From what I can tell from the MT websites, the various language versions each stand alone. Presumably the differences are found in the templates, manuals, and other visible display material. The internal code that makes MT work will still be the same.

So, I wonder whether it might be possible to have a download available that will allow me to switch from the US version to the French version quickly and painlessly? Perhaps a stripped down zip file with just the relevant files in the appropriate folders?

In the long run it would be nice to be able to select languages from the MT main menu, and to specify particular languages for each author.

A related development that would assist multilingual websites would be an extra field in the database for the language of each post. Using a category tag is a possible workaround, but it must then be excluded from the category archives.

Thanks for any help you can provide,

Nick