This document discusses building multilingual Drupal websites. It covers questions to consider like what languages to support and who will do translations. It then outlines the steps to set up languages, translate the user interface, content, and other elements. These include installing languages, translating variables, nodes, menus and more using modules like Entity Translation. It also discusses extending functionality with tools like the Localization Update.

1. Multilingual solutions
Florian Loretan
Co-Founder
Wunderkraut
florian.loretan@wunderkraut.com
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4. Before you start
• What kind of site are you building?
• Planning your multilingual site
Building a Multilingual Site
• Getting Set Up
• Translating the UI
• Translating Content
• Translating Everything Else
What’s Next?
• Challenges in Drupal 7 Multilingual
• Learn More & Contribute
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5. What Kind of Multilingual
Site are You Building?
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6. Foreign Language Site
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7. Multilingual Site
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8. Multilingual Site + Translation
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9. Questions to Ask
Before You Start
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10. 1. What Language Support
Are You Providing?
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12. Fully Symmetric Experience
English Polish

13. Asymmetric Experience
French English

14. Mixed Language Experience
French English

15. 2. Do You Want to Show
Untranslated Content?
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16. Showing Untranslated Content
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17. Hiding Untranslated Content
French English

18. 3. Are language and region
related?
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19. Language = Region
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20. 4. Who’s Doing the
Translation?
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21. Translation Workflow
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22. Translating the Admin UI
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23. 5. Default Language of the
Site?
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24. Default Language
Content Language Fallback
Site User

25. Default Language
Site Builder Language used User-entered Strings

26. 6. How Will Language Affect
the Design?
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27. Space Requirements
English
French
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28. Right-to-Left Languages
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29. 7. What Type of Text are
You Translating?
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30. Different Types of Text
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31. UI: Variables
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32. UI: Text in Code
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33. UI: User-Entered Strings
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34. Content: Nodes
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35. Content: Other Entities
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36. Text Groups
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37. Text Groups
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38. Translation Checklist:
UI Text
Variables
Text in Code
User-Entered Strings
Content
Nodes
Entities (comments, users, terms...)
Text Groups (blocks, paths, menu items...)
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39. Building Your
Multilingual Website
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40. STEP 1:
Setting up Languages
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41. Installing a Language
Configuration > Regional & language > Languages
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42. Configuring a Language
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43. Choosing a Default
Configuration > Regional & language > Languages
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44. Detection and Selection
Configuration > Regional & language > Languages > Detection and Selection
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45. Detection and Selection
example.com/fr/user
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46. Detection and Selection
example.com/user
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47. STEP 2:
Translating UI Text
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48. Translating Variables
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49. Translating Variables
Configuration > Regional & language > Multilingual Settings > Variables
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50. Translating Variables
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51. Translating Variables
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52. Translating Text from Code
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53. Translating Text from Code
Configuration > Regional & language > Translation Interface > Translate
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54. Translating Text from Code
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55. User-Entered Strings
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56. User-Entered Strings
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57. User-Entered Strings
Configuration > Regional & language > Translation Interface > Translate
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58. User-Entered Strings
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59. STEP 3:
Translating Content
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60. Translating Content
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61. Settings per Content Type
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62. Node Translation
• Content Translation module (core)
• New node for each translation
• Nodes are mapped together
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63. Translating a Node
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64. Field-Level Translation
• Entity Translation module (contrib)
• Translation of fields instead of nodes
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65. $node->field_body['en'][0]['value']
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66. Semantic structure
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67. Setting up Field Translation
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68. works for
nodes
users
taxonomy terms
comments
...
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69. Translatability
• Can be translated • Can’t be translated
• All fields • Author
• Additional • Promoted
per-translation
metadata •
• Creation date
•
Modification date

70. Title Module
$node->title
$term->name
$term->description
$node->field_title
$term->field_name
$term->field_description
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71. Use field_title in
views, not title
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72. Language fallback
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73. Combination with i18n
• Enable • Disable
• i18n_menu • i18n_select
• i18n_fields • i18n_taxonomy
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74. :-)
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75. :-(
integration with other modules
needs work
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76. :-(
revisioning
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77. :-(
menu items needs to be
translated separately
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78. :-)
for many use cases,
it’s still a lot better than the standard
content translation
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79. Adding a Translation
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80. Comments per Language
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81. STEP 4:
Translating Everything Else
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82. Other Elements to Translate
• Blocks
• Field settings
• Taxonomy terms
• Menu items
• Paths
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83. Translating Field Settings
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84. Translating Field Settings
• Field Translation module (i18n)
• Translate field settings
• Only core field settings
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85. Translating Field Settings
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86. Translating Field Settings
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87. Translating Menus
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88. Translating Menu Items
• Menu Translation module (i18n)
• Menu per language OR
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89. Translating Menu Items
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90. Translating Menu Items
Menu Link to a Node
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91. Translating Menu Items
Menu Link to a Single-Language Page
i.e. Events View
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92. Translating Menu Items
Menu Link to a Generic Page
i.e. Home Page
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93. Translating Menu Items
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94. Translating Menu Items
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95. STEP 5:
Extending Multilingual
Functionality
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96. Localization Update
localize.drupal.org
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97. Localization Client
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98. Drupal 8
• Clean Up
• Entity translation
• Symphony localization component
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99. Спасибо за внимание
Florian Lorétan
Co-Founder
Wunderkraut
florian.loretan@wunderkraut.com
Wednesday, June 13, 2012

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