Multilingual DrupalGábor Hojtsy, Acquia

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User interface

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User interface

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Localization (L10N)

Internationalization (I18N)

1Locale module★Set up languages

★Manage user interface localization

1UI localization★Drupal.org releases

★Localize.drupal.org

★Ftp.drupal.org

1Download and use

★Localize.drupal.org/download

1How many modules?

(1+40)*number of languages

1Updates?

★Download again

★Upload/import again

★No, please no!

1Localization update

★l10n_update module

★Works like update.module

★Protects local changes

1Contribute back

★Join localize.drupal.org group

★Use l10n_client module to touch up and contribute

1Recap

★Locale.module manages languages

★l10n_update must to maintain localizations

★l10n_client to touch up and contribute back

1Hot tip

★Check out l10n_install

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*You are building multiple sites in one site. Yeah.

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Content, content, content★Not just nodes, ok?

★Think settings, blocks, content types, views, panels, menus, etc.

★User/admin contributions

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Stumbling block #1★My content type

properties are not translated!

★My forum vocabulary is not translated!

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Model for translation(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object

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Model for translation(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object

Eg. localization

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Apply this to menus(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object

admin area menu

language specific

language variants

same menu, translated labels

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Apply this to nodes(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object

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blog post

press releases, polls

og nodes, product nodes, polls

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Apply this to everything(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object

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Build it for nodes(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object

locale + setup

translation.module

entity_translation contrib module

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Wait, entities?★Nodes

★Users

★Comments

★Taxonomy

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Not that rosy after all★Settings

★Blocks

★Views

★Panels

★Webforms

★Flags

★Rules

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Build it for nodes(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object

locale + setup

translation.module

entity_translation contrib module

Core

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Build it for paths(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object

locale

“i18n.module”

N/A

Core

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Build it for the rest...(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object “i18n.module”

“i18n.module” - i18nstrings

Core

“i18n.module”

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Build it for contribs(0) Leave it alone

(1) Assign language

(2) Assign language + group related items

(3) Translate in-object

Contrib

Contrib*

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Enterprise★Translation workflows★Quality control★Outside translators★Translation memory

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Enterprise★Translation workflows★Quality control★Outside translators★Translation memory

Actions, Rules

“XLIFF Module”

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Lingotek★Focuses on node translation★Integrates with content translation★Menu item translation with i18n★Translation itself outside of Drupal

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Lingotek

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Lingotek

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Icanlocalize★Translation management module★Set up translators with queues★Queue up content for translation★Local, Google translate or pay-per-word★Can integrate with other providers★Works with more Drupal objects

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Icanlocalize

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i18n Sprint CampMay 11-15th, i18nsprint.drupalevents.de

Thanks@gaborhojtsy