Having recently done this, I think I can offer some assistance.

On Wed, 23 Mar 2011 10:37:04 -0700 Andre Durudas durudasa@gmail.com wrote:

Hello,

I am relatively new to Drupal and I am trying to set up a site in two different languages. I would be more than happy to hear some recommendations how to best proceed on this.

You need to install the Internationalization module set: http://drupal.org/project/i18n

Do I need to set up two nodes for every page, one in language 1 and one in language 2, and then link them? Or do I create the site in one language and copy everything on it and translate it to the second language?

You need to create a copy of every node in each language, but the I18n module set helps with that process and the linking.

I saw that there are some modules, even one that comes with Drupal, but they all sound like they "just" translate the user interface. I don't care so much about that, for me the most important thing are the content and maybe the menus.

The built-in Locale module is primarily for translating the UI, but it is the base for all the other steps.

Any insights are greatly appreciated! :)

Over all tips, tricks and tutorials in this area seem to be a bit scarce, but I did locate these helpful tutorials: http://drupal.org/node/275705 http://www.eangkasa.com/content/setting-multilingual-site-drupal-internation...

There's also this documentation: http://drupal.org/node/254214 and this older screencast: http://drupal.org/node/201788

One thing to note when going through the above links is that with the creation of the Drupal localization server (http://localize.drupal.org/), manually importing .po files is no longer necessary. Use the Localization update module instead: http://drupal.org/project/l10n_update

There are also a plethora of modules to help in your process. Read through the list in the "Recommended add-ons" and "Other related modules you may like" sections of the Internationalization module page.

Thanks, Andre