This document discusses the multilingual capabilities in Drupal 8. It is organized around four pillars: language, interface translation, content translation, and configuration translation. Key points include built-in support for translating all entity types like nodes, terms and users; automated downloading and updating of interface translations; tracking of customized translations; and storage of language and translation overrides with configuration files. The document encourages users to get involved by visiting related websites and testing multilingual functionality on simplytest.me.

1. Everything
multilingual in
DruPal 8
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13. Photo by Pedro Lozano

14. 1700+
MANAGED Drupal 8
multilingual issues

15. WHY ARE WE
DOING IT

29. Drupal
CORE
L10n UP
CONTENT
TRANSLATION
LOCALE
I18N
VARIABLE
Entity
translation
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Drupal 7 MULTILINGUAL

30. LANGUAGE
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.
INTERFACE
Interface
translation has
built-in update
feature, improved
usability.
CONTENT
Field translation in
built-in API for all
entities. Content
translation module
provides user
interface.
CONFIG
Common
configuration
system handles
blocks, views, field
settings. Unified
translation.
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31. LANGUAGE
Base services for all modules
dealing with data. Not just
multilingual.
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32. Language IS STEP ONE

33. NODES
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TERMS
(
USERS
%
ALIASES
)
VIEWS
*
Language ASSIGNMENT
SITE INFO
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LANGUAGE SELECTOR
NOT ALWAYS
EXPOSED
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34. FLEXIBLE Language SETUP

35. Language VISIBILITY
BLOCKS CAN
SHOW/HIDE BASED
ON LANGUAGE
All page
elements are
blocks
Blocks can be
placed multiple
times

36. Language SELECTION

37. NAME TRANSLITERATION

38. ENGLISH
CAN BE DELETED

39. '
DELETE ENGLISH
FLEXIBLE SELECTION
BLOCK VISIBILITY
Multiple block placement
FLEXIBLE CONFIG
WIDER ASSIGNMENT
FIRST IN INSTALLER

40. INTERFACE
TRANSLATION
Interface translation has
built-in update feature,
improved usability.
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41. AUTOMATED
TRANSLATION
DOWNLOADS &
UPdates

42. CENTRALIZED
TRANSLATION FILE
LOCATION

43. CUSTOMization TRACKING
Customized
translations are
tracked
May be protected
from community
translation
overwrites
import will not
time out, reads in
pieces

44. WHOLE NEW INTERFACE

45. TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH

46. 8
TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH
WHOLE New INTERFACE
CUSTOM translation tracked
Centralized file dir
auto-download
separate module

47. CONTENT
TRANSLATION
Field translation in built-in API for all
entities. Content translation module
provides user interface.
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48. ALL CONTENT ENTITIES
ARE SUPPORTED

49. Entities
CONTENT ENTITIES?
Content
NODES users
comments TERMS
contact
messages
menu
items

50. INTEGRATED CONFIGURATION

51. TRANSLATIOn INTERFACE
TRANSLATION TABS
ON CONtent
add
translations for
each language
possible to take
different
source
language
Can edit “all
language”
values with
permission

52. Views ALL the things!

53. UPGRADE
MIGRATION PATH
IN THE WORKS

54. CORE SEARCH AND API
HAS LANGUAGE SUPPORT

55. NODE ACCESS API
HAS LANGUAGE SUPPORT

56. é
NODE ACCESS API SUPPORTED
Search index as separate
Search APIs updated
Migration path todo
views integrated
FOR ALL content entities
PER BUNDLE + FIELD + SUB-FIELD

57. CONFIG
TRANSLATION
Common configuration system handles
blocks, views, field settings. Unified
translation.
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58. Entities
CONFIG VS. CONTENT
Content
NODES users
comments TERMS
contact
messages
menu
items
CONFIGURATION
views
vocabularies
CONTACT
CATEGORIES
FIELDS
SITE
INFO
USER
MAILS
OTHERS
PATH
ALIASES
MENUS

59. LANGUAGE TRACKED
ON EACH CONFIG FILE

60. LANGUAGE OVERRIDES
STORED WITH CONFIG

61. FOR SHIPPED CONFIGURATION

62. LOCALIZE.d.o
INTEGRATION
INCLUDED

63. FOR ANY CONFIGURATION

64. (
standard translation tabs
config overrides
supports deployment
works for any config
SHIPPED CONFIg translated

65. LANGUAGE
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.
INTERFACE
Interface
translation has
built-in update
feature, improved
usability.
CONTENT
Field translation in
built-in API for all
entities. Content
translation module
provides user
interface.
CONFIG
Common
configuration
system handles
blocks, views, field
settings. Unified
translation.
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66. WHAT IS MISSING?

68. Drupal8multilingual.org
TWiTTER.com/D8MI
LOCALIZE.DRUPAL.org
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GET INVOLVED
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69. TRY IT OUT AT
simplytest.me/project/drupal/8.0.3

70. TRY IT OUT AT
simplytest.me/project/
multilingual_demo/8.x-1.x

73. Everything
multilingual in
DruPal 8
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