[TYPO3-translators] "Inline" translation idea...

Stig Nørgaard Færch stig at 8620.dk
Mon Jun 2 11:24:11 CEST 2008


I have thought about a the possibility to translate extensions "inline". 
The idea is that you go into a "extension translation mode", so when you 
mouse is hovering over a text area, a box will open with a field where 
you can type the translation of the selected language.
To do this we could wrap each text field(only in this translation mode) 
with a span tag with a mouseover javascript function.

Why would this be cool?
Well, I have helped translating extensions to the danish language. One 
of the hardest things translating text fields on a list, is that the 
sentences/words are not in their context anymore. So sometimes it can be 
hard actually finding what the right translation is, without taking the 
extension for a spin (several times).
So if you could translate the extension directly when using it, I think 
it could make it a lot easier finding the best translations.

Well, that's just my thoughts...

/Stig


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