Re: Re[2]: [PHP-DB] multi-language site

Quite right. When implementing gettext, one will normally use the rule 1 string = 1 sentence (such as "please select a country"). _________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Davey" <rich@launchcode.co.uk> To: <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 19:48 Subject: Re[2]: [PHP-DB] multi-language site > Hello Ignatius, > > Thursday, January 15, 2004, 6:41:44 PM, you wrote: > > IR> Gettext is NOT an automated translation service. What you do is mark strings > IR> to translate in the original application, then have them translated by a > IR> human. When confronted with a marked string to echo, the application will > IR> look up in the translated file for the corresponding translation. > > I use something very similar to this on a few of my sites. I had to > get the whole sentences translated though - you cannot just get > individual words translated and string them together because as you > know, the order of the words varies dramatically from language to > language. > > -- > Best regards, > Richard ïVlr‹Y* > [dpF¦«¥mailto:rich@launchcode.co.uk > > -- > PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >