Does Drupal have any special multi-language support, or do you just
create copies of pages by hand?
BlueSky offered to do translation on the forum. If you create a
www.bitcoin.org/zh/ copy of the site and give him an account with just
the ability to create new pages and edit text, he'll probably translate
the site into Chinese for you and maybe maintain it.
Translation
Private email with Martti Malmi (sirius-m) · 5 messages · from 8 February 2010 · with Satoshi Nakamoto, mmalmi@cc.hut.fi
Read in Satoshi Mail Archive source
Drupal supports multiple languages. I didn't yet figure out how to
make it automatically show the translation at bitcoin.org/zh-hans
though.
Does Drupal have any special multi-language support, or do you just create copies of pages by hand? BlueSky offered to do translation on the forum. If you create a www.bitcoin.org/zh/ copy of the site and give him an account with just the ability to create new pages and edit text, he'll probably translate the site into Chinese for you and maybe maintain it.
I got the translations working correctly, now it should automatically
detect the language from the browser settings. Choosing manually is of
course also possible. I asked the translators to send me their
translations as pm or e-mail. I guess I'll make a Finnish translation
myself at some point. Multiple translations add to the site's
credibility.
Drupal is asking to do a security update. Do we have other customized
files we need to backup than those located in the "sites" directory?
I didn't make any changes to Drupal code. The only thing other than
installing themes was the .htaccess file (which really is needed, it
didn't work in the global config file).
It was only SMF where I made some PHP changes.
You might find it preferable not to translate it into your own language.
Often the standard answer about legalities is that it's only intended
for people in other countries. Translating it into your home language
weakens that argument.
mmalmi@cc.hut.fi wrote:I got the translations working correctly, now it should automatically detect the language from the browser settings. Choosing manually is of course also possible. I asked the translators to send me their translations as pm or e-mail. I guess I'll make a Finnish translation myself at some point. Multiple translations add to the site's credibility. Drupal is asking to do a security update. Do we have other customized files we need to backup than those located in the "sites" directory?
I'm not too worried about that, since I'm not doing anything illegal,
even with my exchange service. If I were, it wouldn't help me that I'm
only offering the service for foreigners. Things may of course be
different under other jurisdictions, but that's how it is in my
country. The law monopoly here is less uncivilized than many others.
You might find it preferable not to translate it into your own language. Often the standard answer about legalities is that it's only intended for people in other countries. Translating it into your home language weakens that argument.