[interchange-i18n] Newbie - converting all languages -using multiple tables

[Dog Tags]

 > Dog Tags wrote: 
 > 
 > > 
 > > What I want to do is 1) offer up to 6 languages on the site, 2) translate all site navigation and other buttons, and 3) also translate all product data. 
 > > 
 > 
 > You can place translations in locale.txt or in a separate file: yourlocale.cfg ( 
 > i. e. es_ES.cfg) in yourcat/config. This file can then be included in your 
 > catalog.cfg with include statement or incorporated as a Here document.but the 
 > locale.txt setting take precedence over individual locale files. 
 > 
 > Using locale.cfg (one for each translation ) files is more manageable but you have to set tags [L text_no] [/l] 
 > inside the pages and [msg text_no] [/msg] inside templates. [LC]...[/LC] tags and translations can also be used inside pages but appear to be less efficient. 
 > 
 > > This would all be accomplished through a Preferences select box type of thing. 
 > 
 > The following is from Racke: 
 > You can switch the locale by calling (replace de_DE with the proper locale) 
 > process/locale/de_DE/page/index 
 > instead of 
 > index 
 > 
 > The locale is then stored in [scratch mv_locale] 
 > 
 > 
 > > I imagine that the nav buttons and other standard site features can be translated using a text file, 
 > 
 > No, you have to create button gif images for each language. 
 > 
 > > but the big thing for me is how to make the product data translated. Should I create a separate table for each language to help with search speed? I'm using mysql. 
 > 
 > You can add fields in product by deleting the Mysql and recreating from a txt file. I am using GDBM and I edit the txt file and restart Interchange (not sure about MySQL). These fields are then referenced by the DescriptionField defined for each locale in 
> catalog.cfg. I didn't bother to do it I just created different products and selected the correct one depending on [L] ..[/L] tags. This is not the recommended method for accounting. 
 > 
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 Thanks very much for your help, Michel. I'll start to work with your suggestions as soon as possible. I'm looking forward to this. 
 
 Thanks, again. 
 
DT 

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