![.Po files beyond the basics
● Translation Contexts
$str = t("Home", array(), array('context' => 'Navigation');
● Plural strings
// These strings are run through the t() function.
$str = format_plural($count, ‘1 comment‘, ‘@count comments’);
● fr.po file for plurals
#: src/name.module:36
msgid "1 comment"
msgid_plural "@count comments"
msgstr[0] "1 commentaire"
msgstr[1] "@count commentaires"
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Building Multilingual Websites in Drupal 7
- 1. Building Multilingual Websites in Drupal 7 Robin Puga Language embodies the intellectual wealth of the people who use it. ~ Kenneth Hale
- 2. Overview ● Covering the basics ● Multilingual websites in Drupal 7 ● Working with translators ● What’s happening in Drupal 8 http://affinitybridge.com
- 3. Basics ● Gettext is an internationalization (i18n) system used for writing multilingual programs ● Drupal Code $str = t("My name is @name.n", array('@name' => $user->name)); ● fr.po file #: src/name.module:36 msgid "My name is @name.n" msgstr "Je m'appelle @name.n" http://affinitybridge.com
- 4. Blasts in the past - Drupal 5 & 6 http://affinitybridge.comhttp://s.coop/d6convertlang
- 5. Drupal 7 ● Definitive Guide by Gábor Hojtsy http://hojtsy.hu/multilingual-drupal7 Read it! ● Books Drupal 7 Multilingual Sites By Kristen Pol http://affinitybridge.com
- 6. Drupal 7 ● University of Ottawa Calendar http://uocal.uottawa.ca English / French ● Participedia http://Participedia.net English then German http://affinitybridge.com
- 7. Modules for Drupal 7 ● Locale module in core ● Internationalization or i18n module ● Localization Update module ● Entity Translation module http://affinitybridge.com
- 8. Setup for Multiple Languages ● Add languages ● Import the .po files ● Configure detection and selection ● Configure your site content types http://affinitybridge.com
- 9. Node level translations ● Now using Entity Translation module ● Setting up the content type ● Synchronizing fields ● Translating content using translate tab ● http://affinitybridge.com
- 10. Entity translations ● Allows translations for entities in Drupal ● User accounts fields ● Comments ● Any entities http://affinitybridge.com
- 11. Field level translations ● One node with translatable fields ● Use case: Products in Commerce http://affinitybridge.com
- 12. Other Modules for Drupal 7 ● Variable module ● Translation Table module ● Potx module ● Localization Client module ● Translation Helpers module http://affinitybridge.com
- 13. Translating your site ● Menus ● Same page hierarchy - translate menu links ● Different page hierarchy options: ● One menu per language, or ● Add menu links in different languages ● Blocks ● Now translatable. Works great for static blocks http://affinitybridge.com
- 14. Translating your site ● Taxonomy terms ● Localize - one term with translated title ● Translate - different terms per language ● Views ● Filter content by user language ● Translate view titles via Translation Interface http://affinitybridge.com
- 15. Translation Interface ● Overview ● Translation Table ● Translate - find strings & translate them ● Import - import .po files ● Strings - refresh translation strings ● Update - grabs po files and updates strings ● Export - export po files from db strings ● Extract - export po files from code files http://affinitybridge.com
- 16. Potential Pitfalls ● Indexing in Solr ● Index language fields and filter views by language fields. ● Adding new language to existing site ● Synchronized fields created in English that have translations added later can cause problems. ● http://affinitybridge.com
- 17. Code Example Grab this install profile for En/Fr with tools: https://github.com/robinpuga/multilang drush make --working-copy --translations=fr stub.make ../multilang_site http://affinitybridge.com
- 18. ● Translation workflows offline ○ Working with .po files ○ Can be difficult to understand string context ■ “Home” = house or homepage ● Translation workflows online ○ Localization Client ○ Access to Translation Tools ○ Identifying content that needs translation Working with Translators http://affinitybridge.com
- 19. Basics ● Gettext is an internationalization (i18n) system used for writing multilingual programs ● Drupal Code $str = t("My name is @name.n", array('@name' => $user->name)); ● fr.po file #: src/name.module:36 msgid "My name is @name.n" msgstr "Je m'appelle @name.n" http://affinitybridge.com
- 20. .Po files beyond the basics ● Translation Contexts $str = t("Home", array(), array('context' => 'Navigation'); ● Plural strings // These strings are run through the t() function. $str = format_plural($count, ‘1 comment‘, ‘@count comments’); ● fr.po file for plurals #: src/name.module:36 msgid "1 comment" msgid_plural "@count comments" msgstr[0] "1 commentaire" msgstr[1] "@count commentaires" http://affinitybridge.com
- 21. What’s happening in Drupal 8 ● Much more in core ● Much of i18n functionality rolled into core ● Better language detection and config ● Name transliteration for machine names http://affinitybridge.com
- 22. Where to find more info & support ● Follow Gábor - http://hojtsy.hu/ ● https://localize.drupal.org/news ● https://groups.drupal.org/internationalization ● #drupal-i18n (i18n = internationalization) ● #drupal-l10n (l10n = localization) http://affinitybridge.com