I was asked by a user this morning how to disable Google Translate on their Moodle site.
This has previously been talked about here:
https://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=419424#p1690452
But I tested the method described there and it was only effective on Google Chrome, and Microsoft Edge translated it without any problem.
I did a bit of digging and it seems that if we follow these steps we can disable translation for both Edge and Chrome:
- Visit: Site Administration -> Appearance -> Additional HTML
- Enter in the text area labelled "When BODY is opened ":
<div translate="no" class="notranslate"> - Enter in the text area labelled "Before BODY is closed: "
</div>
Then at least Chrome and Edge will respect the no translate settings. Firefox does not seem to have a page translation option. I did not test on Safari.
If somebody does that, please post back here how it goes.
It is of course only a small obstable to a student who is determined to translate. But I thought it might help someone.