I don't think the overhead will be too large. The nice thing about AJAX applications is that stuff gets done in small chunks so it doesn't matter too much if it takes a little time to translate a few sentences at a time. The plus side, if I can get it to work, is that it's an extremely cost effective (i.e. cheap) way of getting a multi- language application without having to get each piece translated separately into many languages.
I like your idea of surrounding stuff that shouldn't be translated with an HTML tag, although that may well fall foul of the problem reported in this forum about the translator moving the tags to a different part of the text. I also like the idea of doing some of the common stuff up front. I'll persevere with the approach for a few more days and then put something in front of the native French and Russian speakers I have access too and see what they think. Thanks for your thoughts, most helpful. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google AJAX APIs" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Google-AJAX-Search-API?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
