If I can hop in here...Not that I know anything more about this than Paul... Far from it, but...
I did a CF-based language file swapper-thing (not xml. just name/value pair text files that get read into structs which contain all screen output text). Its easy to have the mechanism to do the language swapping. The problem is maintaining the various languages. Lets say you have support for 10 languages. You add an 'Are You Sure?' dialog to an existing element. You have to go in and make all of your language files reflect this addition. Life sucks very quickly trying to maintain that over, lets say, the course of a major version update. What Paul is talking about, I think, is using or building something that at least partially automates and regulates this task. I built a translation system that holds everything in a db and presents a web-based interface. If one term is added it gets added to all sets. The view for each term is shown in all languages. You publish all language sets in an admin procedure and if something is missing a term, red flags pop up on screen. I'm sure it can be done better. Just what I cam up with to deal with it. -- --mattRobertson-- Janitor, MSB Web Systems mysecretbase.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:4:203915 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
