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The Code Kitchen previews new localization tool (0)

September 24th, 2007 · by Heri · startups

The Code Kitchen, which is currently working on CakeMail, has a blog post on their new web-based localization tool.

The application is targeted to web developers who use gettext to provide multiple languages for their users, which is somehow a compulsory step in Québec. As CakeMail is being launched in Québec, the Code Kitchen had to provide a perfect interface in both languages, english and french, and were unsatisfied from existing tools.

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Duncan Moore points out though that there are already solutions avalaible, like launchpad’s translator tool, and launching a new service wouldn’t make sense if you don’t have enough key differences and advantages from your competitors. If you want my personal opinion, we rolled out either english-only or french-only websites, or hand-coded the translations. Providing a user interface in both languages added a layer of complexity in content delivery and also programmatically; so projects were “downsized” automatically to one language. But I guess this isn’t the norm but the exception. If you are developing multilingual websites, head over to their blog and leave a feedback.

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