For websites the clients takes care of the translation themselves using the CMS (basically a website for each language). Our applications (like the CMS) use different methodes; older apps use a couple of large cf files containing all text labels inside cf-structures, a different cfm file is loaded for a different language. Currently we use an XML file with all text items. A UDF is used to translate each word (#translate( currentLanguageID, 'myWord' )#). Everythink (both the old version and the new version) is cached in memory.
The language used is stored inside the users profile (in the DB) On the websites, the language is chosen by the visitor, sometimes by TLD, and sometimes just by clicking on it, but is not saved inside a cookie or whatever. Mingo. Jeff Small wrote: > Translation services? How do you guys translate your sites into > different languages? > > Also, if the text that you're translating isn't stored in the > database, do you use cookies or someway to redirect and keep those > preferences for people that choose a different language? If you have > multiple pages that have to be in different languages, do you keep > them in the same directory? IE: amenities/index.cfm, amenities/ > index_es.cfm, amenities/index_fr.cfm... etc? Or do you redirect users > to unique directories or something? How does that affect SEO? > > This is the first time a client has indicated an interest in > translation, and I've never really had any experience doing something > like that. I can think of a couple technical ways to do it in CF, but > I'm just wondering if anyone with experience doing this has any > relevant advice... > > Thanks in advance... > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:248911 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
