Hello,

    This is the first time I posted here, although I've been lurking for =
while.  I've seen in the past some questions regarding how to have =
multi-language templates on a site, but I've yet to see anyone who =
wanted to provide translation for the e-mails themselves.

    What I need to do is provide an easy way for users to translate the =
e-mails they receive.  The e-mails will either be in spanish or english =
and will need to be translated to a foreign language.  Typically the =
spanish speaking letters will arrive from one group of users, and the =
english speaking will arrive from another.  I think we can safely assume =
they'll be identifible from each other.

    At first I was thinking the easy way to this would be to pass the =
URL of the message being read out to a translating site such as Systran =
or Babelfish.  This doesn't look like it's much of a possibility because =
when that happens systran ends up translating a login page - so I'm =
assuming that IMail is checking the IP address of the user who's reading =
mail.

    So these are my thoughts at this point.  I could try and provide a =
language translator through an SMTP hook and deliver the messages =
pre-delivered.  The problem with this is I'm not sure if any of the =
language translation software would allow me to execute it through a =
script.  Anyone have any experience with this?

    The 2nd choice is to modify the templates so they'll somehow work =
with this in a reasonable manner.  One thought I had on this was maybe =
using <!--IMAIL.MailMessageWithoutHeader--> in twice somewhere in the =
templates, once having it to be displayed and maybe once having it in =
JavaScript.  Of course, the problem with this is the message has lots of =
new-lines in it.

    Do any of you have any thoughts on what a good solution for this =
would be?

Sincerely,
 
Robert E. Viehland
(573)875-4000 ext. 128
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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