Rethinking internationalization in Joomla 2.5 and beyond

RETHINKING INTERNATIONALIZATION

Victor Drover Yannick Gaultier

sustainable open sourcethingdigital




3RD PARTY

vs.

NATIVE


3rd party native

joomla versions 1.0, 1.5, 2.5 2.5+

associate source & target items

dedicated translation interface

show original during translation

ease of setup

3rd-party adoption


3rd party native

computer-assisted translation

forward-compatible with Joomla 3+

extension-free translation display

fewer database queries

completion monitoring

collaborative translation

?

?


WORKFLOW

vs.

PERFORMANCE


TRANSLATION WORKFLOW

• Duplicate, duplicate, duplicate

• Categories, menu items, articles

• Track, track, track

• What article belongs to what category to what menu item?

• What about propagating changes?

JOOMLA 2.5


WHAT IS A CONTENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM?

vs.

這是一個內容管理系統?



DEDICATED INTERFACE


DEDICATED INTERFACE



SHOW ORIGINALDURING TRANSLATION




COMPLETION MONITORING





MACHINE ASSISTANCE


bit.ly/mstranslator



K2 SUPPORT(COMING SOON)

JOOMFISH MIGRATION






3rd party nativenative +josetta

joomla versions 1.0, 1.5, 2.5 2.5+ 2.5+

associate source & target items

dedicated translation interface

show original during translation

ease of setup

3rd-party adoption


3rd party native josetta

computer-assisted translation

forward-compatible with Joomla 3+

extension-free translation display

fewer database queries

completion monitoring

collaborative translation

?

?


http://bit.ly/jab12josetta



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Rethinking internationalization in Joomla 2.5 and beyond