Hi James
> Does anybody know of an application that could run on a web server and
> translate keywords (i.e. collections of words that don't necessarily
relate
> to one-another)?
There's only one piece of software I know of which does something like
what you are aiming for.
See: http://www.e-lingo.com/scripts/search.html
I don't think it solves all your problems, but it might help. I'd be
surprised if someone somewhere has not developed the type of thing you are
looking for, even if only as a custom built solution. It might just be
easier and produce better results if you invest in translating the
keywords into different languages using a combination of MT, TM and human
translation. Having translated keywords in the meta tags of the HTML would
also help you rank higher on foreign language search engines.
Perhaps someone on the NELOCSIG http://www.egroups.com/group/nelocsig list
can help. I'll copy the message. (NELOCSIG readers - please see James'
original query below).
Regards,
Andrew
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James West [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 3:45 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [MT-List] Keyword translation
>
>
> Hello,
>
> Does anybody know of an application that could run on a web server and
> translate keywords (i.e. collections of words that don't necessarily
relate
> to one-another)?
>
> My company is building an application that sells digital images online,
on
> behalf of international photographers who wish to sell to overseas
markets.
> Our image buyers will need to search for images in their native tongue.
The
> keywords for these images will have been inputted in a variety of
languages.
>
> Our engineers are trying to decide whether we should translate and store
> all the translations of the keywords, or whether we should translate on
the
> fly and only store text in English. Any suggestions?
>
> Please accept my apologies if this question is not relevant to this
mailing
> list.
>
> Many thanks.
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