The website and blog for the PTSA at Maple Elementary School in Seattle, Washington.
PTSA MEETINGS
PTSA Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm in the Teacher's Lounge.
Sunday, August 29, 2010
PTSA Website Powered with Google Translate!
If you haven't already tried it, check out the Google Translate widget in the upper right corner of the screen. You can translate this page into Chinese, Vietnamese or Spanish! Go ahead! Check it out!
1) If possible, add "Traditional Chinese" to the translation list. Regretfully, there isn't a single universally acceptable Chinese script. Many parents from China will have difficulty reading traditional characters. Parents from Taiwan, Hong Kong, or overseas communities in SE Asia will have trouble reading simplified.
2) Alas, there are still a few bugs in the system. While Maple Elementary School came through all right, "PTSA" translated in Chinese to 甲苯磺酸 or p-Toluenesulfonic acid. Probably not what you want as the header.
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2) Alas, there are still a few bugs in the system. While Maple Elementary School came through all right, "PTSA" translated in Chinese to 甲苯磺酸 or p-Toluenesulfonic acid. Probably not what you want as the header.