#22359 [Com]: translate the PHP website to other languages

ID:               22359
Comment by:       kaoremix at gc5 dot so-net dot ne dot jp
Reported By:      philip at cornado dot com
Status:           Open
Bug Type:         Website problem
Operating System: all
PHP Version:      4.3.1
New Comment:

So announcements.php will provide announcements according
to REQUEST:

- default == latest and en
- check for GET version (?version=430)
- check for GET lang (?lang=fr)
- check my.php.net lang preference
- select box for available announcements


Previous Comments:
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[2003-02-22 21:11:30] sniper@php.net

IMO there's no point in translating the website.
(except for the manual)


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[2003-02-21 13:14:46] goba@php.net

Well, I also thought about this. I really dislike the current
translation method. Only English and French versions are posted of
release announcements, BTW. If we go on this way, it is much better to
think about translating the site. :)))

So I thought about putting this a bit off, and do the user preferences
and advanced search, which are the two next points on my todo list, and
work on site translation support later.

There are some problems, like what to do if a translation is outdated
(fall back to English, but it may not be that easy). Eg if a release is
out, and the English files are chnaged, but the translated ones are
not.

And then there is also the question on how to support site translation
selection. Do the site "needs to be" translated to all languages, which
have their manuals. If not, then we need a separate list for site
translations, and so two different language handling methods for site
and manual language preferences...

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[2003-02-21 13:09:12] philip at cornado dot com

PHP offers official announcements in English and many times French.
This is nice but how about having more translations?  This is a phpweb
feature request for both a Coordinated Announcement Translation System
(CATS :) as well as a more featured release announcement webpage.
Some points:

- List out volunteer translators for the job (several
per language) for later contact
- English announcement is given to each team and within
a sane amount of time translations are accepted and
published
- Most likely one volunteer per group will do the
translation,  sort of a first-accept-first-serve basis?
Something...
- New page (announcements.php) to display release announcements
- *Maybe* also send translated announcements to "officially
designated" lang mailing lists (ex. es = lista@phpes.com)
and this could also mean auto emails to php.announce and
php.general..

Currently translators copy the english phpweb file and
create their own, for example:

release_4_3_0.php
release_4_3_0_fr.php

With many translations (or even two) this clutters up the
phpweb docroot so how about something more like:

// Put translated announcements in a directory
include/announce/4_3_0_fr.inc

// Display it through one page
announcements.php

So announcements.php will provide announcements according
to REQUEST:

- default == latest and en
- check for GET version (?version=430)
- check for GET lang (?lang=fr)
- check my.php.net lang preference
- select box for available announcements

Discuss :)

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