From wblock at wonkity.com  Sun Dec 14 15:38:24 2014
From: wblock at wonkity.com (Warren Block)
Date: Sun, 14 Dec 2014 08:38:19 -0700 (MST)
Subject: Choosing a translation system
Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.11.1412140837320.35296@wonkity.com>

PO/gettext tools appear to be the default choice for translating open
source project documentation.

There are some disadvantages to it.  Two have been mentioned recently:

   Different translators can translate the same string into different end
   results.  (A list of standard terms could help with this.)

   Strings are shown alone, without context.  The meaning of a string
   shown with surrounding text can be much easier to understand.  (A
   sufficiently advanced translation editor might be able to show
   context--are there any?)

What other types of translation systems are available?