The document discusses the advantages of building multilingual sites using Drupal 8, highlighting its time-saving capabilities and enhanced user experiences. It outlines key features such as built-in translation solutions, content management improvements, and various translation mechanisms. The speaker encourages participation and provides resources for further exploration of Drupal 8 multilingual capabilities.

1. Drupal 8 Multilingual Site
Building Hacks
Gábor Hojtsy, Acquia
@gaborhojtsy

4. 1300+ people
participated

5. “Multilingual in Drupal 8 is a huge
business advantage, will save incredible
amounts of time and money and it
allows us to deliver better experiences
than we were ever able to before.”
— Jeffrey “jam” McGuire

6. Drupal 8 is in beta
Mostly only use core for now
400+ live sites anyway!

7. Experience Drupal 8 with Acquia
→https://www.acquia.com/drupal-8

8. →Everything knows its language
→Translation solutions built-in for all
→Lots of “little” improvements

9. Language
Interface
translation
Content
translation
Configuration
translation
Locale
Entity
translation
“i18n”
(not really)

10. Language
Interface
translation
Content
translation
Configuration
translation
Locale
Entity
translation
“i18n”
(not really)
Admin
language
Language
fallback
Localization
update
Title
Variable
i18n
views

11. https://www.flickr.com/photos/phlubdr/5906137940

12. LET’S BUILD IT!

13. →Block instances and
custom types
→Automated translation
downloads
→Block visibility and
translation
→Content language
defaults
→Content field
translatability
→Configuration
translation
→Translatable English
interface text
→Customizable
administration views

14. More information at
drupal8multilingual.org

16. Thank You!
@gaborhojtsy