Does anyone know when and why Microsoft decided to quietly remove the ability to translate websites using the Microsoft Bing Translator website (not the Translator Web Widget) before 2022, and not give us more notice? I find that decision quite surprising because Google Translate, Yandex Translate and Apertium still offer the ability to translate websites.
For some reason, I couldn't find much information online about that, not even on the Microsoft Translator Blog, and all I could find was a comment posted on the 25th of February in 2023 on this particular question on Stack Overflow.
The most recent Wayback Machine Archive.org URL that has the words 'Enter text or URL' in the source text box is one dated to the 19th of August 2021 at 4:10 pm, while the next one has the words 'or URL' removed, dated to later that day at 8:53 pm (both times are in Pacific Daylight Time).
The Bing Translator website on the 19th of August in 2021 at 4:10 pm:
The Bing Translator website on the 19th of August in 2021 at 8:53 pm:
The current Bing Translator website as of now:
For some reason, I couldn't find much information online about that, not even on the Microsoft Translator Blog, and all I could find was a comment posted on the 25th of February in 2023 on this particular question on Stack Overflow.
The most recent Wayback Machine Archive.org URL that has the words 'Enter text or URL' in the source text box is one dated to the 19th of August 2021 at 4:10 pm, while the next one has the words 'or URL' removed, dated to later that day at 8:53 pm (both times are in Pacific Daylight Time).
The Bing Translator website on the 19th of August in 2021 at 4:10 pm:
The Bing Translator website on the 19th of August in 2021 at 8:53 pm:
The current Bing Translator website as of now:
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