I've got a mid-sized site a client needs to have translated into a few languages. They do not want to use a web service (like google) for this. They would like to have more control over the output.
The content is partially in html on the pages, and partially in the database as well (a little e-commerce in addition to the standard aboutus/corp info) Images contain text to but this is another issue. So I started down the path of creating separate views for each language each in their own language folder. Then I set a session var of the currently selected language and put that right in the include statement for my view. Works great for the html/image stuff. What I am trying to figure out is the best way to handle the DB driven stuff. Just create new tables or fields that contain the translated text? Another strategy that I thought about was to store translations in the application scope. Create a common function that would take a string of text and a language identifier. If it found a mapping in the app scope for that string and the language requested it would return the translated text and write it to a log to notify a translator (person) that something needed to be added to the map. If not it would simply return the string untranslated. Benefits of this approach would be that one single view could service any number of languages, and it would work with the stuff coming from the DB as well. The downside to this approach might be efficiency (how much data can you really store effectively in the app scope?) Any other ideas or feedback out there? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:327655 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
