I was thinking that you should have a site connection to IPSBeyond or something. That a every user can contribute to the language files. You should also add the ability to upload a previous language packade from a earlier version of IP.Board, and the then script adds the correct string into the correct place of the new file. Launchpad.net is a similar service for Ubuntu.


In the ACP, you should do as they have done with ExpressionEngine. That the string in english is displayed above the field you are about to translate. This would make it easier to translate it, and when you have got hold of a public package you can easliy translate the strings that you mean is uncorrect.

Please bare with me, this is some future proofed features that you should add.

Just ask me if you want to explain this better. But I would love some respons on this.

A similar service I had in mind, was LaunchPad.net.

Something like this would need to wait until a major update, and right now we are working only on the next bug fix update.

I will happely wait. But this should have been considered for future versions. Because this would make your software more international.

That's what this forum is for - suggestions for future versions.

It's not that simple all times. Some strings might contain formating characters like %s! And then there is a prime example for Swedish, the a/an rules are completely different, and people want their nouns to be correct. Some of these things would require logic changes to work in some languages.

The same occur to norwegian.

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