 Translate English-based Site Into Multiple Langs, is it allowed on trap17.com? |
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  Jan 21 2006, 01:23 PM
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Privileged Member  Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 506 Joined: 14-November 05 From: Britannia! Member No.: 14,287  |
Ok, anyone who has visited My Webpage will notice that my website is written completely in English, as the rules state is the requirement.
However, a while ago (when I had this site on a different host), I was working on a French translate for my site, and was considering Japanese too. Now that I am hosted on Trap17.com, I want to know if I can put up a translated version of my site without breaking the rules. I would still keep the website as English by Default, because the rules say I must, but am I allowed to make translates of the pages? I will keep all the content the same on all translates wherever possible. |
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Jan 21 2006, 04:21 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.  Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 4,085 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Linix, DOS and Windows…the good, the bad and the ugly Member No.: 9,787  |
QUOTE All websites must be in English to qualify for free hosting. We do this to ensure that Accounts are legal and have permissable contents. This is a quote from the Acceptable Use Policy. As you, no doubt, have read the AUP, you are aware of this requirement for your site. However, I could not find any further information regarding a translation of the site. I suggest a PM to the Admins. Are you going to do the translation yourself and 'hard code' the second languages? or use a translation software that reads your English page and converts it? Like google's translator? |
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Jan 21 2006, 04:48 PM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 506 Joined: 14-November 05 From: Britannia! Member No.: 14,287 |
It's hard to answer that one, as either way I'll end up using google anyway.
Back when I had my site on another host, all I did was make copies of the english pages and then translated the text into French. I used google to help me find words I didn't know. Now I'm thinking of taking a different approch. Your idea of using a "Google Translator" is good, but Google adds a frame to the top of the site to show it has been translated - which does not do any good to the design of your site. In short, I am not entirely sure. |
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Jan 21 2006, 05:12 PM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 506 Joined: 14-November 05 From: Britannia! Member No.: 14,287 |
I have just discovered that I am going to have to "hard code" the website, due to the way the website is designed - the pages are opened separately, so only the index can be translated - using a link reverts the pages back to English, but keeps the translated links!
UPDATE: I have changed the page design so that it now takes the data from individual pages and transfers thm into ONE page. This means use of translating tools is possible... but I think I'd best avoid it. This post has been edited by NDPA: May 29 2006, 10:47 PM |
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Jan 21 2006, 05:26 PM
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A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing. Group: [MODERATOR] Posts: 4,085 Joined: 24-July 05 From: Linix, DOS and Windows…the good, the bad and the ugly Member No.: 9,787 |
Free Dictionary service here.
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Jan 26 2006, 01:25 AM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 506 Joined: 14-November 05 From: Britannia! Member No.: 14,287 |
This is just a single-word translator isn't it? Like those English-French dictonaries... I've already got that kind of software on disk. But translating individual words is a painstaking project, especially as some words are available in multiple formats and may not suit a sentence. I need something to speed it up.
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Feb 2 2006, 02:38 PM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 506 Joined: 14-November 05 From: Britannia! Member No.: 14,287 |
Well, it looks like I'm going to have to think this over carefully to come up with a solution. I am still updating my site anyway, so trying to translate it may become a waste of time as it is, but I will definately think about how I'm eventually going to do it.
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Feb 5 2006, 08:33 AM
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Trap Grand Marshal Member Group: Members Posts: 1,182 Joined: 24-September 04 Member No.: 1,245 |
QUOTE I will keep all the content the same on all translates wherever possible. Doing this just one way that,learning it by yourself,then translate by yourself. or employing a worker for doing that,but don't tried to translate from online translator something like that. |
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Feb 12 2006, 02:34 PM
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Privileged Member Group: [HOSTED] Posts: 506 Joined: 14-November 05 From: Britannia! Member No.: 14,287 |
It seems I may have to scrap this idea for a while... I'm afraid I just don't have a good enough picture of what to do.
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