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Drupal Site Translation and Translation Testing By James Andres For VANDUG, May 2011
Overview ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Drupal translation ... is a bit limited ,[object Object],[object Object]
Module's that pick up the slack ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Translating your Drupal project ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Why use .po files? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Translation "unit testing", plus potx crash course ,[object Object],drupal_set_title("Homepage"); // Hint, missing t()
Solution, make a visually scannable test language.  The "." language..
Adding a language
Making "test.po", for  (most of)  the whole site ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
After import, 3 issues .. not bad!
Using i18nmenu, i18ntaxonomy, etc.
The translation "unit test" process in full ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Translation gotchya's // Having $this = t(‘1 tomato’); // and $that = fomat_plural($num, ‘1 tomato’, ‘@count tomatoes’); // Can cause problems... // Drupal will refuse to import some HTML, like: t('<div></div>')   t('<br/>')   t('<img .. />');
Tips ,[object Object],[object Object],For panels and views, it can be helpful to wrap the t() function around some of the strings inside &quot;in-code&quot; exports.  Example:
More tips ,[object Object],[object Object]

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