Re: [wgo] i18n interface

["Alexander Limi" <limi plone org>]

On Wed, 15 Nov 2006 08:24:18 -0800, Simone Deponti <shywolf9982 gmail com>  
wrote:

> So if you want to get back to your language you have to clear the cookie  
> (or
> close the browser).

No, you can just select a different language, and it will work. No need to  
clear cookies or log out.

> And also it will change all the labels (eg, login and
> all).

Yes. For a project like GNOME, where you have a realistic opportunity to  
maintain your website in a lot of languages thanks to your excellent  
translation team — and thus you can avoid what is commonly a problem in  
less comprehensively multilingual communities: Mixing of languages on one  
page.

When you *do* need to have elements that appear for everybody (like news  
items, which I assume are going to be instantly available in English for  
everybody), LinguaPlone has the notion of a "neutral" language object,  
which means it will exist in all languages.

> I think however that this is a minor issue that we can address in the
> future: as is, we should go on with the standard LinguaPlone.

That's a good idea. Translation (as you well know) is a complex problem,  
and we have spent quite some time with our customers and community the  
past few years to build something that works well for them. Trying to  
rebuild a multilingual content management infrastructure is not trivial. :)

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