Is there some sort of open source repository of translated strings stored in .mo, or similar formats?

Question

Just curious, I reckon I'll have to hire a translator to do my .mo files manually but would be great if there was some sort of resource for this.

Sorry if this question doesn't belong or isn't a "real" question, but it is related to web application localization.

Answer 1

You should try one of next resources:

• Rosetta - Ubuntu translation platform
• OpenOffice.org Localization Project
• Google Translation - The quality is better than you may think and is already using existing open source translations.