multi language site

[matrixroyal]

Just wondering what people would suggest for a 50-60 page site ( mostly static content but some dynamic pages ) that the client wants to have in 5 languages.
Has anyone built a similar site, if so what way did you go about it ?
Thus far, I have not really used a cms, but I know I should be employing them more for mid size and large sites.

Any ideas ? , thanks

 

[ph3n0m]

yes I have worked on such sites before using php/mysql to store and retrieve the data

I used a custom built cms, seperated each language into its own database (so you are dealing with multiple tables)

The hardest part was working out how to store information in the respective database/tables - went through 3 iterations before I found the structure I needed.

It does take time (obviously)

 

[daviddoran]

Depends, if you can use any software architecture then I would look into Plone, which is very accessible and multi-lingual.