At work, we’re currently building a business application using Silverlight 4. One of the requirements is the support of multiple languages. Google Docs proves to be very useful in this context. Just create a spreadsheet, and using GoogleTranslate formulas, you’ll get your translations.
First step : create a new spreadsheet
Second step : create GoogleTranslate formulas
Use the formula below to obtain your translations. More info on the official documentation page.
Conclusion
While you shouldn’t rely at 100% on these translations when putting your application into production (to have correct translations, you need a context and the best way is still to get your translations from a person or company specializing into that), Google Docs is a very useful tool for the development stage. This way, you can test that your multilanguage support works correctly without having to wait for translations to be completed by third parties.
