Save the articles together with the word you are using placeholders for. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
But maybe it is much more complicated than I can now think of. I was never good in translating... nor writing... <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
If I would have to do lots of translations I would rather think about how to make such a translation helper toolkit thingy. Or how to solve this %1 replacement thing right from the start. There must be a way. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />
