Brian McConnell from the worldwidelexicon.org project talked about their Open Source localization project at IMUG tonite.
The team is now 5 guys, some developers in Russia with i18n experience. Most are volunteers, some are paid.
WordPress users can install a WordPress plugin to get automatic translation for postings if available.
There is also a PHP API available for other apps.
Maybe other plugins available later, like Drupal.
Community content sites always have problems with vandals.
So far the strategy is to ignore vandals and they’ll go away, because active measures like banning “raises the ante.” Also pages are closed off to updates after a while.
Features include:
- use IP address and accept lang header to decide which languages to enable
- searchable on google
- also option to close it and make it private
- consumers can pay translators via paypal
- translation from any language to any language
- can fork language variants
Brian is looking for sponsors: both money and hosting are welcome. CMS plugin authors are also very welcome.
Afterward I wandered around the Cypress Hotel for awhile. Seems very nice.
The gym and business centers are open 24 hours. The gym is small, but does have dumbbells to 50 pounds and a few cardio machines. The business center has 2 Macs with Bootcamp to dual-boot OS X and Windows.
The Park Place Restaurant serves food until 11 pm and closes at 12 am. The hotel has WiFi throughout for guests.
Thanks to Apple for hosting the meeting once again.
