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 ====== Language / Localization Support ====== ====== Language / Localization Support ======
  
-// This page refers to VuFind 1.x; for newer documentation, see [[development:architecture:localization|VuFind 2.x Language/Localization Support]]. // +// This outdated page has been deleted to prevent confusion; for current documentation, see [[development:architecture:localization|this page]]. To view old content for historical interest, see the "Old Revisionslist below. //
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-VuFind supports multiple languages in its user interface through two main mechanisms. +
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-===== Translate Function ===== +
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-VuFind supports a global translate() function (available as {translate text='xxx'} tags within the Smarty templates) which will translate a string of text into the user's currently selected language by looking at the map files in the web/lang directory of the VuFind installation. +
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-Notes: +
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-  * If you attempt to translate a string that is not found in a language map, the original string will be displayed untranslated. +
-  * If you turn debug on in [[configuration:files:config.ini]], a special marker will be shown around untranslated strings to help track down missing translations in the code. +
-  * Many of the translated strings in the language files are simply chunks of English text.  However, more recent additions are represented as shorter tokens (i.e. "adv_search_filters").  The token approach is often preferable since it allows for more concise map files and reduces the chances of conflicts where the same text has multiple meanings. +
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-==== Formatting Language Files ==== +
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-When modifying an existing language file or creating a new one, you should observe these standards: +
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-  * Save the file in UTF-8 format without a Byte Order Marker (BOM).  Including a BOM may cause VuFind to fail to parse the file correctly. +
-  * Sort the file after adding new lines.  The TextTools add-on for [[http://www.jedit.org/|jEdit]] does a good job of this. +
-  * Put double-quotes around multi-word phrases on the right side of the equals sign.  Do NOT put quotes around phrases on the left side of the equals sign. +
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-For an example of a full language file, see [[https://vufind.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/vufind/trunk/web/lang/en.ini|en.ini]]. +
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-===== Help Screen Translation ===== +
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-//Note: This feature applies to VuFind 1.0RC2 and later only.// +
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-VuFind's help screens contain too much text for the standard {translate} mechanism to be a practical way of presenting them in multiple languages.  Instead, under the web/interface/themes/[your_theme]/Help directory, the help templates are in folders whose names correspond with VuFind language codes (i.e. "enfor English) When a user requests a help screen, VuFind attempts to serve them the most appropriate version for their selected language, though it defaults to the English version if nothing else is available; as of this writing, help screens have not been translated into all possible languages. +
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-===== Adding a New Language ===== +
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-  - Create a new language file as described [[#formatting language files|above]] and put it in the web/lang directory. +
-  - If desired, translate help screens as described [[#help screen translation|above]]. +
-  - Edit [[configuration:files:config.ini]] and add your new language to the [Languages] section.+
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legacy/vufind_1.x_developer_manual/language_localization_support.txt · Last modified: 2018/12/19 14:19 by demiankatz