Translate Drupal from Drupalcamp Vienna

Translate Drupal! Gábor Hojtsy, Acquia, DrupalCamp Vienna 2009

TRANSLATING THE BUILT-IN INTERFACE

TEXT COMES FROM SOURCE CODE

t(‘Go to %page’, array(‘%page’ => $p)); Drupal.t(‘Go to %page’, {‘%page’: num});

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TEXT IS FOUND AND REPLACED RUNTIME, WHEN USED

TRANSLATIONS ARE STORED IN THE DATABASE

DRUPAL PROCESS Running source code

DRUPAL PROCESS Running source code Found text stored in DB

DRUPAL PROCESS Running source code Found text stored in DB User interface to translate text, stored in DB

DRUPAL PROCESS Running source code Found text stored in DB Text replaced on User interface output to translate text, stored in DB

Where’s the happy family?

TRANSLATIONS ARE SHARED IN GETTEXT .PO

SHARING PROCESS

SHARING PROCESS Static source code

SHARING PROCESS Static source code Gettext .pot (CVS)

SHARING PROCESS Static source code Gettext .pot (CVS) Translated .po (CVS)

•Translation template Static extractor source code •http://drupal.org/ project/potx •Web interface in your Gettext Drupal install .pot (CVS) •Coder review (incl. drush) support for module syntax checking

Desktop tools like PoEdit or just Notepad Gettext .pot (CVS) Translated .po (CVS)

•Translation teams commit .po ﬁles to CVS •http://drupal.org/project/Translations and under contributed projects •Released on the parent project’s timeframe •Drupal imports automatically Translated .po (CVS)

•Built-in translation interface •http://drupal.org/project/l10n_client •Import and export .po(t) ﬁles manually

All come together

GIVING AWAY (THIS WAY) IS HARD

.PO POTX

.PO CVS POTX

.PO CVS POTX RELEASES

.PO CVS POTX RELEASES BRANCHES

.PO CVS PLURAL FORMS POTX RELEASES BRANCHES

.PO CVS PLURAL FORMS POTX SCHEDULING RELEASES BRANCHES

.PO CVS PLURAL FORMS POTX SCHEDULING RELEASES BRANCHES ISSUE QUEUES

ENOUGH!

LOCALIZE.DRUPAL.ORG Static source code Gettext .pot (CVS) Translated .po (CVS)

LOCALIZE.DRUPAL.ORG Static source code Gettext Database .pot (CVS) Translated .po (CVS)

LOCALIZE.DRUPAL.ORG Static source code Automation Gettext Database .pot (CVS) Translated .po (CVS)

LOCALIZE.DRUPAL.ORG Static source code Automation Gettext Database .pot (CVS) Web UI Translated .po (CVS)

LOCALIZE.DRUPAL.ORG Static source code Automation Gettext Database .pot (CVS) Web UI Translated .po (CVS) (FTP)

LOCALIZE.DRUPAL.ORG Static source code Automation Gettext Database .pot (CVS) Web UI Automation Translated .po (CVS) (FTP)

LOCALIZE.DRUPAL.ORG Static source code Automation Gettext Database .pot (CVS) Web UI Automation Translated Pull .po (CVS) (FTP)

LOCALIZE.DRUPAL.ORG Static source code Automation Gettext Database .pot (CVS) Web UI Contribute Automation Translated Pull .po (CVS) (FTP)

Oh, those stats!

over almost 5410 7700 projects known releases parsed over 165000 strings to translate

165000 IT IS LIKE TRANSLATING DRUPAL 45 TIMES

44 TRANSLATION TEAMS LAUNCHED ALREADY IN BETA (MORE IN QUEUE)

ALMOST 600 CONTRIBUTORS SUBMITTED TRANSLATIONS

Take a ride!

CONTRIBUTE! • LocalizedDrupal install proﬁle (dev!) http://drupal.org/project/l10n_install • Localization client: http://drupal.org/project/l10n_client • Developer help needed: http://drupal.org/projects/issues/ search?issue_tags=ldodomination

Envious?

SOFTWARE ON L.D.O • Translation template extractor http://drupal.org/project/potx • Localization server: http://drupal.org/project/l10n_server • Organicgroups http://drupal.org/project/og

TRANSLATE YOUR CODE • Open Atrium and Gallery 2 uses Localization server to translate their code • Youcan set up l10n_server to parse your own code and translate in-house • Eg. https://translate.openatrium.com/

Long way to go

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THANK YOU! Gábor Hojtsy, Acquia gabor@hojtsy.hu http://hojtsy.hu/

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