Customize Gtranslate

Hello,

I have customized the plugin files of Gtranslate which is under “/wp-content/plugins/gtranslate/js” path and the code is located in the line 98-99

And commented it and added the fontawesome icon to get the desired look.

Is there any way with which I can get this done in the child theme ? Or a hook or a filter so that any updates to the plugin doesn’t remove the code ?

var arrow_down = '<span style="color:#666;font-size:8px;font-weight:bold;">▼</span>';
    //widget_code += '<img src="'+get_flag_src(current_lang)+'" height="'+flag_size+'" width="'+flag_size+'" alt="'+current_lang+'" /> <span>'+lang_array[current_lang]+'</span>'+arrow_down+'</a>';
	widget_code += '<i class="fas fa-thin fa-language"></i></a>';
  

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