zondag, februari 04, 2007
ASP.NET: Multilingual site
I've been going back and forth on whether I want to build a multilingual site. It is just so much more work. In the end, I decided to make the complete site capable of handling multiple languages. It will make a better, more accessible project on one hand, but take a lot more time on the other hand to complete it.
My reasoning is that especially anything that touches learning should be as close as possible to the learner, and preferably in his or her own language. One of the barriers to e-learning today is still the lack of non-English content for many topics.
DECISION: about2findout.com will be capable of handling multiple languages. During the beta, I will develop for English and Dutch only. Later on other languages might or might not be added, but at least the project will never have to be rewritten to support other languages in the future.
My reasoning is that especially anything that touches learning should be as close as possible to the learner, and preferably in his or her own language. One of the barriers to e-learning today is still the lack of non-English content for many topics.
DECISION: about2findout.com will be capable of handling multiple languages. During the beta, I will develop for English and Dutch only. Later on other languages might or might not be added, but at least the project will never have to be rewritten to support other languages in the future.
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