[Zope] multi-language apps

Anthony Baxter Anthony Baxter <anthony@interlink.com.au>
Thu, 19 Jul 2001 00:21:33 +1000


There's a number of different i18n packages on zope.org - ZBabel 
and Localiser (sp?) I think are two.

See if either of them suit your needs.

Anthony

>>> "A. Giacomelli" wrote
> hi,
> 
> i would appreciate feedback from the list on the implementation of
> multilanguage applications in zope.
> 
> my experience is in php, where i have been working wih 'dictionaries'
> based on associative arrays, e.g.
> 
> key_water->
>    'it' -> 'acqua',
>    'en' -> 'water',
> ...
> 
> and then retrieving definitions via something like
> 
> getdef($selected_language,key_water)
> 
> other localization issues (e.g. changing international phone prefixes,
> currency etc.) are then dealt with by checking the $selected_language
> variable (typically associated to a cookie).
> 
> i have read about the dtml-vary tag, but i would not see it impractical
> to implement database-based dictionaries close to the associative array
> thing.
> 
> TIA for any comments, and regards
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