Hi Guys, I remember an email list thread awhile back (a year ago?) about mirroring your wikis in different languages.
Although it's looking uncertain I'll be authorized to build a mobile application for the openSUSE summit using this technology, I thought some of you might be interested in it anyway... Basically, what this code does is to instantly translate any content from the writer's native language to whatever language the viewer wants... If I use Google's technology, it supports 64 languages. If I use Microsoft's technology, about half that many languages are supported (but still might be better for some situations). So, What can you do with it? - Extend your reach beyond your native language - Any website or wiki you now own can be instantly viewed by practically anyone else in the world in their native language. - A really <cool> thing my code can do is to convert not just static webpages, but dynamic social networking content, too!. Tweet something in Greek, and your audience isn't only Greeks! Russians, Chinese, Japanese Brazilians, Germans and the rest of the Global openSUSE community can read what you're tweeting! - Extend your reach to any mobile device (see list below). No messy configurations to find your content, anyone can point practically any web browser on any device to your URL and "it just works." - Not just to extend your reach, you can now also read others' content - A personal Twitter app can convert any unknown language to your native language immediately and instantly. To illustrate what is possible with Twitter, I've posted a demo on the following page, formatted for mobile devices http://putztzu.github.com/demos/opensuse-translate.html Note that in this live demo people are tweeting in a number of different languages in the openSUSE twitter feed. Now, select your native language and see what happens to those tweets! Tweet something new in the feed to convince yourself it's live! Note that minimal effort has been spent on how this demo looks, the demo simply illustrates translation capabilities, an actual finished app would likely look different. The technologies used for this demo page should allow it to be visible in Chrome or Chromium web browser (any version) Konqueror (Any version) Opera (Latest versions) Firefox (Latest versions) Any iPhone or iPad Android 2.2 and later Symbian (latest versions) WebOS (Any version) Blackberry (latest versions) Windows Phone (WinPhone8 supported, YMMV any earlier) Windows 8 Tablet Windows Internet Explorer 9 (YMMV anything earlier, IE6 not supported) I strongly encourage anyone to go ahead and test how the translation and twitter client looks on any smartphone or tablet you have access. If anyone is interested in either enabling their wiki/website for this kind of translation capability or would like to have a twitter client custom built for them, I'm not giving away my time but would charge something nominal(The openSUSE discount!). As I noted, this technology was actually being prepared for a possible openSUSE Summit app which hasn't been authorized. Since this was intended for every attending Ambassador and presenter at the conference and if unexpectedly the app gets a green light, for anything that is built for the openSUSE Summit that duplicates what is built for you would be re-imbursed. Tony -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] To contact the owner, e-mail: [email protected]
