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Gronze App Translation

CTLawGal

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April-May 2023
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I've been trying to figure out how to use the Gronze app and as a first step I need to translate into English - I searched topics on the Forum, thought I found what I was looking for, and Yay! I was able to do it on my laptop, but can't figure it out for the app on my iPhone. I posted a query to the thread, but the thread was a year or two old and so far no responses, so I thought I'd ask here again.

I am moderately computer literate, but not so very - I'm pretty sure I'll need Gronze for the Gebennensis, maybe not so much for the Podiensis as Buen Camino app has Le Puy en Velay route. And, as I understand it, it's best to download the maps? I think I know how to do that, but then don't know where to find them on my phone...

Any technical assistance is appreciated, or maybe there's a YouTube or something I should watch?

Thanks in advance!
 
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Thanks for replying - I have Apple iPhone, when I open the Gronze App, I see a map with the routes, but am not seeing anything like +INFO to select. There's a symbol at the top that brings down a menu (in Spanish, of course), but I don't see something to translate. When I click on the route, it does offer some info on La Via Gebennensis, with a +INFO, but when I click on that, it takes me to Gronze.com and I'm still not seeing how to get to translation in English....
 
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Thanks for replying - I have Apple iPhone, when I open the Gronze App, I see a map with the routes, but am not seeing anything like +INFO to select. There's a symbol at the top that brings down a menu (in Spanish, of course), but I don't see something to translate. When I click on the route, it does offer some info on La Via Gebennensis, with a +INFO, but when I click on that, it takes me to Gronze.com and I'm still not seeing how to get to translation in English....
For the Gronze Maps app on iPhone and iPad:

There is no way to have the Spanish text in the app itself translated into English.​
When you click on a Camino on the map or on an albergue on the map, a window opens with text in Spanish and +Info to select. Tap on +Info and you leave the Gronze Maps app and enter the Gronze website. You are now in Safari.​
In Safari, look for AA (it's near or next to the lock icon and the text gronze.com). Tap on it: a window opens where you can chose the option Translate Website. Then select English.
This will also work in Safari on Apple desktops and Apple laptops. You don't need Chrome.
 
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I simply use the Gronze website, not the app. (You do need data for the internet.) I use offline maps from other apps.
The Gronze Map app also needs a data connection to work.

Actualmente, Gronze Maps solo funciona con conexión a Internet. Si temporalmente falla la conexión, se indicará con un mensaje "Sin Red" hasta que vuelva a estar disponible.

Translation:

Currently, Gronze Maps only works with an internet connection. If the connection temporarily fails, a "No Network" message will be indicated until it is available again.

 
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Hi CTLawGal
Open the app and pick your route, select info bottom right
next page in bottom bar with gronze.com on the left is a box with two lines below
press this and an option to translate to english is there
I hope this helps
 
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What I'd really like is a way of translating Gronze which doesn't also translate the place names. Having a destination of "the bean" doesn't really do justice to the effort it took me to get there!
Are you using an iphone ?
My reply was for that question
 
For information and planning a camino, you should use the Gronze.com website. The app is not suitable for this. The app is a navigator track, it is only useful for "on the road".

Whenever possible, we will make sure that browsers and automatic translators do not translate the names of the towns or the names of the accommodations.

Step by step, we will improve Gronze. The way is long, and never easy... ;-)
 
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What I'd really like is a way of translating Gronze which doesn't also translate the place names. Having a destination of "the bean" doesn't really do justice to the effort it took me to get there!
The only bean I know is in Chicago and it is truly "The Bean". I didn't know Gronze showed any stages on how to get there.😂
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Open the app and pick your route, select info bottom right
next page in bottom bar with gronze.com on the left is a box with two lines below
press this and an option to translate to english is there
Oh, that's a surprise. I definitely see AA where you see two lines for activating automatic translation.

I have Safari on iPhone with iOS version 16.7. I have never bothered to install any additional browsers and use only the inbuilt browser on my phone. Now I am curious to know what @CTLawGal sees. ☺️


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The other way to translate text while you are using Safari on an iphone is simply to highlight a portion of text [tap on a word and pull on the two blue dots to expand the blue highlighting across the segment of text that you need.] After you do that a bar will open up above the highlighted text with several options, including 'translate.' You might have to slide across that bar to find 'translate.'

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Wouldn’t it be fun if instead of everyone trying to convert Gronze into an English language website people put some effort into reading and understanding the simple, repetitive Spanish and very helpful icons that the site uses.

I have often been grateful for the service that @Joan Fiol (Gronze.com) offers. I will never understand those who think that the process should be designed for them. Though I guess they’re in the cohort that think all Albergue should have hot showers and that the Comida común should meet all their dietary requirements

Gracias por tus servicios @Joan Fiol (Gronze.com)
 
I will never understand those who think that the process should be designed for them. Though I guess they’re in the cohort that think all Albergue should have hot showers and that the Comida común should meet all their dietary requirements
🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

The OP asked a simple technical question about an app on her mobile phone and a number of posters explained basic inbuilt functions of her mobile phone that will be useful no matter which website in a foreign language she consults in future.
 
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The other way to translate text while you are using Safari on an iphone is simply to highlight a portion of text [tap on a word and pull on the two blue dots to expand the blue highlighting across the segment of text that you need.] After you do that a bar will open up above the highlighted text with several options, including 'translate.' You might have to slide across that bar to find 'translate.'

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A bit awkward when you can translate the whole page
 
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LOL, I wish. As a matter of principle, I try to use my devices as long as they (and the software on them) works. I am eagerly awaiting the moment when the iOS version on my phone can no longer be updated or when I feel that I really really need the newer functions in 18 and beyond. It is quite frustrating that everything is still working quite well for my purposes. ☺️
 
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