Hi, Andy... I had a client ask about year ago if something like this could be done without creating multiple sites, each in a different language. I couldn't think of a way to do it.
Seems like you've solved the problem nicely. Would you mind sharing some of your code / files / techniques...perhaps a small sample of how you do it? Unfortunately, I know very little about using XML, although I've read some about it, and haven't used it before. Any insight you'd be willing to give would be much appreciated! A first question would be...why would involving XML be helpful? Why not just have someone do that translations and put them into a database? Thanks, Rick ---------------------------------------- From: "Andy Mcshane" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:03 PM To: CF-Talk <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> Subject: RE: translating websites I have done exactly this using XML. All of the English text that appears on my site is held within tables in a SQL database. I have a Coldfusion interface for these tables that allows access to this text for translating into any language that I choose. From this same interface I then generate XML files for each language using the following naming convention, English.xml, Spanish.xml, etc. In my coldfusion page, where I want to display the relevant text I place a call to a translate function which does a search of the XML file that I specify and returns the appropriate text. This means that I have only one Coldfusion page that can be seen in many different languages. It is a little more complex than I have stated here but this is one method to do it. My site is a multi-lingual site and I display the required text based on the language that a user specifies. The only drawback that I have so far found with this method is that you sometimes get your text display screwed up depending on the size of the translated text, but this is a very small problem indeed, but I would suggest XML as a good solution to your requirements. ________________________________ From: Coleman, Brian [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thu 21/04/2005 17:32 To: CF-Talk Subject: translating websites I don't know if CF has any native way to do this, but the company I work for is looking for a way to translate the website to Spanish. Surely you wouldn't have to do a page for page translation? If anyone has worked with doing this sort of stuff, let me know. Thanks, Brian ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:203843 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
