Site in different languages - how to procede?

Dear,

I would like to submit a site to ODP as I think some users may find it a valuable asset to their current social networking tools. (It's build upon the knowlegde that everybody in the world connects to everybody with six degrees of separation (small world phenomenon ...

The site is for the moment in 9 different languages build up ... all pages have been translated and are usable in the different languages.
Currently 5 other languages are under translation ....

My question now is - how do I submit the different languages to ODP ... in a suitable category?
Do I do only English and get the other languages in as well for "free" so to speak? - or should I submit language by language in the same category ... for me it's somewhat difficult as I do not speak chinese or japanese etc ... so I should contact the same tranlator of the site to submit this to odp ...?

How should I properly proceed with this without losing any time on any side.

I have also read in the submit rules that a site should have already an active user community before submitting it to ODP - but isn"t that a bit the world on his head so to speak - for example some search engines take it from odp ... and you can only get into odp when you have a lot of members .... see my point ... we have to be able to start somewhere don't we?

The different languages are in a subdomain of the site like jp.somesite ... zh.somesite ... etc ...

Thanks for your advise.
Frederik

Do I do only English and get the other languages in as well for "free" so to speak?

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No. If you want the other languages to be reviewed, you need to suggest them to the appropriate category.

or should I submit language by language in the same category

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No. Definitely do not submit all of the languages to the same category. Many categories offer links to the same category in other languages. If the category you want to suggest your site to has those, then it makes it easier for you to suggest your site yourself.

... for me it's somewhat difficult as I do not speak chinese or japanese etc ... so I should contact the same tranlator of the site to submit this to odp ...?

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That would probably be a good idea.

What if that same category does not exists in the other language ....

Like for example: Society/Relationships/Friendship/Services/ in English

If I look for this in German ... then it only goes Gesellschaft/Beziehungen/ ... Friendship & services is nowhere to find ... where could I then post my link to?

Understand my problem?

Probably I do not understand something ...

Let me know!
Frederik.

[edit] I read the FAQ .... http://www.dmoz.org/World/faq.html

What if that same category does not exists in the other language ....

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Then pick the closest level up from where it should be.

I read the FAQ .... http://www.dmoz.org/World/faq.html

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That'd be quite a feat unless you used the Wayback Machine, since there is nothing in the World FAQ right now (it was a victim of the server crash last year and hasn't been recreated yet).