I need to create a website that allows me to switch between English, Chinese Traditional and Chinese Simplified. (I work for a Chinese community centre, that's why it no other language.) I don't really want to create three different templates, and I have really, really basic web knowledge (I just a bout understand HTML), so how can I switch between the templates And the language without hiring someone else to do more complex programming.
2006-12-12 23:08:25 · 5 answers · asked by HiFi 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Some good suggestions, but I'm not a technical "genius", so PHP is kinda out of the question.
Also, I work for a charity, so professional website designers are a big no-no. Unless they will work for free.........
2006-12-13 00:27:03 · update #1
The Google Translator (or any web translator) doesn't work properly, I've already tried it. It translates word by word, where Chinese is spoken in phrases. For example, the words "Yahoo" and "Answers" could be put together and probably be read back as "dog turd". That's not its real translation, it's just how Chinese works.
Nice idea though.
2006-12-13 03:31:24 · update #2
You can do one of two things:
1. Write three versions of your website and store them in different folders that the user can link to: /english/ /chinese_trad/ /chinese_simp/.
2. You can use an online translator and only write one version of your website and have your users read the translated version via Google Translator or another service. See this example:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jeffwoelker.com&langpair=en%7Czh-CN&hl=en&safe=off&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
Hope I could help.
2006-12-13 02:47:56 · answer #1 · answered by Jeff W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is a valid point and to be unanimously accepted without discussion or dissension. A controversy will always loom over any beneficial and reasonable issue .It is a healthy sign for the your long awaited proposal to materialize and take off. I whole heartedly second your suggestion. A Tamil related question in English doesn't have that efficacy that Tamil could have generated and pitiably it doesn't attract other members who don't know Tamil. There may be some other practical problem like moderators can monitor only in some selected languages. In that case they should include our Indian languages which will enroll more Indian members,millions of them,in Yahoo. Will YAHOO ANSWERS INDIA become INDIANS' YAHOO ANSWERS?
2016-03-29 05:35:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
From your question, i'm assuming that you are looking for a content management system. Usually such scripts are developed in PHP or ASP.
You could visit http://www.phpcow.com/ to have a demo of how the script works.
2006-12-12 23:17:21 · answer #3 · answered by John 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you would have to create three web pages...and have them linked....
2006-12-12 23:10:18 · answer #4 · answered by troubled1367 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hire a professional to do it, go to http://www.intrinzicdesignz.com
2006-12-12 23:44:33 · answer #5 · answered by dm-dnd 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋