How to write websites for 2 or more languages?

Question

PHP

We have to start writing a website. The interface will be both in English and in Russian. I would like to know how to competently implement the translation of the site (buttons, ruffles, menus, links, headings, tables, forms). So that would not fence on 2 or more sets of templates for each language.
For now, I'm leaning towards. Gettext module for Smarty
PHP language.
Maybe there are better options). Thank you.

Answer 1

php.net/manual/en/function.ngettext.php

Answer 2

I see your Smarty tag. How I did it:
- introduced a new tag {=Default language text}
- made a dictionary replacement - if there were untranslated
values, then simply removed {= and } . tag again. The last option will allow you to use special. tags are not only in templates, but the translation is applied at the output stage.

Answer 3

Link on the topic habrahabr.ru/qa/4243/