I18n, l10n, t9n: Quo vadis TYPO3?

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I18N,L10N,T9N:QuovadisTYPO3?
I18N,L10N,T9N
Plans for multilingual features in TYPO3 CMS

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Loctimize GmbH
Saarbrücken, Germany
@loctimize

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 Consulting, training related to I18N, L10N, T9N
 Focus on strategies, processes, technologies
 Multilingual web content management with
TYPO3
 Translation management for TYPO3
 TYPO3 Localization Manager (l10nmgr) team
lead

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Cybercraft Media Manufactory
Clausthal-Zellerfeld, Germany
@bunnyfield

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 Workbench for TYPO3 agencies and clients
 Frontend/Accessibility consultant at T-Systems
 TYPO3 trainer and coach
 Maintainer of TYPO3 extensions like
gridelements, themes and l10nmgr
 Author of TYPO3 books
 Organizing the TYPO3 user experience week

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 Basic concepts and terminology
 History of TYPO3 localization
 Results of TYPO3 User eXperience Week and
TYPO3 Developer Days
 Business Impact
 Goals for upcoming version

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60% of the world’s top global brands are
multilingual, with an average of
8 languages per website!
Source: Common sense advisory

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Basic concepts and terminology
Image: Aranchodoc

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Translation
T9N

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Translation T9N
 Focused on words and sentences
 Taking care of the actual language
 Transforming content 1 to 1
from source to target language

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Localization
L10N

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Localization L10N
 Adapting content according
to target locale
 Text – even in code - images and videos
matching target groups
 Focused on geographical regions
and markets

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Localization L10N
 Considering cultural backgrounds
 Adaptation of layouts and designs

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Internationalization
I18N

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Internationalization I18N
 Defining strategies for content,
layout and code for different locales
 Preparing products and services for
localization and translation

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Internationalization I18N
 Analyzing national and international
industry standards, regulations and
jurisdiction

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History

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History
Some facts about the invention of the
Localization Manager
 Two independent developments
 l10nmgr by Kasper Skårhøj
 t3_locmanager by Daniel Zielinski

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History
Screenshots of the early t3_locmanager

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History
2008
 First deep integration of TYPO3 with
ONTRAM external translation
management system
 Done for METABO
 Still in use today

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History
After TYPO3 4.7

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TYPO3 User eXperience Week

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TYPO3 User eXperience Week 2014
First Concepts

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Backend Redesign

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Roadmap

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Analysis of the
l10n mode chaos

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2 tracks left
… finally!

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mod.web_layout {
allowInconsistentLanguageHandling = 1
}}

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Business Impact

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How many of you are doing
Internationalization
Testing
before starting translation?

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So you do think you did
internationalization testing?
Really?
Did you check your third party extensions, too?

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90%+ of
internationalization
tests we did on clients‘
websites failed!

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How many of you are planning
Translation Budgets
before starting to create content?

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How much time have you planned for
Translation
Management
on the TYPO3 side?

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On average
our clients spend
minutes for
translation management
per page and language!

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Goals for upcoming versions

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Better user interface for
translation management tasks

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Getting compatible to TYPO3 CMS 8
methods and user interfaces.

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Documentation
about best practice
provided by core and
l10nmgr team.

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Does this sound like a plan to you?
Feel free to contact us when you want
to support the project with
money or work force.

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Things you can do for the project
 Sponsor specific features
 Sponsor one or more participants
for the TYPO3 User eXperience Week
in March 2017
 Host a code sprint
 Join the team

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Get in contact
 Come to our slack channel
https://typo3.slack.com/messages/l10nmgr
 Jo Hasenau
E-Mail: info@cybercraft.de
 Twitter: @bunnyfield
Daniel Zielinski
E-Mail: info@loctimize.com
Twitter: @loctimize

I18n, l10n, t9n: Quo vadis TYPO3?

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