With so many free online tools, it’s easy for students to host their own website and blog. The difficulty for many, however, is providing their content to readers around the world … in a language they understand.

Now your readers can translate your site into 42 languages with a FREE website translation tool from our sister site, Accredited Language Services.

And you don’t have to be a web wizard to customize this widget for your website. In five easy steps, you’ll have a website translation tool that’s the style, color and width you prefer. And did we mention that it’s FREE?

Of course, website translation widgets go only so far and results cannot be guaranteed.

Automatic machine translations don’t provide the same nuance and readability that come from experienced human translators. Idioms and metaphors produce some strange results from machine translators, and faced with a word that has multiple definitions, a machine translator may very well choose a word with the wrong meaning.

A website translation tool will allow your readers to get a good idea of what you are writing, but the result won’t be a work of art. Nor is it something you would want to turn in to your foreign language professor!

For the most accurate website translation, it’s best to rely on a real, live linguist. A human translator is sensitive to the meaning and tone of the written word and provides a much more reliable translation when accuracy is key. In fact, many colleges, universities, government offices and organizations require certified translations performed by a human.

But free website translation widgets are lauded for their convenience and ease of use. If you want one on your website, give the translation widget from Accredited Language a try.