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Hi,

I have a website that should be available in every visitors own first language. This includes not only the entire EU, but any EU visitors (so pretty much every language >_<)

Fortunately only the customer facing portal needs translating and it does not include and managed content, only static.

Does anyone have any advice on who I should go to for the best rates, or if there is any reliable resource I can get more more general translations (i.e. "forename", "Surname", "Submit", "Cancel", etc)?

Thanks.


PS: I hate posting questions regarding development that don't include coding so here is a small extension method to discuss ^_^

C#
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;

namespace Extensions.Base
{
    public static class ArrayExtentions
    {
        public static T Head<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source)
        {
            return source.FirstOrDefault();
        }
        public static IEnumerable<T> Tail<T>(this IEnumerable<T> source)
        {
            return source.Skip(1).ToArray();
        }
    }
}
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Richard Deeming 29-Jun-15 10:05am    
You might find this tool[^] useful for localization. :)
Richard Deeming 29-Jun-15 10:09am    
And good luck using your Tail method on this sequence! :p

public static IEnumerable<int> NaturalNumbers()
{
for (int i = 0; i < int.MaxValue; i++)
{
yield return i;
}
}
Andy Lanng 29-Jun-15 10:11am    
Well I wouldn't do that :P
I could make a recursive method in c# but it's not a good idea.

I'm just looking at that tool - looks like exactly what I was after ^_^
Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Jun-15 15:22pm    
Don't you think that "every visitors own first language" sounds a bit too ambitious? It sounds like a saying by a person having no clue on how many languages and writing systems are there on the face of the Earth...
—SA
Andy Lanng 29-Jun-15 16:50pm    
true, but I was hoping there was some known repository of pre-translated words. Google translate doesn't always give the professional translation :S
At least with the tool RD mentioned I can add to it over time easily. That way I can translate the main EU countries and the rest we can decide on a case-by-case cost to benefit

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OK. gonna go down a different route.

The tool suggested by Richard Deeming looks great:
Quote:
You might find this tool[^] useful for localization. :)

With this I can include a page for admin or ourselves to add / improve translations.

Sergey confirmed my fear. There are no free professional translations at any level (I agree it would be troll-bait)

At least I can get the client to pay for translation services ^_^

Thanks guys.

PS: who 1*ed me >_< it was a valid question!
 
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