file and change the "fromlanguage" value to a 3, and the "tolanguage" value to 4. Save change if asked to do so.
Go into Dashboard, remove the Translator widget, then add it back onto your dashboard.
Yes, its a bug, and this is pretty much the only solution for now. It screws up especially if you're using the Chinese translators (either traditional or simplied).
Go search for
widget-com.apple.widget.translation.plist
either in Spotlight, or in HOME>LIBRARY>PREFERENCES
Open the plist file and change the "fromlanguage" value to a 3, and the "tolanguage" value to 4. Save change if asked to do so.
Go into Dashboard, remove the Translator widget, then add it back onto your dashboard.
Yes, its a bug, and this is pretty much the only solution for now. It screws up especially if you're using the Chinese translators (either traditional or simplied).
genius!
thanks for pointing me to that file! i just deleted it and re-opened the widget to recreate the file and all is fixed!
cheers!
thanks for pointing me to that file! i just deleted it and re-opened the widget to recreate the file and all is fixed!
cheers!
I got the same, but it's working again now anyway - server-side problem methinks - hope this isn't a common thing!
EDIT: if anything, it's a lot faster - like how it looked when jobs did it!
EDIT: if anything, it's a lot faster - like how it looked when jobs did it!
Interesting, as before I posted started this thread I also had the problem with it getting completely messed up (background image messed up, and completely non-functional), but trashing the preferences and restarting fixed that. I was trying to translate some Chinese when that occurred. I suppose I should report the bug to Apple.
Abstract said:
Woo, huge bump-age for the thread, but this fixes it! I can finally pretend to know spanish again!!
thanks! i had this problem earlier, i knew it would be something simple but don't know enough about tiger to know what i can throw out etc..
cheers!@
cheers!@
i guess the question now becomes what process is causing this to happen to only some users..
[and how do we avoid it in future]
[and how do we avoid it in future
]
There's a separate program you can download to open .plist files. Have a search at VersionTracker.com.
Otherwise, some people, including myself, have XCode installed on our Macs which allows us to just double click .plist files and get them to open.
Otherwise, some people, including myself, have XCode installed on our Macs which allows us to just double click .plist files and get them to open.
Not working either for me
Nope, not working for me either, even after following all the steps....
Nope, not working for me either, even after following all the steps....
No more spanish translation
Nope same with me. Translator used to work back when I first got my 2006 MacBook, it worked for a bout a year then ,,,,poof , it suddenly got worse and worse. And if this has been a problem for so long, why does not Apple fix it. I mean come on it has been so long.
Won't even translate English to Spanish anymore.
Nope same with me. Translator used to work back when I first got my 2006 MacBook, it worked for a bout a year then ,,,,poof , it suddenly got worse and worse. And if this has been a problem for so long, why does not Apple fix it. I mean come on it has been so long.
Won't even translate English to Spanish anymore.