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copied!<p>For your component to be multilingual you need to define languages files which are stored in the <code>language</code> folder in both the administrator and public side of the website. These language files are <code>.ini</code> files which should be defined for every language you want to include. So if you do english and dutch your files <code>.ini</code> files should be in:</p> <p><code>/language/en-GB/en-GB.com_yourcom.ini</code></p> <p><code>/language/nl-NL/nl-NL.com_yourcom.ini</code></p> <p>Then every string should be passed to the translator method <code>_()</code> (yes that's an underscore) in the <code>JText</code> class like so:</p> <p><code>JText::_("COM_YOURCOM_STRING")</code> where <code>COM_YOURCOM_STRING</code> is simply a string in your component. </p> <p>I recommend using short string descriptions if the string you are translating is a large block of text.</p> <p>EDIT: For your specific case I would add a column <code>translation_id</code> to your table where the items are stored. Then create a new table with 3 (or 4) columns where the translations are stored:</p> <p><code>id, item_id, (language), translation</code></p> <p>In your component xml you could add an entry which generates a dropdown to define what language your item is in. If it's anything other than the default language, it should create a new entry in the translations table.</p> <p>I would also suggest to take a look how Joomla! manages languages internally and also how Joomfish works!</p> <p>Good resources:</p> <p><a href="http://docs.joomla.org/Embedding_translatable_strings_in_the_template" rel="nofollow">http://docs.joomla.org/Embedding_translatable_strings_in_the_template</a></p> <p><a href="http://docs.joomla.org/Specification_of_language_files" rel="nofollow">http://docs.joomla.org/Specification_of_language_files</a></p> <p><a href="http://docs.joomla.org/Language_Guidelines_for_3rd_Party_Extensions" rel="nofollow">http://docs.joomla.org/Language_Guidelines_for_3rd_Party_Extensions</a></p>

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