I’ll add that you can also enable automatic language detection by setting source language to auto. The url then becomes http://translate.google.com/translate_t?hl=en&#auto|en|%s
for translating from a detected language to English.

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And expecting the same kind of useful information keep sharing between us in the future also.

In both case you need to open the browser, my iGoogle is my home page and translator is the top left gadget.

Besides, I like iGoogle especially with my new Tomb Raider theme

But I’ll try your way, just to compare the feeling ;D

You can add Google Translate to iGoogle, but you need to open the iGoogle page then every time or go to it, focus on it and do your search. This might seem awkward at the beginning, but just use it. I barely use the Search Plugins now. Read this older post for more details and examples.

I dont know about you, but I find mouse using time waster.

I use the google translator, that’s why I added it as a gadget in my iGoogle home page! It’s fun, it even remembers my language choice, so I’ll find arabic-english and when I need to switch just click on the arrow between