Internationalization

This group works on internationalization issues, like making it possible to translate menus, nodes and taxonomies in Drupal. This includes everything from process and workflows, to actual code issues or optimizations required. The Translations group is where to go if you are working on translating Drupal core or contrib modules.

Default language for new content

Posted by brucepearson on February 17, 2009 at 2:13am

Currently when new content is entered the language setting defaults to "Language Neutral".
Only local images are allowed.

This tends to cause problems in our translation assistant module when it comes to sending content for translation. Translations wont happen if the content is "Language Neutral" and this causes confusion for users.

Translatable fields UI

Posted by catch on February 11, 2009 at 11:08pm
Last updated by catch on Wed, 2009-02-11 23:19

Over the past two weeks at the core internationalization virtual sprint, we've been working on translatable fields. This would allow any core field attached to a node, user, taxonomy term etc. to be multilingual.

Core already allows for translating one entire node into another node, but you can't for example have translatable user profile fields, or taxonomy descriptions - and we're hoping this patch would be an enabler for that (and also make node translation more flexible).

ICanLocalize Translator - offloading Drupal translations

Posted by icanlocalize on February 11, 2009 at 8:36pm

My name is Amir Helzer and I'm responsible for ICanLocalize Translator - a new module that automates the translation process for Drupal (6) sites.

It complements i18n module by allowing to send new or updated contents to translation storing the translation back in the Drupal system.

Object translation: Extend the locale system to support translatable objects (i18n sprint)

Posted by jose reyero on February 4, 2009 at 12:32pm
Last updated by jose reyero on Thu, 2009-02-05 01:25

In our first i18n sprint scoping session we identified two basic goals to make Drupal fully multilingual:

Object translation. Make object names and labels translatable. I.e. content type names and descriptions, field titles and descriptions, etc..
Content translation. Make user created content translatable.

Internationalization code sprint update

Posted by nedjo on February 4, 2009 at 6:19am

I posted an update on our first day of the sprint here (so it would get to Drupal planet):

http://civicactions.com/blog/2009/feb/03/internationalization_core_code_...

Want to join in the sprint? Please do! Join us in #drupal-i18n any time on Wednesday Feb. 4. If you're looking for a way to contribute, look through http://drupal.org/project/issues/3060/term/301 and choose an issue you want to take on. Then come into #drupal-i18n and talk talk through the issue.

Never contributed to Drupal core before? Don't worry--we'll help you get started.

See you there!

New module: i18n_access

Posted by zroger on February 2, 2009 at 5:15pm

I've just released the first alpha of a new module called i18n_access. This module aims to fill a gap in access control for sites using i18n.

The module adds a list of checkboxes for each available language to the user add/edit form (only visible to users with 'administer users' permission). These language permissions are combined with the normal user permissions to give more fine-grained access control.

Options for making objects translatable in core

Posted by nedjo on February 1, 2009 at 6:54pm
Last updated by nedjo on Fri, 2009-02-06 00:07

Currently in Drupal core we have no general solution for making fields translatable.

There are several emerging options. Here are some. If you know of others, please add them in, and also add more information on those already listed.

Choosing between these approaches is the key challenge as we implement translation of user-defined strings in Drupal 6.

Extend the locale system to support translatable objects
- Summary: This option would extend the
- Issue: http://drupal.org/node/141461.
- Pros
  - Existing UI and storage.

Drupal 6 i18n module 1.0 released

Posted by fletchgqc on January 26, 2009 at 1:43pm

I just noticed that the 1.0 version of i18n has been released for Drupal 6. Congratulations to Jose and all others involved!

Virtual Code Sprint on Internationalization in Drupal Core

Posted by nedjo on January 22, 2009 at 12:09am

Start:

2009-02-10 09:00 - 2009-02-11 23:00 UTC

Organizers:

nedjo

stella

catch

jose reyero

Event type:

Online meeting (eg. IRC meeting)

Agenda

Day 1, Feb. 3: Scope and queue clearing

Introductions
Set goals for sprint: identify development priorities
Discuss and plan each of the selected new development focuses
Divide up patch responsibility

Core committer session with Angie after 03:00 GMT, 1 hr.

Review bug fixes in patch queue, work through remaining issues with fixes.

Day 2, Feb. 4:

Continue work in small teams on major development priorities.
Fix identified issues in bug fixes and tweaks.

Core committer session, 2 hrs

Strange problem with Forums in a multilangual site - help please

Posted by menros on January 21, 2009 at 1:33pm

Hello,

I’m building with Drupal 6.9 a multilingual (English, Hebrew, Arab, Greek & Turkish) site for a Middle Eastern NGO (http://b1.mideastpan.org).

Setting of a multilingual site with I18 pack was, for a non-programmer ‘Drupal newbie’, pretty straightforward. It seems that content translation and switching between interface & menu languages are working fine (Bravo).

After setting a forum, the following ‘strange’ problems appear:

When i18n goes a little extra

Posted by Sheedz-gdo on January 19, 2009 at 6:17am

Hello Drupal folk,

I've been looking to build a multilingual (and localized) site for a client. (Please tell me if I'm in the wrong area to be asking/discussing this stuff).

I've been researching all the options and starting to confuse myself as the best method to use.

Country Set-up

The site I want to create has a few countries (i'll try keep out specifics so others can relate to it):

Country A
Country B
Country C
Country D

How to translate _user_mail_text

Posted by kars-t on January 13, 2009 at 12:20pm

Dear group

For days now I am looking for a way to translate the text strings in

http://api.drupal.org/api/function/_user_mail_text

i18n

Posted by tihu on December 23, 2008 at 10:51am

I have one issue regarding the french language integration, i received this message and i don't know how to fix it : the plural formula could not be parsed

What is the best practice for adding a local calender?

Posted by lameei on December 22, 2008 at 11:47am

What is the best practice for adding a local calender(for example jalali calender or hijri and ...) to drupal?

one menu translated in multiple languages

Posted by svendecabooter on December 16, 2008 at 11:36am

Hi,

The translation of content and textual strings has much improved in Drupal 6.
However one problem that keeps popping up for most of our clients, is the translation of menus.

Most of the solutions regarding translatable menus involve having multiple menus / blocks (one per language) set up, and show them conditionally based on the current language.
However for most of our clients that's not an ideal solution. For them having to add an item to the menu multiple times is counter-intuitive.

How to tranlate profile page?

Posted by yaoweizhen on December 5, 2008 at 4:43pm

I have created some new fields in profile . I need to translate the content of these fields. I can't find the way on drupal.org.

I'm using drupal 6.

What's mean that 'All languages' in menu item option?
I didn't need to translate the foot link menu, so i chose the 'All languages' option. My understanding is if chose this option, the menu item will be displayed in all page, but the fact is on the contrary.
And I read the document, it said that '/ -- for all languages', but i can't use '' in the link.

Programmatically Create translated Nodes

Posted by mariano86 on November 21, 2008 at 1:33pm

Hello:

I have i18n module installed in Drupal 6. Using drupal_execute I have a created a lot of nodes with the info in a database.

I have also the translated data into the database. Therefore I like to create the "translation" of these nodes using the same system.

Irish county codes for forms and autocomplete functionality

Posted by Dublin Drupaller on November 6, 2008 at 4:26pm

I Just submitted a patch for the Drupal eCommerce which included a localisation patch for Irish counties - so autocomplete forms work when a customer from the Island of Ireland is selecting their county (state).

This is by no means an official list. It's a list I compiled myself using the county codes from car registration plates as the basis.

If anyone knows of an official county code list for Ireland, please post a reply up here.

Language switcher

Posted by standerby on October 24, 2008 at 1:47am

I installed Internationalization module. I add another language and translate one page to another language, which works great. The problem is the language switcher shown up near the footer area even though I have already configure the Language Switcher not shown in any block in Site building/blocks. Of course it doesn't shown up when one page only has one language version. Any one has the same experience? Thanks.

Multilingual forums

Posted by strogg999 on October 16, 2008 at 11:25pm

Hi,

I'm not sure if I'm posting this in the correct section, but I posed a similar question on the main drupal forum and received no replies on the subject, so i'm hoping someone can assist me here if possible.

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