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Posted by Kentor on 07/17/06 15:57
J.O. Aho wrote:
> Kentor wrote:
> > J.O. Aho wrote:
> >> Kentor wrote:
> >>> Hello, I have a website which is in english at the moment. I want to
> >>> translate it to another language but i'm not sure what would be the
> >>> best way to approach this problem. The website is still in development,
> >>> therefore the actual code of each page may be modified. I could simply
> >>> duplicate all the files and move them into a new folder and translate
> >>> all the content but then if I decide to modify anything, i would have
> >>> to modify 2 files everytime making sure that each modification is
> >>> exactly the same in both files. This may become quite confusing if the
> >>> modifications are large. The development of the website will continue
> >>> for quite a while which is the reason why i dont want to wait untill im
> >>> done everything to translate the pages to another language. Any
> >>> suggestions will be appreciated.
> >>
> >> You could save the text in include files that has variables for different
> >> things, depending on which language you will use, you just include the right
> >> file, this way you will not have to keep track on more than one version of
> >> your system.
>
> > Yea but the content is all dynamic =/ It's a website to list
> > housings/vacation rentals in canada and the us... so the
> > cities/neighborhoods listed depend on where you search/post.
>
> Cities/neighborhoods does keep the names in 99% of the cases, sot that won't
> be the major problem for your site, even if you always keep the original
> languages names for places.
>
>
> //Aho
True, I guess it would be a possibility. Ill try and play with that :)
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