--- Forwarded Message from [log in to unmask] --- >From: [log in to unmask] >Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 18:29:52 EST >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Multilingual Website: a possibility? Dear list members: I am responsible for web development at Central Piedmont Community = College, and I need your help to solve an issue. It is one of my primary goals to make our school's web site multilingual, = in order to closely mirror the multi-cultural mix of our customer base. = Currently, a third of our student population lists English as a second = language. In order to accomplish this, I am looking for a real-time = language translation system; one in which student could simply select a = language of their choice, click a button, and have a web page translated = instantly. This system would make it possible to maintain a single web = site in a language of our choice, and then have the site's content = translated on-demand into other languages as needed by customers. I have made calls to Systransoft, creators of the Babelfish real-time = translation site (http://babelfish.altavista.digital.com). Of the language = systems I have found, Systransoft's was the only one that offered a = real-time translation server. It was my intent to purchase a system like = Babelfish for installation on our school's computer network. But in = talking with Systransoft, it became clear that the company would only sell = its software according to the number of client users. Clearly, to install = Systransoft as a feature on our web site would entail thousands of "client = users."=20 So I am in a quandary. How have each of you solved the challenge of making = web content available to customers in their native languages? How do you = maintain the content on your systems? Any advice and suggestions would be = appreciated. Thank you, -Mark Little Director of Online Services Central Piedmont Community College [log in to unmask] 704/330-6089