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Language Support in Drupal 6

Last updated January 20, 2008. Created by birdmanx35 on January 20, 2008.
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This is a screencast by birdmanx35, created for a GHOP task.

You can find the screencast at blip.tv, and download it here. This work is licensed under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.0 United States License.

Outline:

  • Installing Drupal 6
    • Click "Learn how to install Drupal in other languages".
    • Download a translation file.
    • Select and install the install.po file.
    • Install as normal in the comfort of your native language.
    • After installation, configure your language, and reimport the other .po file.
    • Set up path-based language selection.
  • Translation
    • Enable the Content translation module.
    • Configure the content types to allow translation.
    • Translate some content!
    • Translating the interface- see the links.

Links:

  • The Localization client module provides on-page localization editing, to allow for easier contribution to Drupal's translation community.
  • Greg Knaddison (greggles) has come out with an excellent screencast further demonstrating the powers of Drupal 6's language support, and the above module.

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Drupal 6.x
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