I have just finished a major update to my Translate Widget. This widget plops into you sidebar, using the Wordpress Widgets plugin. To quote my younger self:

it adds little flags to your sidebar, which will take you to a translation of the current blog page. It uses Google Translate, but removes the frame, so it looks quite nice! Once you’re in one language, you can browse around the blog, and everything stays translated. You can just click on the English flag to get back to the original language. You should see it on my sidebar now, and you can give it a trial run.

Here’s the download: Translate Widget 2.0

The zip includes a /flags/ folder, and a translate.php file. Both need to be placed in the /wordpress/wp-content/plugins/widgets/ folder.

Donations

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Improvements in Version 2.0:

1. Multiple starting languages are now supported. So, if your blog is in a foreign language, this widget will now translate it to English and any other supported languages. This is a big deal, since it opens the widget up to the international community. One guy got this working for French, but now all supported (by Google) languages are available.
2. Russian is added to the list of languages
3. A control interface was added:
   

People using the Plugin

I’ve just started to compile a list of those who use this plugin on their websites. You can view the list here.