Joomla in different languages, what is the best way

joomla in languages

[Habtom]

I want to have my joomla site to be in different languages, what is the easiest way of doing. Note, I wouldn't prefer automatic translations.

Hab

[bill]

Automatic translations (read: machine translations) should never be an option you would consider. Machine translations simply aren't even close to being usable. They may never be.

Hire a professional translator and a local copywriter. Get the site translated and then have a copywriter who understands your business and the local market rewrite the site to appeal to the local market.

For local SEO purposes it is often a good idea to put local content on a country domain (i.e., Japanese - .jp, Simplified Chinese - .cn, etc.)

Unfortunately I'm not sure how you would do this in Joomla. Can Joomla handle multiple sites from one install?

[Habtom]

Thanks for your response.

// Can Joomla handle multiple sites from one install?

That is exactly what I want to know.

Habtom

[Habtom]

anyone?

[jaztuck]

where has everyone gone?

[Habtom]

jaztuck, if you are looking for a solution to the problem I stated above, you should look into Joom!Fish.

Joom!Fish - Multilingual Content Manager [extensions.joomla.org]

[reprint]

You cannot have multiple sites from one joomla install out of the box. There are some add-ons that allow this but i havent used them. I use either wordpress MU or drupal for that.

[jaztuck]

cool thanks.

[svnchanger]

If you're considering Joomla! 1.5, keep an eye on

[nooku.org...]

[svnchanger]

Further, I've not see the code, but I've heard from a good source that Nooku [nooku.org...] is in itself a framework. Given that Joomla already has a framework I got a thinkin' and I believe this multi-lingual release may be the tip of the iceberg for writing further extensions that work in many languages. If this is the case this means that your multi-site want list might well be served by a suped up version of Nooku.

I am guessing but that's the logic which comes from an old coder's mind.