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1. Building Multilingual Websites
with Drupal 7
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2. About Me
Suzanne Kennedy
Front-end Developer
Co-founder of Evolving Web in
Montreal
evolvingweb.ca
@suzanne_kennedy
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3. Languages + Drupal
With Drupal, you can build:
• Foreign Language Site
• Multilingual Site
• Multilingual Site with Translation
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4. Languages + Drupal
Foreign language site:
• Locale
Multilingual site
• Internationalization (i18n)
Multilingual site with translation:
• Content Translation (Nodes)
• Entity Translation (Fields)
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5. Questions before you start
• Is content symmetric across languages?
• How is untranslated content treated?
• Is language associated with location/region?
• How will the content/UI be translated?
• What is the default language of the site?
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6. Symmetric Content
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7.
Asymmetric Content
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8. Half-Symmetric Content
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9. Untranslated Content
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10. Does Language = Region
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11. Translation Workflow
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12. Types of Text to Translate
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13. What Gets Translated?
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14. Variables
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15. Text from Modules
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16. User-Entered Text Settings
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17. Content: Nodes
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18. Content: Entities
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19. Text Groups
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20. Setting up a Multilingual
Website
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21. Installing Languages
Configuration > Regional & language > Languages
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22. Language Detection & Selection
Configuration > Regional & language > Languages > Detection and Selection
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23. Types of UI Text
• Variables
• Built-in UI (provided by modules)
• Built-in UI (provided by you)
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24. Variables
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26. Selecting Variables
Configuration > Regional & language > Multilingual Settings > Variables
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27. Translating Variables
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28. Non-Text Variables
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29. Translating
Text Strings from Code
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30. Text Strings from Code
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31. Text Strings from Code
Configuration > Regional & language > Translation Interface > Translate
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32. Text Strings from Code
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33. Translating
User-entered Strings
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34. User-entered Strings
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35. User-entered Strings
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36. User-entered Strings
Configuration > Regional & language > Translation Interface > Translate
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37. User-entered Strings
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38. Translating Content
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39. Translating Content
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40. Translating Content
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41. Node Translation
• New node for each translation
• Nodes are mapped together
• Uses the Content Translation module (core)
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42. Translating a Node
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46. Field-Level Translation
• Translation of fields instead of nodes
• Entity Translation module (contrib)
provides the UI
• Fields are translatable in core
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47. Example: Products
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48. Example: Issues
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49. Setting up Field Translation
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50. Setting up Field Translation
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51. Adding a Translation
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52. Adding a Translation
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53. Field Translation UI
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54. Translating the Title
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55. Translating the Title
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56. Enabling Language Switcher
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57. Comment Filtering
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58. Comment Filtering
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59. Translate Other Entities
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60. Configure Entity Translation
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61. Translate Users
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62. Synchronize Translations
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63. Views Translation Filters
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64. Unfiltered View
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65. Adding a Filter
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66. Filtered Views
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67. Translating Other Elements
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68. Other Elements to Translate
• Blocks
• Field elements (i.e. help text, default values,
options)
• Menu items
• Taxonomy terms
• Paths
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69. Blocks
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70. Block Translation
• Translate custom blocks
• Uses the Block Translation module in the
i18n suite
• Allows you to target blocks for certain
languages
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71. Block Translation
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72. Block Translation UI
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73. Blocks Per Language
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74. Field Translation
(translating field settings)
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75. Field Translation
• Translating field settings (label, help text,
default text)
• Uses the Field Translation module in the i18n
suite
• Only translates core field settings (not date
fields, file fields, etc.)
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76. Field Translation
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77. Field Translation
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78. Menu Items
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79. Menu Translation
• Allows you to translate menu items OR
target a menu at a single language
• Uses Menu Translation module in the i18n
suite
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80. Menu Translation
Menu Options:
• Fixed Language
• Translate and Localize
Menu items
• Linked to nodes
• Translate custom menu items
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81. Menu Translation
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82. Menu Translation
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83. Taxonomy
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84. Options per Vocabulary
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85. Translating a Term
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86. Other Multilingual Modules
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87. Localization Update
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88. Localization Client
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89. Translation Overview
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90. Challenges
• Choosing contributed modules
• Translating custom elements (Webforms)
• Multilingual audiences
• Improve Translation UI
• Out-sourced translation workflows
• Keeping track of UI strings to translate
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91. What’s Next?
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92. D8 Multilingual Initiative
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93. Learn More
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94. Learn More
evolvingweb.ca/training
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95. Resources
Documentation on drupal.org
http://drupal.org/documentation/multilingual
My Blog Posts about D7 Multilingual
http://evolvingweb.ca/story/drupal-7-multilingual-whats-new-i18n
http://evolvingweb.ca/story/content-translation-drupal-7
Gabor Hojtsy's Posts about Multilingual D7
http://hojtsy.hu/blog/2011-jan-19/drupal-7039s-new-multilingual-systems-part-1-
basics
Presentation at DrupalCon London
http://london2011.drupal.org/conference/sessions/multilingual-drupal-solutions-use-
cases-and-modules
Drupal 8 Multilingual Initiative (with Video)
http://drupal.org/node/1260534
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