🚀 go-pugleaf

I actually used it today.  Unfortunately, I can barely speak/write English
(US) let alone any other so I cant say for sure how the translation reads in
the target language.  However, if you try the round-trip of English to
German back to English - you are in store for some laughs.  I cannot say how
babelfish will work with technical/engineering content - sorry never tried
it.

Ever consider just leaving the text (comments, in particular) in their
native language?  Possibly providing x-lation as a helper app/web link apart
from the core app?

That's how we solved this problem with a workflow/trading system used in
Chicago, London, Berlin, and Duby.  Of course, in this particular case, we
had users that would assign tasks to team members knowing (possibly) their
native language and may have adjusted their language usage accordingly.

I recall date format masks being a hassle too, probably more of a hassle
when the US is thrown into the mix.

In the end, "...never underestimate notes and comments..."

TS

"Andy" <andy@NOSPAMiola.co.uk> wrote in message news:3d2eb3d4$1_2@dnews...
>
> HITS - LOL
>
> I had actually considered calling the babelfish soap service
> to translate all text into english and then back again. I'm
> not sure what level of service babel guarantees though.
>
> Andy
>
> Andrue Cope <not.a.valid@email.address.sorry> wrote:
> >Andy,
> >
> >> Is there a standard approach to this problem?
> >>
> >
> ><humour>
> >Yes, it's called HITS - "Head in the Sand"
> ></humour>
> >
> >If you're talking about comment text then the only solutions are to
> >ignore it or translate it. The latter can be done (with varying
> >degrees of success) by machine.
> >
> >Andrue Cope
> >[Bicester, UK]
> >
> >Team Thai Kingdom
> >
>