Dual language pages?
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"Duke" c...@message.body
I'd like some pointers on how to do a multi-lingual site. Initially I will focus on an English + only 1 other language site. I am basically looking for the most efficient way of creating the pages. An option I am willing to consider is a way of doing it so that there is really just one set of pages that can be switched on the fly from English to the other language by simply changing a URL-p***ed variable. I have a working version using Javascript to store the 2 versions of each string but, since I don't want to reinvent the wheel, pointers to tested methods would be most welcome.
"Bozo" n...@no.com
There are NO good translation programs. You wanna be laughed off the web, go for it.
"Bozo" n...@no.com
Doesn't matter how you WANT to do it.
All that matters is what WORKS.
"Bozo" n...@no.com
Leylan, when you get a little more experience in the technology behind multilingual web sites, get back to us.
Matthias Gutfeldt wo...@gmx.at
Bozo schrieb: Bozo, when you get a little more experience in usenet, get back to us.
You're always quoting the complete message even when you only have a very short reply, and you always put your reply on top of the complete quote. Those are two very basic errors typical for usenet newbies, and they make reading your posts very difficult. So if you don't want to look like a clueless newbie, and/or if you want your posts to be read, I suggest you switch to normal usenet posting style.
Matthias
"Bozo" n...@no.com
I've been doing this longer than you've been alive, kid.
Isofarro m...@isofarro.freeservewithnochips.co.uk
Being cluless need not be a lifetime hobby.
Iso.
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"Bozo" n...@no.com
Werds to live buy
Isofarro m...@isofarro.freeservewithnochips.co.uk
Apparently your spellchecker disagrees.
Iso.
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newsgr ...@nathigh.com (Scott Zsori)
I'd much rather use something that is made by the open source community than any corporate program (it's bound to be more accurate). To be honest, it looks like it WILL be good as it uses entirely translated phrases instead of trying to pull apart the sentence using the sentence grammar and syntax. Sure, babelfish works terribly, but I've seen extremely accurate translation programs before. I think it's plausible that an international group of people could program something that WOULD be good enough for people to use on a large scale basis. Once again, I havent seen it work yet, but I'd be willing to bet that it works better than anything else to date (being GNU and all).
Scott Zsori http://www.nathigh.com
Andy Dingley ding...@codesmiths.com
I like the "5 pages" idea. Disk space is cheap, and as you're generating them by some automatic process (probably database spew) it doesn't matter if it's 1 page, 5 pages or 25.
The big advantages of the multi-page approach are that it's all server-side (any client browser will work), there's no server-side code needed to serve each page (ASP isn't the quickest thing around) and it's _simple_.
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