[News.eclipse.foundation] Re: [PROJECT] - Localization and Translation T

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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 00:57:55 +0200, Tal <shabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ÃÃ"Tal" <shabi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> ÃÃÃ ÃÃÃÃÃÃ
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> > Google give a tool to localize web pages.
> > Maybe we can use it.

I like you enthousiasm, but at this stage this would not help.

One could make an research about available

- Open Source translation tools (if possible java)
- Commercial solutions, with tendency to Open Sourcing

> A program could externalize all it's strings and then run it via a
> translator.

As to my knowledge, this is how tools work.

The main thing is not only to translate, but to minimize effort for translations (translating a word with a similar meaning only once).

But all those details are not relevant at this stage.

[note: this is just a project _suggestion_ to the eclipse.foundation]

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