The new SharePoint 2010™ release boasts many new multilingual capabilities OOB. But to the disappointment of those who need truly multilingual sites, these new capabilities do not make SharePoint sites fully multilingual. Read the full article on why you need PointFire 2010 for your SharePoint 2010 deployments.
Feature
Description
Multilingual User Interface
Over 32 languages possible on any given site.
Fast page language switching
Multilingual Content Management
All content managed on one site instead of many.
Filter list content based on language.
Automatically redirect users to other list items based on language.
Web Part Management
Choose which language your web parts should be displayed to.
Control the level of translation of each web part individually.
Targeted Translations
Manage the translation of elements such as list titles, column names, etc...
Use "keys" to manage the context of translations.
Use a centralized or localized repository for your translations.
Intuitive Interfaces
Easy to learn and easy to use management windows.
Easily manageable, inheritable, site settings.
Advanced variation control with a central interface for each list or library.
Layout & Design Tools
Customize the look of your site using the PointFire SDK tools.
Control the display/use of scripts, images, even entire blocks of HTML code based on language.
High Performance Translation Algorithms
Mature translation engine provides fastest instant translation of pages available.
Performance even improves over time with smart translation use monitoring.
Support for ASP.NET output caching.
Automatic/configurable caching by PointFire itself.
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007™ (MOSS) and Windows SharePoint Services 3.0 (WSS) are powerful platforms, but they only support one language per site even after you download the SharePoint language packs. To have fully bilingual SharePoint sites or multilingual SharePoint sites, you need PointFire 2007. PointFire lets users see the interface and the content of the SharePoint site in the language of their choice. Read more >
Feature
Description
Multilingual User Interface
Over 32 languages possible on any given site.
Fast page language switching
Multilingual Content Management
All content managed on one site instead of many.
Filter list content based on language.
Automatically redirect users to other list items based on language.
Web Part Management
Choose which language your web parts should be displayed to.
Control the level of translation of each web part individually.
Targeted Translations
Manage the translation of elements such as list titles, column names, etc...
Use "keys" to manage the context of translations.
Use a centralized or localized repository for your translations.
Intuitive Interfaces
Easy to learn and easy to use management windows.
Easily manageable, inheritable, site settings.
Advanced variation control with a central interface for each list or library.
Layout & Design Tools
Customize the look of your site using the PointFire SDK tools.
Control the display/use of scripts, images, even entire blocks of HTML code based on language.
High Performance Translation Algorithms
Mature translation engine provides fastest instant translation of pages available.
Performance even improves over time with smart translation use monitoring.
Support for ASP.NET output caching.
Automatic/configurable caching by PointFire itself.