Each siteaccess uses it own design. Jp siteaccess uses jp design, pt uses pt design and so on...
Each design has images for it own language. In site.ini.append AditionalSiteDesignList[] is set to 'fast' so when eZ publish doesnt find a template/image it will fallback on the fast design before falling back on standard.
Entering http://fast.no/jp (japaneese siteacces), images will be taken from design/jp/images because the design defined for the jp siteaccess is jp, but templates will be fetched from design/fast/ since there is no templates for the jp design. Images must of course have the same filename for this to work.
Can you please supply the siteaccess/xx/site.ini.append settings for the jp translation for
[DesignSettings]
and
[RegionalSettings]
And for the override sint.ini.append.php [DesignSettings]
and
[RegionalSettings]
So I can see the way you have this setup, as i have tried all combinations and the {"aboutus.gif"|ezimage} does not look in the other image location first.
tia tony
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Remember to have the correct .ini file in share/locale as well if you are adding non-standard language. For the japaneese languange, share/locale/jpn-JP.ini must exist.