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Bilingual WordPress re-design for a non-profit
Author: Gwyn4 Aug
GOJoven’s a non-profit dedicated to training young leaders in sexual and reproductive health in Latin America. I’ve been working with them on translations, graphic design and web work for the last four years. We recently decided to rehaul the entire site as a WordPress install so it’s easier to search, is more interactive and editable than before.
Although the program’s audience is mainly Spanish-speaking, there’s also a lot of interest from monolingual English speakers (funders, organizers, press, etc) so I translated tens of thousands of wordsworth of content from English to Spanish and vice versa and installed a parallel WordPress site along with a choose-your-language landing page.
The site has the following features provided by plugins and WordPress’ own innate functionality:
- Pop-up photo gallery
- Printable pages
- Image-maps with links
- News section (maintained as a separate category)
- 3 separate contact forms that also store all input in a database.
- Comment system for the Fellows bios and news items
- Drop-down menu navigation
- Automatic newsletter subscription
- And much more…
It’s also a demonstration of how a template can be made to look completely different by changing out the images, CSS and PHP in a few files.
GOJoven is based on Brian Gardner’s Revolution theme. I used the same template for signotequila.org but as you can see both are highly distinguishable.
Ultrasonido4d.com
Author: Gwyn2 Jan
A site in Spanish, with some English translation, to advertise a state-of-the-art ultrasound scanner in Guadalajara, Mexico. They were looking for a clean, informative interface which displayed what the machine was capable of and how to get in touch. The site also includes embedded YouTube video which we transferred from a DVD to embed on the site.
Dr. Juan Hernandez of Ultrasonido4d was kind enough to write a testimonial too. Here it is in Spanish and mytranslation in English below.
¡¡¡ Totalmente Satisfecho !!! No me imaginaba que tan bien iba a quedar la página, un exelente trabajo, muy puntual como los ingleses, con muy buenas ideas y un precio accesible que vale al 100%. Muy recomendable para cualquier persona o pequeño negocio que quiera incursionar en el negocio de la red
Completely satisfied!!! I had no idea the site was going to look as good as this, an excellent job, delivered on time, as is the English style, with very good ideas and a competitive price that was worth every penny. I would recommend you to anyone or any small business looking to make their first steps into business on the Web.
