I would like to create a simple drop down menu on each page that allows the user to translate the page into their preferred langauge. I have looked over many of the forum post about translating pages and not found what it is that I am looking for.

I would simply like a drop down field on each page with the available languages that the page could be translated into. I have looked over the i18n file, changed a few lines in _config.php but only got the result of page translation in the admin section.

I am sure that there is a simple solution/answer to this, but I just can not figure it out. could some one please assist me?

You need something along these lines: http://www.ssbits.com/tutorials/2011/using-translatable-to-create-a-simple-multilingual-site/

Yeah, I already read over that, attempted to activate it as well. Is there a way to make the langauge selector a drop down list other than a set of flags for the user to click on?

You can output the language switcher any way you want in the template, as list (which you make to look like some sort of dropdown menu). Or if you want a real form, build it in the controller and render that in the template.

Then you can build JavaScript on top of that if you want the switching to be done that way. Really, you can make it look and behave any way you want.

Alright, I have gotten the drop down to show up in the admin section. Lets say I choose spanish as what I want the page translated too. I select spanish from the translations tab. I go back to my content tab, where it shows Navigation label, and underneath Orginial Navigation label, content, and oririginal content. They are the same, both still in english.

Have I missed a step to have the page translated, or does it not auto translate? Also, when on the front end and I click the flag for spanish, all of the menu choices except the page I am on disapear, along with the side bar.

I really feel I have missed a step.

I do apreciate your help, and quick answers by the way.

The Translatable module lets you create 'translations' in the cms for, say, Spanish, but in fact they are just duplicates of pages in the original language. When creating these translations, you are in a way creating a 'second website' for the new language.

So when you go visit a Spanish page on the website itself, you end up in the Spanish part of your website, where in the nav menu's you will only see the other spanish pages.

In the backend you need to make sure to create translations for every page you want to appear in the spanish site. And unfortunately, translations are just new pages on the Spanish site. The contents are not automatically translated to Spanish - this you need to do yourself... :-(

Yup, I figured it out up to that point. I guess I need to learn spanish :)

Thanks again for all of your help.