[Bug 12417] HTML5 is missing attribute for specifying translatability of content

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=12417

--- Comment #68 from Martin D <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp> 2012-01-18 04:23:50 UTC ---
(In reply to comment #67)
> While we’re at it, it would be great to have a way to provide pre-translated
> texts for translatable elements or attributes.
> 
> Then, not only machine translation could take advantage of them to improve
> results, but the browser could expose a UI similar to the language pickers many
> multi-lingual websites have. This wouldn't just make website i18n easier for
> authors, but it would also make multi-lingual websites easier for web users.
> 
> Not sure if I should make a new bug for this. I'd love to hear Hixie's opinion
> first.

Please make this a separate 'bug'. It is way more far-reaching than the
translatable attribute.

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Received on Wednesday, 18 January 2012 04:23:57 UTC