I need to build a website (friends reunited style) which should be multilingual from the start.
I am interested in hearing about real world experiences of i18n and mod_perl (I'm using mod_perl 2). There are some new modules that have become available since the last time this was discussed on this list : http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=apache-modperl&m=96755439927060&w=2 As I understand it, there are three issues: 1) Translating phrases into various languages to be grammatically correct (especially where it involves numbers and word order) 2) Different cultures requiring different content 3) Localisation of dates/currency/sort-order etc We probably need to support the major European languages. * For the first issue, I've looked briefly at: Locale::PGetText : http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Locale-PGetText Locale::MakeText : http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Locale-Maketext and Locale::Maketext::Gettext : http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Locale-Maketext-Gettext and our own Philippe's Apache::Language (http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Apache-Language) Does anybody have any experience of using these? How heavy are they, given that I'll be using them in mod_perl and process size matters. Is all of the functionality really required for most real world uses, or can you get by on a roll-your-own basis or with Apache::Language, which doesn't attempt to do anything except return translated phrases? * For the cultural differences - I thought briefly about using the multiviews approach with Template Toolkit templates, so the same data may be presented differently for different cultures. While this does require maintaining separate templates, it should mean that I will only have to maintain the differences - anything that is common is only written once. * For locales, I was thinking about using (eg) DateTime::Locale (http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/DateTime-Locale) and Locale::Currency::Format(http://cpan.uwinnipeg.ca/dist/Locale-Currency-Format). As far as sorting goes, I'll be using utf8 for all data, and this should be sufficient, no? Any advice/best-practices/pitfalls greatly appreciated. thanks Clint ________________________________________________________________________ Clinton Gormley [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.TravelJury.com - For travellers, By travellers
