function shorten_title(texts){		//only want the auction items titles to be 55 characters
	if(texts.length>55){
			texts=texts.substring(0,50)+"...";
	}
	return texts;
}


/* GOOGLES LANGUAGE API*/
function gtranslate(before, lang, elementid ) {
  google.language.detect(before, function(result) {
	if (!result.error && result.language) {
	  google.language.translate(before, result.language, lang,
								function(result) {
		var translated = document.getElementById(elementid);
		if (result.translation) {
		  //translated.innerHTML = shorten_title(result.translation);
		  translated.innerHTML = result.translation;
		}
	  });
	}
  });
}