It will be great to add an option to automatically translate the content using the drupal's gtrans (Google Translate) module when no translation is available. This will give the plus of having separate URLs for each language, and displaying a real translation when available.

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druvision commented

GTrans link: http://drupal.org/project/gtrans

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davemybes commented

The only problem I have found with Google's translate is that its not accurate. In fact, often when you translate large amounts of text it comes out almost unreadable. Personally, I'm not sure its a "better than nothing" solution, but thats just my opinion. Generally speaking I have found Babelfish Altavista to be a bit better.

I read your post in the Gtranslate issues about the language tag url. Usually, if you tell i18n to detect browser language, it will automatically change the language for the user. Usually, people have their browser setup in the language they are most comfortable with, so this solution usually works out pretty well. That said, you usually don't see the language tag in the default language. Maybe you can specify /en or /fr as the home page in the various languages? Haven't tried this myself though.

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druvision commented

Hi incrn8,

You can't specify URLs for the language tag in the GTranslate module yet. For example, see my site http://www.e-buy-auction.com - GTrans allows you to select many languages, but you can't specify http://www.e-buy-auction.com/fr - it still displays the default language. That's because GTrans doesn't have the smart URLs mechanism of the i18n module yet.

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jose reyero commented
Version: 4.7.x-1.x-dev » 6.x-1.x-dev
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jose reyero commented
Status: Active » Closed (won't fix)

Not really for i18n module, and translations are now handled by Drupal core.