Automatic webpage translation with google translate

I have posted a Google drop-down list on my website. Currently, it determines the language of the browser and installs it in the drop-down list. I want the Google translation service to automatically translate my articles into the user's language. Here is the code I'm using:

<script type="text/javascript">
    function googleTranslateElementInit() {
      new google.translate.TranslateElement({pageLanguage: 'en', layout:
    google.translate.TranslateElement.FloatPosition.TOP_LEFT, gaTrack: true,
     gaId: 'UA-xxxxx-2'}, 'google_translate_element');

    }
    googleTranslateElementInit();
</script><script type="text/javascript" src="//translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit"></script>

Can I use jQuery to initialize a Google translate api call? I tried this function googleTranslateElementInit();but it did not work

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Why don't you use this code:

<script>
function googleTranslateElementInit() {
new google.translate.TranslateElement({
pageLanguage: 'en',
layout: google.translate.TranslateElement.InlineLayout.SIMPLE
}, 'google_translate_element');
}
</script><script src="//translate.google.com/translate_a/element.js?cb=googleTranslateElementInit"></script>

display the laguage dropdown menu where you want to display it

<div id="google_translate_element"></div>

If you use only some languages, than use

pageLanguage: 'en',
includedLanguages: 'pt,ar',

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