Download - Larks internationalization presentation

Building Multilanguage

Websites

@larksla @sbdrupalSanta Barbara Drupal Meetup 2/28/2012

with Localization, Internationalization and Domain

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Presenter


Steve Rifkin

d.o. - stevenator

twitter - @steverifkin


Agenda


Overview

Tools

Gotchas

Demo

Q/A



intimidating


i18n vs i10n


Internationalized vs. Localizedone can exist without the other?


Internationalization


Changing a softwares properties according to the

cultural traditions of different peoples


Localization


Implementation of a specific language

for an internationalized software;

localized objects

individual translations

cultural rules (left to right, .rtl)

charset (ASCII, ISO-8859-1, KOI8-U)


D7 Debate


you choose your flavor -- core content

translations vs fieldable translations


Detection Tools


Before Drupal vs. Inside Drupal


Before Drupal


Inbound traffic redirect based on

Request IP

Browser Localization


Drupal


User Object ($user->locale)


Translate Interface


.po files

localize.drupal.org

admin/build/translate


t() function


For module development, all

string should be passed through

the t functions; supports

substitutions


Drupal Modules


Jose Reyero

Gábor Hojtsy


Drupal Modules


Locale

Content Translation Internationalization (i18n)

Core Contrib

d6 & d7

d7 Entity

Entity translation

Variable

l10n_update (capital Igloo then 10)


Drupal Modules


Translation Overview

l10n_client


Multilingual Variables


$conf['i18n_variables'] = array();goes into settings.php


Gotchas


README files are so darn important, aren’t they?

Content Negotiation in languages global settings

Content Type enabled


Domain


$conf['domain_i18n_variables'] = array();

edit settings.php


Sources


www.linuxjournal.com/article/6176

groups.drupal.org/internationalization

www.lullabot.com/articles/localized-and-multi-lingual-content-drupal-7

www.archive.org/details/IntroductionToI18NInDrupal7

www.archive.org/details/StateOfInternationalizationInDrupal7


http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6176

http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6176

http://www.lullabot.com/articles/localized-and-multi-lingual-content-drupal-7




