By ShortCurl on

I am trying to setup a new website using Drupal install 5.3 to develop a website for a local school. We really need spanish and french translations.

I have attempted to use the locale/il8n modules and also tried to google translation. None of these has been able to completely translate my site. Google translate did not work at all.

Is there an easy/effective way to translate this site easily? I am just a volunteer and would like something that is easy to use and requires minimal effort to update/use.

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VM commented

In future please don't cross post to multiple forums.
I've removed duplicates. Please review and follow : Tips for posting to the Drupal forums

have you looked at the already available translations ? http://drupal.org/project/Translations

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ShortCurl commented

I have looked at the available translations. When installed they only translate ~50% of the content. I am trying to locate a way to translate my site in a way that will be efficient. I was hoping to get some suggestions.

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dman commented

Very bad post title!

There are at least two sides to translating. The UI - Drupal buttons, titles, links and labels - can be translated through I18N using .po files and the like.

Your custom text however, needs a different approach. It's possible to create alternative nodes for different languages alongside each other ... but you do have to create and edit each of them.

But I don't believe there is a 'minimal effort' solution to translating your actual content!
I've tried the google translate tool, and it actually worked for me, although it did require actually reading the instructions ... and then reviewing each page*language individually it was a pretty good start.

That said ... I've not actually built multi-lang sites, so I can't help much more ... and you won't get much more help unless your question titles are better phrased!

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