HTML/Javascript Internationalization Primer Tutorial
Internationalization is a word that encompasses all the efforts you make to have your website be open and approachable to any/all of the world’s Internet users. So within the concept of internationalization you could have:
- language translation
- monetary and currency conversions
- timezone and date format considerations
- social etiquette considerations
- religious tolerance
For today’s tutorial we just touch on language translation, and do not pretend that this can be an exact science, but show you a relatively easy approach to implementing a language translation strategy for your whole website, using the wonderful Google Translate software suite.
Today we show you a pared down webpage with one HTML p tag and one HTML select tag, where you select a language of choice and Google Translate envelopes your webpage in a translator to continue your work within a constantly translating environment … cute, huh? Click here for a live run. Please note that a bit of tweaking would be required for website containing GET parameters but could be worked with some smarter HTML/Javascript.
Link to some downloadable HTML/JavaScript here for GoogleTranslateTutorial.html
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