"James A.Treacy" <treacy@debian.org> writes:
> 3. Similar to 2, but each language references the pages in its language,
> e.g. index.html.de would reference vendors.html.de . At the main
> page the user would get a language (either by content negotiation
> or by explicitly choosing the language by using one of the cross-links)
> and all links followed after that would be in that language.
> Someone jumping into a different page would have no idea other languages
> existed.
>
> Good points: This can weakly support partial translations by having a link
> to a non-translated page point to the English version. A person using
> a browser that doesn't support content negotiation can still get their
> preferred language. Stupid users can understand this.
This is very important for our organization of volunteers. We need a
starting point to encourage other people to translate more pages.
> Bad points: once you choose a language, you are stuck with it unless you
> go back to the main page (or are clever and type in a language extension).
> Partial translations aren't dealt with well. A German with good French
> (does such a person exist? ;) and poor English isn't served well by this
> model with a partial German translation.
that can be solved with cross references to all other languages. We
can use a small line at the bottom that contains links to each
translation of the document. It should be possible to create these
links automatically. Otherwise it's to much work.
> Personally, I see number 3 as the way to go. Of course, other opinions/
> additional ideas are welcome.
me, too.
Bye
Christian
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