Anybody who says it's easy to implement multi-language site I'd like to call for a duel lol. Copying files is easy, however then... hell make lose... making sure all files are in correct places, all config is done correctly, templates are updated and so much more... I've implemented multi-language config at least a hundred times and I'm still a newbie. Even Joomla does this step 100 times better... I agree with the 'assumption' XOOPS needs this in core or at least a better module that would be core supported.