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Website translation. Problems with links | Links have to be relative

Mihail Mateev — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 06:14:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Website translation. Problems with links
Poster: Mihail Mateev
Post title: Links have to be relative

Basically, the link have to be relative (for example: ../foo.htm) and not: [url removed] ).
Again basically, if you are going to make a web-localization, a mirror is made in the target language, to keep the things simple.

You would have one foler with name "en" for english pages, one folder "es" for Spanish pages, etc. In the root folder you would have one index file with name "index.htm" which will direct you to EN and Es versions. And the structure of EN and ES folders will be equal.

Personally I localize my sites this way :))

If you still have problems - you can always write me at my email :))

Best regards,
Misho

Website translation. Problems with links | CatsCradle

Aleksandr Surkov — Wed, 19 Jan 2005 05:13:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Website translation. Problems with links
Poster: Aleksandr Surkov
Post title: CatsCradle

Hello

Try to use CatsCradle.
Translate web sites without worrying about the HTML code.
It's free but can be useful.
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Website translation. Problems with links

Javier Herrera (X) — Tue, 18 Jan 2005 15:53:00 +0000

Forum: Localization
Topic: Website translation. Problems with links
Poster: Javier Herrera (X)

Dear all,
Im teaching myself to translate websites (beginner) using WordFast and Rainbow and I've designed a small one (around 50 words and three pages) for that purpose. My problem is that links stay untranslated', i.e., the link in the target version would take me to another page in the source version. I can solve that problem easily by changing the translated pages' URLs and the links manually, but I feel this doesnt seem right, I can get away with it for small sites but I want to learn the proper way for bigger projects. Up to now, Im only translating webpages for one customer, she sends me the pages she wants, I give the translated html back and she deals with the sites structure. There is bound to be a way to do that automatically, but I havent found it in the WordFast manual or in the how-to about website translation in this site.
Thanks, and sorry if my question is too basic, Im sure Im missing something.
Javier Herrera