SIGIA-L Mail Archives: RE: SIGIA-L: Language Options and Login
RE: SIGIA-L: Language Options and Login Screens
From: ringerd_at_wellsfargo.com
Date: Thu May 03 2001 - 18:58:33 EDT
I don't know if you have taken a look at it, or if it would even meet your
needs,
but there is a language translation service, that can make on-the-fly
translation
of web screens and other documents in a multitude of languages. You may
want to
take a look at it as an alternative. The web address is:
www.worldlingo.com
They DO charge a small monthly fee, but it may very well be cost effective
for you.
Thanks.
Diana
-----Original Message-----
From: Maria Arbusto [mailto:arbusto_at_us.ibm.com]
Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 11:10 AM
To: sigia-l_at_asis.org
Cc: Deb Reiser
Subject: RE: SIGIA-L: Language Options and Login Screens
We provide a default view of the page with some news content, but with a
fairly prominent log in/sign in area with some instructional text at the
top of page. We also provide a language option drop down on the page that
simply changes the language used navigation and common interaction elements
(like the sign in), but just for that session. A little duplicative, but
for users who have little English skill, it helps them start with the sign
and subscription tasks.
Yours,
Maria
_______________
Maria Arbusto
Senior Manager, IBM Intranet
212 745 7127 / tie-line 243 7127
arbusto_at_us.ibm.com
mobile 917 406 4394
Deb Reiser
<debr_at_fusive.c To: Maria
Arbusto/Armonk/IBM_at_IBMUS
om> cc:
Subject: RE: SIGIA-L: Language
Options and Login Screens
05/01/2001
05:55 PM
Thanks for the response. If you don't mind, I have a follow-up:
Does your login screen offer any navigation or text that offers assistance
(help with password, etc)? Or does it just provide the user the login and
password fields. I'm just curious as to how such text is handled if the
user
hasn't selected their language. I see the benefit of the IBM flow, but I'm
curious as to what is presented to the user the first time in a language
that may not be their own.
deb
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Maria Arbusto [mailto:arbusto_at_us.ibm.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 4:56 PM
> To: Deb Reiser
> Subject: Re: SIGIA-L: Language Options and Login Screens
>
>
>
> Here's how we do it on an IBM intranet news site:
>
> We ask users to log in first and then present the language
> choice. This
> allows us to associate the language preference with a unique user. On
> subsequent log ins, we automatically present the user with the correct
> language version of the site.
>
> On our news site, we don't require a user to log in every
> time they visit
> the site (just for the initial profile, preference and subscription
> settings or to modify any choices). For this reason, we keep
> the language
> option a persistent element on all pages of the site. We use
> a drop down
> box to present the options.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Yours,
>
> Maria
> _______________
> Maria Arbusto
> Senior Manager, IBM Intranet
> 212 745 7127 / tie-line 243 7127
> arbusto_at_us.ibm.com
> mobile 917 406 4394
>
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> Deb Reiser
>
> <debr_at_fusive.c To:
> sigia-l_at_asis.org
> om> cc:
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> Sent by: Subject:
> SIGIA-L: Language Options and Login Screens
> owner-sigia-l@
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> asis.org
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> 05/01/2001
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> 04:12 PM
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> I'm working on a project in which the user will have the
> option of viewing
> the site in one of three languages: English, Spanish and
> Portuguese. The
> user will also be required to login into the site before
> viewing the "home
> page" (it is a secure site for specific end-users, not the
> general public).
>
>
> Does anyone out there in IA-land have any examples of sites
> that offer a
> language choice _and_ login process? I can think of numerous
> sites that
> prompt the user to select a country or language before
> proceeding (fedex,
> seadoo) or sites such as tiffany.com that give you a
> flash/html choice. But
> I can't think of any off the top of my head that offer two
> steps in the
> choice process and I'm curious as to how others (if any) have
> handled that.
>
> The client I am working with currently has other sites that
> present the
> user
> with a language choice splash screen, so their preference is
> to give the
> user the language choice upfront and not tie it to their login ID.
>
> Any help with URLs to sites that offer such a two-step
> process, or data on
> what's a solid standard of practice would be appreciated.
>
> deb
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