drupal translation

mark_alfred · 10-30-2012, 12:51 AM

Hello. I have installed drupal-7.16 successfully on a localhost running Vector Linux 7. I use lighttpd.

I installed a British language package, specifically drupal-5.20.en-gb.po, which I put in the profiles/standard translations directory. This seemed to work during the installation, but all words are spelled with en-US (IE, color"). Is there something else I need to do? I tried running various things in Home » Administration » Configuration » Regional and language (IE, the Translate interface), but this did nothing.

In case there was something wrong with the en-gb file, I also downloaded and installed the French language translation, to see if that could work. It did not.

All suggestions appreciated.

Mark

Didier Spaier · 10-30-2012, 06:30 PM

Check $LANG. Is it set to en_GB or en_GB.utf8? If instead it is set to en_US<something> that could be the reason as gettext translates the text strings according to $LANG.

Furthermore the .mo file are used for the run-time translation, not the .po ones, so .po should be first compiled with the 'msgfmt' command if is not directly provided.

mark_alfred · 10-31-2012, 10:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

Check $LANG. Is it set to en_GB or en_GB.utf8? If instead it is set to en_US<something> that could be the reason as gettext translates the text strings according to $LANG.

Code:

vector:/~
mark:$ echo $LANG
en_GB
vector:/~
mark:$

It still isn't working. I think the file is just too old. It's version 5.20, whereas Drupal is now 7.16. The French one, which I tried just to test, is version 7.16, and it worked fine when it was added at the beginning of the install using Drupal's provided install instructions (which failed when I tried with the en-GB one).

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

Furthermore the .mo file are used for the run-time translation, not the .po ones, so .po should be first compiled with the 'msgfmt' command if is not directly provided.

Code:

vector:/~/slackpacks/drupal
mark:$ msgfmt drupal-5.20.en-gb.po
vector:/~/slackpacks/drupal
mark:$ ls
drupal-5.20.en-gb.po  messages.mo               smtpua-6.x-1.0-beta1.tar.gz
drupal-7.16/          mysqlsetup.txt
drupal-7.16.tar.gz    phpmailer-6.x-2.2.tar.gz
vector:/~/slackpacks/drupal
mark:$

Okay, so I did that, with it generating a "messages.mo" file, but I'm not sure what to do with it next.

Didier Spaier · 10-31-2012, 01:06 PM

This page provides the instructions you need.

mark_alfred · 11-03-2012, 02:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Didier Spaier

This page provides the instructions you need.

From the link you provided:

Quote:

See if a translation of this Drupal version is available in your language of choice on the translation server. Not all languages are available for every version of Drupal, but if yours is available, follow these steps to install Drupal in your language:

The translation I was hoping for (en-GB) is not available for the latest Drupal (7.16). So, it's either Wordpress or Joomla, both of which do provide either en-CA or at least en-GB.