8.4.3 Interface translation doesn't work
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I have 2 locales: the main and default one is Russian and the other one is English. User enters text in English in a package. I need it to be translated to Russian for the default locale. It will remain in English for the English locale anyway.
I've set up the multilingual settings. And I have this code in the package controller:
I have searched for the strings which have to be translated and saved their translations. Then I've saved the translations file.
I've cleared cache, I've refreshed the page but nothing gets translated. All words I saved translation for are unchanged.
Is that going to work at all? Or should I enter text in Russian for the default locale and then rather translate it to English for the other locale?
I've also tried entering text in Russian, then I refreshed the strings in Multilingual setup, translated all Russian strings into English, saved file, went to English locale, added the same block, cleared cache, refreshed page - no change, all Russian text is still in Russian, doesn't get translated.
What can be wrong? Anyone has ever successfully translated the interface from some language to English?
And how can I have all global area text translated?
I've set up the multilingual settings. And I have this code in the package controller:
public function getTranslatableStrings(\Gettext\Translations $translations) { $db = $this->app->make('database')->connection(); $rs = $db->executeQuery('select category from MY_PACKAGE_DB'); while (($category = $rs->fetchColumn()) !== false) { $translations->insert('', $category); } $this->app->make('config')->save('concrete.misc.enable_translate_locale_base_locale', true); }
I have searched for the strings which have to be translated and saved their translations. Then I've saved the translations file.
I've cleared cache, I've refreshed the page but nothing gets translated. All words I saved translation for are unchanged.
Is that going to work at all? Or should I enter text in Russian for the default locale and then rather translate it to English for the other locale?
I've also tried entering text in Russian, then I refreshed the strings in Multilingual setup, translated all Russian strings into English, saved file, went to English locale, added the same block, cleared cache, refreshed page - no change, all Russian text is still in Russian, doesn't get translated.
What can be wrong? Anyone has ever successfully translated the interface from some language to English?
And how can I have all global area text translated?
Anyone?
Why did you add this code?
You also posted another question: " And how can I have all global area text translated?"
Stacks and global areas can have a multilingual version (edit a global area in the /dashboard/blocks/stacks dashboard page)
$this->app->make('config')->save('concrete.misc.enable_translate_locale_base_locale', true);
You also posted another question: " And how can I have all global area text translated?"
Stacks and global areas can have a multilingual version (edit a global area in the /dashboard/blocks/stacks dashboard page)
Michele,
Because you told me to ))
https://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/internationalization/8.4....
The thing is I tried both options:
1. text strings in package entered in Russian, everything's fine with RU locale, all these Russian words are found in the interface translation, I added English translations for all of them, cleared cache and all, I go to EN locale - and nothing is translated
2. text strings in package entered in English, everything's fine with EN locale, all these English words are found in the interface translation, I added Russian translations for all of them, cleared cache and all, I go to RU locale - and nothing is translated
Nothing gets translated for user entered text. What am I doing wrong? They are founf by the search, translations added, but don't get translated.
Because you told me to ))
https://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/internationalization/8.4....
The thing is I tried both options:
1. text strings in package entered in Russian, everything's fine with RU locale, all these Russian words are found in the interface translation, I added English translations for all of them, cleared cache and all, I go to EN locale - and nothing is translated
2. text strings in package entered in English, everything's fine with EN locale, all these English words are found in the interface translation, I added Russian translations for all of them, cleared cache and all, I go to RU locale - and nothing is translated
Nothing gets translated for user entered text. What am I doing wrong? They are founf by the search, translations added, but don't get translated.
Has anyone successfully set up a multilingual site with user text translation?
I can't get it to work. A Howto or Tutorial would be really good.
I can't get it to work. A Howto or Tutorial would be really good.
P l e a s e h e l p, s o m e o n e!!!
I think I tried to help you as much as possible, without a full copy of your website.
If I were you I'd use xdebug to see what's going wrong.
With xdebug you can see exactly what's happening (here's a sample session:http://youtu.be/iyki8lzzwms )
If I were you I'd use xdebug to see what's going wrong.
With xdebug you can see exactly what's happening (here's a sample session:http://youtu.be/iyki8lzzwms )
Michele,
I'd rather like to know how exactly a multilingual site has to be set up for user text to be translated. I can't find it anywhere. Does the main locale have to be English, text in English and then translated? What needs to be done if the main locale is not English?
I'd rather like to know how exactly a multilingual site has to be set up for user text to be translated. I can't find it anywhere. Does the main locale have to be English, text in English and then translated? What needs to be done if the main locale is not English?
I've always used English as the main language. I don't know if concrete5 supports another language as main one.
Ok. I made US a default locale. Added a new Russian locale. Copied the tree. Translated English user words in the Translate Site Interface, saved the file, went to the Russian site page - nothing is translated.
I've checked the application/languages/site/ru_RU.po - the text is translated there.
Are these steps correct? Obviously something's missing.
I really want to hear if anyone has actually been successful in setting up user text translation on a multilingual site.
I've checked the application/languages/site/ru_RU.po - the text is translated there.
Are these steps correct? Obviously something's missing.
I really want to hear if anyone has actually been successful in setting up user text translation on a multilingual site.
You can check that you have the expected language, by adding this code right after the t()/tc()/t2() calls:
<?= '<p>Current language: ', \Localization::activeLocale(), '</p>' ?>
Yes, the language is correct. AND all other strings DO get translated EXCEPT for those entered by the user!
First, remove the line
from the getTranslatableStrings method of your package controller (you have to configure concrete5 just once, not every time you export the translations).
Then, follow these steps:
1. go to the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface dashboard page and click the "Reload strings" button
2. be sure that the strings you want to be translated are in the language files.
For example, if your getTranslatableStrings method adds the English string "Test" to the translations, and if you have a Russian (ru_RU) language section in your website, you should have a file named application/languages/site/ru_RU.po and it should contain these lines:
3. in the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface dashboard page, translate the missing strings (click the Pen icon on the right of Russian row).
4. Back to the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface page, hit the "Save to file" button
5. Check that concrete5 saved the translations to file.
With the example data above (an English string "Test" and Russian), you should have these lines in the application/languages/site/ru_RU.po file:
6. Now, every time you call t("Test") and the current language is Russian, concrete5 should print out the Russian translation of "Test"
$this->app->make('config')->save('concrete.misc.enable_translate_locale_base_locale', true);
from the getTranslatableStrings method of your package controller (you have to configure concrete5 just once, not every time you export the translations).
Then, follow these steps:
1. go to the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface dashboard page and click the "Reload strings" button
2. be sure that the strings you want to be translated are in the language files.
For example, if your getTranslatableStrings method adds the English string "Test" to the translations, and if you have a Russian (ru_RU) language section in your website, you should have a file named application/languages/site/ru_RU.po and it should contain these lines:
msgid "Test" msgstr ""
3. in the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface dashboard page, translate the missing strings (click the Pen icon on the right of Russian row).
4. Back to the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface page, hit the "Save to file" button
5. Check that concrete5 saved the translations to file.
With the example data above (an English string "Test" and Russian), you should have these lines in the application/languages/site/ru_RU.po file:
msgid "Test" msgstr "the Russian translation of Test"
6. Now, every time you call t("Test") and the current language is Russian, concrete5 should print out the Russian translation of "Test"
That's exactly what I've done - nothing (no user text) gets translated. Please see the attached pics.
I've also tried what's said at the bottom of this page:
https://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/interface-customizati...
that is I made a ru.php in /application/src:
I've reloaded the strings, added translation for that string, saved file, checked it - it's there, reloaded the page - NOT translated!
I've also tried what's said at the bottom of this page:
https://documentation.concrete5.org/developers/interface-customizati...
that is I made a ru.php in /application/src:
I've reloaded the strings, added translation for that string, saved file, checked it - it's there, reloaded the page - NOT translated!
If you add
right before
what gets printed out?
<?= '<p>Translation of Budget: ', t('Budget'), '</p>' ?>
right before
<?= '<p>Current language: ', \Localization::activeLocale(), '</p>' ?>
what gets printed out?
Michele,
All translation I put myself into t() DO get translated, no problem here.
The problem is I have input fields for a user to enter strings. These then get saved in the database. So no user entered text gets translated.
That is, all those categories: Budget, Economy, Luxury are what I entered in the text inputs. These do not get translated.
PS. See the attached pic
All translation I put myself into t() DO get translated, no problem here.
The problem is I have input fields for a user to enter strings. These then get saved in the database. So no user entered text gets translated.
That is, all those categories: Budget, Economy, Luxury are what I entered in the text inputs. These do not get translated.
PS. See the attached pic
I assume that your users enter some English text, and it gets saved into a "category" field in a MY_PACKAGE_DB database table.
For example, a user enters "Budget", and it's saved to the database.
Next, you go to the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface dasbboard page, hit the "Reload strings" button, translate "Budget" to Russian, and save the translations with "Save to file".
Now concrete5 can translate "Budget" to Russian.
That's it.
It works, please don't try to persuade me that it doesn't work.
I gave you all the informations required to do what you need.
For example, a user enters "Budget", and it's saved to the database.
Next, you go to the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface dasbboard page, hit the "Reload strings" button, translate "Budget" to Russian, and save the translations with "Save to file".
Now concrete5 can translate "Budget" to Russian.
That's it.
It works, please don't try to persuade me that it doesn't work.
I gave you all the informations required to do what you need.
That's exactly what I'm doing and it doesn't work. I tried 2 fresh installs, also tried on v8.3.2 and on v8.4.2. Have you seen the pictures? It does NOT work!
Again, it does work! You must be missing some point.
If the user enters "Budget", and you go to the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface dasbboard page, hit the "Reload strings" button, translate "Budget" to Russian, and save the translations with "Save to file", do you have these lines in the application/languages/site/ru_RU.po file?
If the user enters "Budget", and you go to the /dashboard/system/multilingual/translate_interface dasbboard page, hit the "Reload strings" button, translate "Budget" to Russian, and save the translations with "Save to file", do you have these lines in the application/languages/site/ru_RU.po file?
msgid "Budget" msgstr "Russian translation of Budget"
Michele, I've said above and attached pictures that that's what I've done and listed exactly the same steps. See pics here. See the strings English and Russian is in the file, I reloaded the strings, cleared cache... Nothing!
BTW, I'm on a localhost on a PC with Linux and Apache - hope that doesn't matter.
BTW, I'm on a localhost on a PC with Linux and Apache - hope that doesn't matter.
You posted this picture:
https://www.concrete5.org/files/9815/4081/1438/Screenshot_20181029_2...
There I see multiple strings ("Budged", "Economy", "Luxury"): could you post the code that prints them out?
https://www.concrete5.org/files/9815/4081/1438/Screenshot_20181029_2...
There I see multiple strings ("Budged", "Economy", "Luxury"): could you post the code that prints them out?
<?php foreach ($categories as $category) { if ($category->getCategoryID() == $category_id) { ?> <li class="active"><a href="<?php echo \URL::to('/cars/categories/', $category->getCategory()); ?>"><?php echo $category->getCategory(); ?></a></li> <?php } else { ?> <li><a href="<?php echo \URL::to('/cars/categories/', $category->getCategory()); ?>"><?php echo $category->getCategory(); ?></a></li> <?php } ?> <?php } ?>
concrete5 translates strings that are enclosed in t(), but in your code I don't see any t().
You should write something like
instead of
You should write something like
<?= t($category->getCategory()) ?>
instead of
<?= $category->getCategory() ?>
YES, YES, YES!!! That's it!
I didn't know the dynamic/user string should also be inside t().
Thank you very very much. You saved me.
Maybe you could update the t() documentation page to say that's how it's done?
Thanks a lot again!!! It works now.
I didn't know the dynamic/user string should also be inside t().
Thank you very very much. You saved me.
Maybe you could update the t() documentation page to say that's how it's done?
Thanks a lot again!!! It works now.
As I told you, the system works, you were missing something
