Last updated November 5, 2012. Created by sylvain_a on April 3, 2011.
Edited by frederickjh, Kristen Pol, c4rl. Log in to edit this page.
Here are some multilingual advanced techniques which can be used for specific use cases. Please make sure to read the main sections of the "Multilingual Guide" handbook before trying these user-created snippets and tutorials.
For your information, complementary snippets are available at HowTos, tutorials and links if you are building your website with the contributed Internationalization (i18n) module in Drupal 7.
External references
Installing Drupal 6 in Another Language by Addison Berry (Lullabot)
- One of Drupal 6's nice new features allows you to install Drupal using a language other than English. This video will show you how to get a translation, extract it and run the installer with the new language.
- Watch the video (18 minutes, 28.7 MB in mp4 format)
Installing Drupal in French by Mickael, birdmanx35 (Lullabot)
- Created for a GHOP task, this screencast details Drupal 6's new language support options, including installation and translation. This video actually has its own page in the handbook: http://drupal.org/node/212321
- Watch the Video (9 minutes, .mov format, blip.tv)
How to Translate the Interface and Content of Drupal by Gabor Hojtsy (Acquia, Inc.)
- Introduction to the Drupal 6 multilanguage features starting off from core features to contributed modules. Presented at Do It With Drupal.
- View Slides
New i18n and l10n features in Drupal 6 Part 1 & 2