Hello, now that DNN went "social" and "mobile" there is last one thing thats strangling its potential and really bugging me ... localization. Functionality is there, but due to big load of strings there is no team big enough to translate it and keep it correct and up to date with new versions especially free of charge.

 I see solution with projects like crowdin.net which allows for collaborative translations by whole community. Translations, voting, comments, downloads, all sorts of features. I think pricing is great (especially for open sourced projects -- free) and there should be little to moderate. People can work their magic together and in a few months DNN could be available in dozens of different languages possibly with no expenses at all.

I'm in no way affiliated with them, but seeing lots of both commercial and open sourced projects moving their translation efforts there as of late, I think it would benefit DNN and its users greatly.

What do you think?

On the contrary, most projects there have threshold of at least 5 up votes by different users per string before its approved as translated. And if translation is wrong in the context, it can be commented upon and users can re-vote to better translation, majority and effectivity wins. I find this mechanics far better than leaving it to only one person's taste. It also leaves no room for typos, bad spacings etc. Those language packs would be dynamic and ever evolving and serve as baseline for 100+ languages which can still be converted into conventional fan-made language packs if desired. And with #API Crowdin is offering it could be made into one-click deployment from within DNN.

 Can you post name/link of the projects on Codeplex you mentioned?