modules/i18n_auto/README.txt

// $Id: README.txt,v 1.1 2007/06/01 20:28:02 aaron Exp $

Auto Translate

Author: Aaron Winborn
Creation Date: Begun June 1, 2007

Contact: aaron (at) advomatic (dot) com

This module, in conjunction with the Internationalization (i18n) module, will add a button to the translation edit pages of nodes,
that when pressed, will fill in an empty textarea with the preset translated text of the node to a specified language. It may also 
be configured to translate the text already in any specified textarea(s).

Please be aware that the current state of the art of automatic translation tools are poor at best. This will hopefully change in the 
future, but until then, this module attempts to make things easier for editors and translators. I strongly suggest that you edit
any translated text manually after the automatic grab, unless you want to risk public humiliation for your web site and an increase
in the incidence of personal ninja attacks.

I18N Auto Translate scrapes the pages from pre-configured third-party providers. Before using, please peruse their terms of service,
as I take no legal responsibility for this use of their services. To attempt to stay within any reasonable interpretation of Fair
Use, the module will only translate text within a form to be submitted (rather than translating on the fly, which would abuse the
servers of the third party and slow down your site to boot), and will also display the links and/or logo(s) of the third party 
translators configured to be used by the module on the content submission pages.

If anyone is aware of other automatic translation servers, or (especially) any freely available API's, please, please, contact me
so we can include them (or write a patch yourself).

The module makes use of include files to allow easy addition of new third party translation servers as they become available. The
module provides several hooks for the translation process.
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3	Auto Translate
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5	Author: Aaron Winborn
6	Creation Date: Begun June 1, 2007
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8	Contact: aaron (at) advomatic (dot) com
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10	This module, in conjunction with the Internationalization (i18n) module, will add a button to the translation edit pages of nodes,
11	that when pressed, will fill in an empty textarea with the preset translated text of the node to a specified language. It may also
12	be configured to translate the text already in any specified textarea(s).
13
14	Please be aware that the current state of the art of automatic translation tools are poor at best. This will hopefully change in the
15	future, but until then, this module attempts to make things easier for editors and translators. I strongly suggest that you edit
16	any translated text manually after the automatic grab, unless you want to risk public humiliation for your web site and an increase
17	in the incidence of personal ninja attacks.
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19	I18N Auto Translate scrapes the pages from pre-configured third-party providers. Before using, please peruse their terms of service,
20	as I take no legal responsibility for this use of their services. To attempt to stay within any reasonable interpretation of Fair
21	Use, the module will only translate text within a form to be submitted (rather than translating on the fly, which would abuse the
22	servers of the third party and slow down your site to boot), and will also display the links and/or logo(s) of the third party
23	translators configured to be used by the module on the content submission pages.
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25	If anyone is aware of other automatic translation servers, or (especially) any freely available API's, please, please, contact me
26	so we can include them (or write a patch yourself).
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28	The module makes use of include files to allow easy addition of new third party translation servers as they become available. The
29	module provides several hooks for the translation process.