Posted by ckosloff on July 11, 2014 at 11:03pm
I need to create a site totally translated to 10 languages, I loaded all the relevant modules and have it working but with many errors.
I really don't know where to ask, because the IRC channel is only for dev talk and I don't think that my beginner questions would be welcome there.
Drupal forums are not user-friendly, Drupal Answers maybe, would be worth a try.
Anyway, here is my first question: how do I get nodes translated?
I mean articles, whenever I write one I see all languages crossed out.
Does this mean that I have to translate them myself, maybe with the help of Google translate?
Is there an automated process to translate everything in a site so it will be really multilingual?
Thank you.
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Hi cksloff, I did a
Hi cksloff,
I did a multilingual site long ago and do not know how much advanced the scene is now. But when i did it, i had manual translation done and had copy pasted the different versions of every node in each language in the node/edit page which had separate tabs for each language. Hope this makes sense to you!
Jaya
drupal is not a translator
Drupal only provides multilingual functionality. You have to provide the translations yourself. You can enable translations in the Content Type's edit form, which will show a translate tab on the node edit form. If you click on translate, you can copy/paste your translations there as Jaya explained.
Yes, I was about to reach
Yes, I was about to reach that conclusion, so I will use Google translate for node articles, translate tab is already enabled.
Problem is that I can tweak translations for languages that I know, but for those that I don't know will have to rely on automated translations which do not always make sense.
Thanks for all answers.
Now that I know that I am getting answers will probably ask some more questions until I can fully manage internationalization.
Where to ask
ckosloff says,
Don't know where to ask? Here are some suggestions:
have you read the Multilingual Guide in the Drupal Documentation? https://www.drupal.org/documentation/multilingual . It covers "Translating site interfaces", "Translate configurations", "Translating content", "Contributed modules for localization and internationalization", "Core modules for localization and internationalization". It has links to other helpful documentation.
check out Kristen Pol's book, Drupal 7 Multilingual Sites. I liked how it aggregated useful information, put it in a helpful order, and was well proofread. Worth the price, for me.
The site http://drupal.stackexchange.com/ is all about people asking good questions and receiving good answers. See their tags "internationalization" and "i18n".
—Jim DeLaHunt, multilingual websites consultant, Vancouver, Canada
Thanks for suggestions. I
Thanks for suggestions.
I have a prototype of a multilingual site, but am still baffled by some errors.
My plan for fixing is:
1) Reducing the number of foreign languages to two: Spanish and French, I presently have 10 and some of them in Asian alphabets. More languages could be added later.
2) Learn Views thoroughly, working on it.
I have read articles and tutorials on drupal.org, installed all needed modules, watched tutorial videos.
I still have a question: what do you think of the internationalization views module?