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That is how Magnolia, a java based open source content management system started its new application service named OnAir.

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Translator Plugin Pro (for WordPress blogs) provides automatic machine translation of blogs in 13+1 languages (many more will be added soon) - German, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, Dutch, Greek, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional and optionally Norwegian (note: we provide 32 languages with Translator Plugin Gold). We provide unlimited free updates and upgrades and 6 months of free support. The new features and fixes in version 5.2 (free upgrade for existing customers) are:

New Features

1. Directory browsing of translator plugin directory has been disabled for better security.
2. The ability to switch off translation statistics (from translator option page under Basic->Statistics->Disable Statistics section). You may gain some performance by switching off the statistics simply because it uses a database query to store the data. You can still use the Statistics widget to display your existing statistics. However it will not be updated if you decide to switch off stats. You can again switch it on any time.
3. In Translator Plugin Pro 5.2 we added a new hook / callback facility to enable you to view and process the translated page before it is served to the end user. Please refer to developer guide to know how to use it. The importance of this hook cannot be understated.
   You can use the tgTranslatorPostFilterHook to edit / modify the content of the translated pages before it is served to the user. You can also take action based on the content or engine used to translate the page.
   This hook can be used to handle errors in translation or even catch and process new types of errors. The actions include 1. ability to send custom error pages, 2. re-direct to original pages (for example in case of error), 3. displaying custom error messages and more. Few use cases for this hook are:
   • Provide customized title, meta tags & descriptions for translated pages. Check out the translated pages in simple thoughts for some usage examples (hint: look at the meta tags).
   • Provide custom error pages or re-direct to original page when translator is unable to translate a page (due to overload or temporary unavailability of engines).
   • Filter translated pages
   • Add your own content to translated pages like advertisements etc. You can also do it using existing translator API. However this provides full control over processing translated pages before it is served to the end-user.

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Angsuman's Translator Plugin Pro 5.0 allows automatic machine translation of WordPress blogs (2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.x, 2.3.x and above) to maximum of 14 languages (32 languages for Translator Gold). Any blog written in English can be automatically and in real-time translated to Spanish, Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Russian, German, French, Italian, Greek, Dutch, Portuguese, Korean, Norwegian (optional*) and Arabic. Translator Plugin Pro & Gold (32 language support) are probably the best ethical (white hat seo) means to drastically increase your site content and traffic.

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An electronic vote-counting machine in Schaerbeek, a suburb of Brussels, declared that 4096 more people had cast their vote than the ballot slips testified. The machine had been thoroughly tested and deemed perfect. So what went wrong? Scientists pointed the finger of blame at cosmic rays which can wreak havoc with highly sensitive microelectronic circuits.

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We are working on Version 4.0 of Translator Plugin Pro for WordPress blogs. The key features we are focussing on are:
1. Multi-lingual support. Translator 4.0 will support blogs written in non-English languages.

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We are currently testing Angsuman's Translator Plugin Pro for WordPress blogs with tons of exciting new features.

This release is fully based on customer feedback. When you speak we listen; all the time. The key features in this release are:

1. Support for fopen has been added (in addition to curl). Now the plugin can be used on sites without curl enabled. Whenever the program detects that curl is not available it tries to use fopen.
2. Better support for safe_mode and open_basedir. Some restrictive web hosting providers enable safe_mode and / or set open_basedir. It used to restrict the options users can use in their plugin. We have overcome this difficulty by implementing the functionalities which were being restricted by safe_mode and open_basedir settings without compromising security or functionality.
3. Data caching in true database tables. Previously the data was being cached in WordPress settings which can consume lots of memory for sites with very high loads and/or having lots of pages.
   This change makes the translation perfectly scalable on heavy load sites without compromising performance.
   It will also enables us to track any caching issues quickly, not that we expect any. It will enable using caching on systems with lower memory allocation and lower database field limits. No more will you have to increase max_packet_size or memory_limit parameters.
4. Google Translation has changed their data translation mode this week. In this version we have fully accounted for their changes.
5. Ability to delete cache manually. You now have the ability to delete all the caching (disk and database) we do with a single convenient button in translator manage options.
6. Translator will restrict itself to translating pages from your blog only. In version 3.1 the translation criteria was relaxed to include pages from the same domain which occassionally lead it to modify url's which it cannot translate. This has been fixed in 3.2.
7. Domain validation will be case insensitive. This gives latitude to bloggers to call their blogs www.MyBlog.com or www.myblog.com interchangeably.
8. You can now restrict displaying flags to languages of your choice. Quite a few customers asked us to be able to restrict translation to a subset of the languages we provide. Now you can do it by unchecking the languages you don't want to display in your translation bar.
9. Modifying Translator options is now restricted to users having 'edit_plugins' privileges. Normally admin users have privilege to edit plugins. This is one feature which haven't been a user request. However it is important as it prevents un-privileged users in multi-user blog from accessing and changing the Translator options.

We plan to release it on Tuesday (October 24th). We will start shipping the new version to all of our exisiting customers from that day. It may take us another day (or two at most) to complete shipping as we haven't automated the process yet. If you are in a rush do let us know and we will try to prioritize it for you.

Note: Angsuman's Translator Plugin Pro (features, testimonials, get software) is a professionally designed plugin which provides automatic machine translation of your blog in eight different languages - German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. It is search engine optimized, supports WordPress widgets, uses nice permalinks, super-fast (cacheable) and lots more. In short you instantly multiple your page count by 8 while making your blog accessible to a much larger population of non-English speaking world.

These are few samples of actual comments from our customers of Angsuman's Translator Plugin Pro for WordPress blogs. Frankly I am overwhelmed by the positive response and support of the blogger community.

Note: Angsuman's Translator Plugin Pro (features, get software) is a professionally designed plugin which provides automatic machine translation of your blog in eight different languages - German, Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. It is search engine optimized, supports WordPress widgets, uses nice permalinks, super-fast (cacheable) and lots more.

"Once again I want to thank you for this plugin. Using SlimStats, I can see how many people are using the plugin AND IT'S A LOT!
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I recommended this plugin to a buddy of mine who bought - [[Client Company]]. I'll keep the referrals up anytime I can." - Greg

"Translator Pro has come a long way in a very small amount of time, and the support is phenomenal. The overall developer responsiveness alone is well worth the $30." - James

"installing was a breeze, it's up and running and works like a charm! fast, simple and beneficial to my visitors." - Lu

"I'm not terribly techy so to me this plugin is great.
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PS - I'm also going to list your plugin in my resources area so people can get your site easily." - Greg

"Thanks for the support

Note: Stick me on your newsletter if you have one. " - Darren, who also sent us a bonus, almost equalling the cost of the plugin, in appreciation.

"Thanks again! Aside from hosting and domain costs, this is the best $30 that I've ever spent on my blog." - James

"Thanks ….Love your translator!" - David

"Thank you for your comprehensive answers (they help me understand and give me a lot to think about) and all your hard work." - Michael

"P.S. Thanks for being so involved with this. You're more involved with your $30 plugin than most shareware developers are with their $50 applications." - James

"Wow..so easy to install - I'm already up and running!!!!" - Ian

"Thanks again - I've already seen many use the tool to better read my content!" - Greg

"The plugin works great.
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Thanks again for creating such a kick-ass product." - Greg

"thank you very much for excellent support!!" - J. N.

"Thanks Again - guys like you make the world a much better (and fun) place." - Greg

"thanks a lot, this plug-in is amazing, and i love how it uses google also :)" - G. R.

Last week was an interesting one as hot debate raged over Joel Spolsky's article on enterprise language, Hani rightly bashed copious logging of open source software and my article on hacking attempts from Caltech topped the list of most read articles. We released Anaconda, a beautiful 3 column WordPress theme and version 3 of Translator Plugin Pro for WordPress.

First let's go over Joel Spolsky's article on programming language for enterprise application development.
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Seymour Cray, the father of the supercomputer, died recently aged 71, following a car crash. He was one of the most original computer designers the world has ever seen, and a true maverick. Seeking a way to cool the machine he built in 1985, at the time the fastest computer in the world, he characteristically chose to immerse it in artificial blood. Here is an interesting story on how he solved his problems.

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