Re: [Phpwebsite-developers] Dynamic Translation (long)

[Ulf H. <U1...@ul...>]

hmm.

would that mean that information-driven sites would have to stick on the 
current version and remain un-updatable for good? Bummer. As I said, I 
am running some sites like that. They work great -  am willing to show 
you, but I dont want to post the links across the whole list.

I am not sure if I am asking for so much. I understand the issue of huge 
language tables, of un-translated comments and your strive for 
perfection. Hoewer, perfection might not be what the business out there 
is asking for. I for one need a reliable system that works and that can 
handle more than one language.

Running different sites for each language is not an option for me, as it 
creates an admin overhead in most cases. Many sites are only partially 
translated (ony the most important "core" information) - distributing 
different languages across different sites would result in incomplete 
content in some languages. Which leads to users getting confused. Not to 
speak about having N systems to upgrade one a new version of the 
framwork gets release, to apply N patches, N sets of custom code and 
opening N times more potential security issues....

For now, the current debate is IMHO more a political than a technical 
issue (as solutions exist which might not be optimal but which are 
sufficient for a lot of users). My fear is, once you go ahead and apply 
the po technology, the lang module and some nice opportunities that come 
with it vanish.

I guess what I am trying to acomplish is to reduce the hassle you are 
talking about - for me some improvements in the lang mod and in the 
guidelines of it being supported by other mods would do the trick.

Ulf


Matthew McNaney wrote:

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