Help test the new Drupal 8 automatic translation import

Drupal 8 has now automatic interface translation import, and we need you to test it! With Localization Update module for Drupal 6 and 7 some people experience problems with when importing or large translation files. For Drupal 8 we have improved the code and added it to Drupal core. All works fine on our development servers, but how does it work in the real world? You can help!

Follow the steps below to test. Especially people who have experienced problems with Localization Update module and people with a slow server or a slow internet connection are encouraged to join the test.

1. Check if your server matches the Drupal 8 requirements.
2. Download and install the latest Drupal 8 development release.
3. Select your language in the first installation step and install Drupal.
4. During the installation the translation will be imported using a batch process. You will recognise a batch process by the blue progress bar. This import should continue smoothly until 100% completed.

When the translations get imported without errors, your test is successful. Please tell us. If not, please report your experience, preferably with screen capture video or screenshots. This video shows the installation in Dutch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XzQAmCo8I1U

There is more to test, but it is a little harder. When you enable a module in your Drupal 8 site, the Interface Translation module will attempt to download and import its translation from the translation server at localize.drupal.org. But the translation server only provides translations of released modules, and not for development releases. To overcome this the Local Tamper module was developed which simulated a number of Drupal 7 modules (for which translations are available) and the Interface Translation module will downloads and imports these translations.

1. Make sure you have Interface Translation and Language translation enabled and have added at least one non-English language. But if you have successfully followed the steps above, this has already been provided.
2. Download the Locale Tamper module from http://drupal.org/project/locale_tamper.
3. Unpack and install the module.
4. Enable the Locale Tamper module.
5. It will now attempt to find and download Locale Tamper translations (but none will be found).
6. Go to the Available translation updates page (admin/reports/translations).
7. Click 'Check manually' to refresh the translation status.
8. The status will now show that a number of translation are available for the mocked modules: Better Formats, CKEditor Link, Compact Forms, Context, Chaos tools and Delta API.
9. Click 'Update translations' to download and import the translations.
10. This will start the download and import of a number of translations. Again a batch process runs to per form this. Again, this should progress until finished.

If the translations are imported without errors, your test is successful. Please tell us. If not, please report your experience, preferably with screen capture video or screenshots. This video shows how I used Locale Tamper: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ivn0EvIXf5o