On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 5:44 PM, Rogan Creswick
The grammatical framework excels at translation and localization -- it probably has the highest learning curve of the options; but it will generate the best / most accurate text depending on the target language:
* http://www.grammaticalframework.org
At first brush, it may seem like extreme overkill; but it is able to handle many, many infuriating corner cases (eg: properly forming discontinuous constituents, updating case / tense and number to agree with potentially variable quantities and genders, addressing the absence of "yes" and "no" in some languages, etc...)
The language processing bits are expressed in a PMCFG grammar, which uses a syntax similar to haskell. The PMCFG compiles to a PGF file that can be loaded and used by a haskell module that implements the runtime, so it doesn't change your run-time requirements (if you already rely on haskell, there are also runtime implementations in javascript, java, c and python).
I've seen GF before, but I can't actually see how one would use it for localization. Are there any simple examples? Cheers, =) -- Felipe.