You may be interested in an article I'd written on JSP and i18n for
JavaWorld:
----- Original Message -----
From: Kevin Duffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 8:17 PM
Subject: Re: localization
> Just a note, the abit-use.com site has a language drop-down that shows
their
> site in I think 10 different languages. Pretty kewl looking, but you may
> want to email them somehow and ask how they achieved it. Maybe there is a
> free translation kit or something. :)
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: A mailing list about Java Server Pages specification and reference
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hui Deng
> >Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 10:22 AM
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: localization
> >
> >
> >Hi,
> >I'm currently working on an i18n prototype and need
> >you guru input before I go too far.
> >The orignal web site totally has 700+ pages including
> >jsp and few html. For the primary consideration, we
> >now just want to work with localization of static
> >content in page. We want to achieve:
> > 1. based on user language preference, display the
> >pages in user's language.
> > 2. avoid to keep x copies of 700+ pages for
> >x languages, instead, only keep one copy, so that we
> >don't bother to change the UI.
> >
> >To do this, first come to my mind is to use database.
> >Separate the static content in page as blocks and
> >assign ids to blocks. Put these content blocks in
> >database. In jsp page, we have placehold for these
> >contents. Then for every request for that page(jsp),
> >queries the database and pulls out content blocks for
> >that page. Also use database, we can easily manage and
> >
> >coordinate(web based) the localization, like sending
> >email if any content block be change in page XX.
> >
> >For alternative I could imagine is use XML. Each page
> >has a corespond xml file. In jsp page, parser is
> >called to take xml file and fill in content.
> >
> >Is this the way to do the job, or is there any tool
> >to work with jsp for this purpose?
> >
> >Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
> >
> >Hui Deng
> >
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