From kde-i18n-doc  Thu Feb 21 08:02:21 2002
From: Claudiu Costin <claudiuc () work ! ro>
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2002 08:02:21 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: Web site translation through PHP function
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On Joi 21 Feb 2002 09:16, Anthony Fok wrote:
> BTW, somewhat related is that the World Youth Day 2002 web site
> uses PHP to provide translations into multiple Western and Asian langua=
ges,
> with help from volunteer translators all over the world through the
> Internet.
>
> I do not know the technical details, but just to show you that it is
> possible.  http://www.wyd2002.org/
>
> (I just helped translated a very small portion of the WYD2002 site into
> Chinese.  :-)
>
> But yes, this would be really cool if Free Software / Open Source proje=
ct
> web sites could provide a PHP interface for users to just go to a web p=
age
> and type in a translation, and the server automatically stores the new
> translated strings in MySQL or PostgreSQL, etc. etc.  :-)
   Translating is not about just translate words from one language=20
to another. It's about translatin style, translator's culture and
of course many more tiny things.

>
> Cheers,
>
> Anthony

kind regards,
--=20
Claudiu Costin
<claudiuc@work.ro>