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Subject: Just an idea but..... language barrier

bonbon opened this issue on Nov 21, 2001 ยท 4 posts


bonbon posted Wed, 21 November 2001 at 11:19 AM

I know that this site is an American one but we are internationally represented in the galleries. It would be really nice if a language translator or maybe some of the gallery warning labels were in other languages also, so that there would'nt be any language barriers? I know that you are very busy with the new servers but it's an idea that I had been mulling over for quite a while. Alot of times, those from other countries say in their comments that they have a hard time with the language.So, it would behoove the site to try and address this.It might help those who might not understand where their art is supposed to be posted in too.... thanks =]


rcook posted Wed, 21 November 2001 at 1:08 PM

Thanks for the suggestion. Implementing it would be a bit tough. Such as, which languages to support? Even if we picked a few, we'd be leaving out dozens. There are many websites out there with translation programs online. Given our development resources on Renderosity, I don't really see how we could properly support multiple languages. Russell


bonbon posted Wed, 21 November 2001 at 4:54 PM

ok, it was just an idea, Russ.... thanks for letting me know


JHoagland posted Sat, 01 December 2001 at 8:25 PM

Attached Link: http://world.altavista.com/

Here's an idea for translating: You can go to Altavista's translation site and it will translate a message for you. I believe there is some way of incorporating this feature onto a website, but it may be too difficult given the design of the site. Anyway, would it be difficult to add a "translate" button somewhere that points to Altavista's site? --John


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