GHOP 143 - Help bring the Auto Translate module out of Dev--4--Usability

The Auto Translate Module ( http://drupal.org/project/i18n_auto ) aims to
assist with translations on Drupal sites by allowing content creators to
press a button which scrapes the text area of a node, queries a third party
translation service, and pastes the resulting translation which can then be
edited and posted as a translation. When this module is complete it will
greatly reduce the amount of time needed to translate a site, making it
much easier to maintain multi-lingual content-heavy Drupal sites. However,
the module is still in a development release, and needs a few significant
improvements to bring it to the level of a full release.

To complete this task the student must complete the following:

1) Examine the current User Interface (UI) of the Location Buttonsets
attached below each text area.
2) Propose at least one alternative UI and/or workflow for the Auto
Translate module and create an illustration, diagram, and/or screenshot of
the proposal.
3) Implement the changes required for an alternative UI and/or workflow,
and submit as a patch for review.
4) Find at least 3 volunteers, at least one of whom is not familiar with
Drupal, that you are able to observe while using the computer. Have each of
them use both the unpatched and modified Auto Translate module, by
translating content in a text area. Interview the volunteers, asking their
impressions of both UI's. Submit a report of your findings.

Deliverables:
This task will be considered complete when a single document against the
5.x-1.x-dev version of the module is submitted and has been marked as RTBC.

Resources
Google Translate - http://www.google.com/translate_t
Yahoo Translate - http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
Internationalization Module - http://drupal.org/project/i18n
CAPTCHA Module - http://drupal.org/project/captcha

Primary Contact(s)
Aaron Winborn (aaron) with help from Alex Urevick-Ackelsberg (Alex UA)

Original issue reported on code.google.com by kaos...@gmail.com on 12 Jan 2008 at 6:48

gcode-mirror / google-highly-open-participation-drupal

GHOP 143 - Help bring the Auto Translate module out of Dev--4--Usability #143