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Support => Elxis 2008 developers guide => Topic started by: datahell on March 21, 2007, 21:10:22
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Elxis has build-in automatically translation support via the Translator class. Translator class provides 2 methods of translation from different internet sources. A method ideal for small text strings and a method ideal for large texts. We wont explain here how the translator class works but we will give usage examples inorder to use it in your own modules, components etc (Only for Elxis CMS! See notice at the end).
Usage example 1
Translation of large texts
//include the translator class (we call the script from backend)
require_once( 'includes/translator.class.php' );
//initialize translator
$trans= new translator ( $text, $fromto );
where $text the text we want to translate and $fromto the languages pair. Example of language pair: en_fr (from English to French)
$translated_text = $trans->translate();
That's it! $translated_text contains our translated text. We can then save it to the database, display it to the user, etc.
Usage example 2
Translation of small text strings (ie item titles)
$trans = new translator ( $text, $fromto, true );
$translated_text = $trans->translateLite();
Finish. Easy enough?
Notice that Elxis translator preserves the text format, images etc!
Supported language pairs
zt_en', 'en_zh', 'en_zt', 'en_nl', 'en_fr', 'en_de', 'en_el', 'en_it','en_ja','en_ko', 'en_pt', 'en_ru','en_es', 'nl_en', 'nl_fr', 'fr_en', 'fr_de', 'fr_el', 'fr_it', 'fr_pt', 'fr_nl', 'fr_es', 'de_en', 'de_fr', 'el_en', 'el_fr', 'it_en', 'it_fr', 'ja_en', 'ko_en', 'pt_en', 'pt_fr', 'ru_en', 'es_en', 'es_fr
* Note: The Translator Class is copyrighted by me (Ioannis Sannos). Contact me if you want a licence to use it in other than Elxis applications or in commercial products.