Question

After finding zero of anything to help me online….

I am using the current function for a multi language site:

function googleTranslateElementInit() {
  new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en', includedLanguages: 'en,es',     layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.SIMPLE}, 'google_translate_element');
}

However I have no idea how to get the current language once a user changes it.
I’m not sure if this is even possible. Basically I want to update to Spanish images if
Spanish is chosen over English. Any help would be appreciated!

Answer 1

Your not gonna believe it:

window.setInterval(function(){
     var lang = $(".goog-te-menu-value span:first").text();
     alert(lang);
},5000);

I just had to dig to find the container in Firebug and grab the value from the first
span element. Hope this helps someone.