All the language support in Drupal 8 traning slides from Drupalaton 2014

1. All the language
support in Drupal 8
Gábor Hojtsy
Drupal 8
Moar, betterer
multilingual
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2. Who are you?

3. Who are we?

5. 1080+ contributors*
*Based on issue participation

7. Why are we doing this?

32. 1. Reduce complexity
2. Add missing features

34. Drupal core

35. Drupal core
locale

36. Drupal core
locale
l10n_update

37. Drupal core
locale
l10n_update l10n_client

38. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update l10n_client

39. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update
i18n
l10n_client

40. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update
i18n … … …
l10n_client

41. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update
i18n … … … variable
l10n_client

42. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update
i18n … … … variable
l10n_client
… …

43. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update
i18n
i18n_views
… … … variable
l10n_client
… …

44. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update
i18n
i18n_views
… … … variable
webform_localization
l10n_client
… …

45. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update
i18n
i18n_views
… … … variable
webform_localization
l10n_client
entity_translation
… …

46. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update
i18n
i18n_views
… … … variable
webform_localization
l10n_client
entity_translation title
… …

47. Drupal core
locale translation
l10n_update
i18n
i18n_views
… … … variable
webform_localization
l10n_client
entity_translation title
… …
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49. Language !

50. Language !
Interface
translation
8

51. Language !
Content
translation
é
Interface
translation
8

52. Language !
Content
translation
é
Interface
translation
8
Configuration
translation
X

53. Environment setup

54. PHP 5.4.2

56. DRUPAL 8 MULTILINGUAL CHANGES SUMMARY v. 2.0 for Drupalaton /
INSTALLER Language list first
Detects browser language
Integrates with automated translation download
Picking a language enables Language and Interface Translation
LANGUAGE Language module as base language service
Simplified language config (no domain/prefix, etc)
2 special instead of 1 (und: Not specified, zxx: Not applicable)
English can be deleted (not even added if installed foreign)
CONTENT
LANGUAGE
Content type language support more flexible (one screen setup)
Language selector field is freely positioned
Same flexibility + new language support on other “content”
Views to customize pages based on content language
BLOCK
LANGUAGE
Blocks got language visibility
More things are blocks
NEGOTIATIO
N
Defaults to path prefix negotiation (80%), configuration there
Added admin language option (move it up to first if used)
Browser detection configurable + more accurate
Fallback language configurable (don’t change site default)
Users have language preference + admin language if applicable

57. hojtsy.hu (bottom right)

59. !
Know exact language of
every detail on the site

60. !
First step in installer
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61. !
Language as its own
module
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62. !
Content language
defaults
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63. !
Views
"#

64. !
Block language
"#

65. !
More language
selection options
"#

66. !
Transliteration
"#

67. !
- Delete English
- Flexible selection
- Block visibility
- Views
- Flexible configuration
- First in installer
- Know language

68. Language !
Content
translation
é
Interface
translation
8
Configuration
translation
X

70. 8
Integrate and simplify

71. 8
Automated translation
download / update
"#

72. 8
Deployment friendly
file storage
"#

73. 8
Whole new translation UI
"#

74. 8
Custom string tracking
"#

75. 8
Translate to English
"#

76. - “Translate to” English
- Whole new UI
- Custom string tracking
- Deployment friendly
- Automated updates
8

77. Language !
Content
translation
é
Interface
translation
8
Configuration
translation
X

79. é
Unify and make flexible

80. Applies to all “content”
through fields
"# é

81. Search compatible
"# é

82. Views
"# é

83. - Node access compatible
- Search compatbile
- Field/sub-field level
- Views
- Migration
é

84. Language !
Content
translation
é
Interface
translation
8
Configuration
translation
X

86. X
Cover all configuration

87. Entities
Content
Nodes Users
Comments Terms
Contact
messages
Menu
links
Configuration
Views
Vocabularies
Contact
categories
Fields
Site info
User
emails
Other
Path
aliases
Menus
X

88. Intuitive access to
translation
"# X

89. X
Shipped view
Interface
translation
Configuration
translation
8
88
X Custom view

90. X
Shipped view
Interface
translation
Configuration
translation
8
88
X Custom view
Shipped role
Custom role

91. X
Shipped view
Interface
translation
Configuration
translation
8
88
X Custom view
Shipped role
Custom role
8
88
X

92. X
Block placement
(Has title, language)
Custom block
content entity
(Has field content, language)
Field
configuration
Field
configuration
Field
configuration

93. X
Menu
(Has name, language)
Custom items Config itemsSoftware items
Block placement
(Has title, language)

94. - All of configuration
- In-place tabs
- Central overview
- Think about source
X

95. Language !
Content
translation
é
Interface
translation
8
Configuration
translation
X

96. What’s missing?

97. Better workflow and 3rd
party integration in contrib

98. @d8mi
#drupal-i18n
http://drupal8multilingual.org