By patatti on

Hi,

I am looking for a french translation of the drupal interface. Where can I get one?

How do I incorporate it in my installation?

What's the difference between the .po and the contributions/translations/.mysql files? Which one do I need: fr.po or fr_CA.mysql?

NOTE: I don't want to create the translation if it already exists.

Thanks!
patatti

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Aress’s picture

Aress commented

PO files can be imported in drupal through localgettext (after convertet them in .mo) or contrib localefr.po. Mysql files can be "copied" directly into the database. But a french translation doesn't exist as I know: fr.po is void but ready to be translated ;) and fr_CA.mysql is old and is not a complete translation of drupal.
Cheers, Aress

P.S. if you search in the old posts, someone announces his intention to translate drupal in french but I don't know if he did

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Gidget Digit commented

i have some strings translated, but really not many. i'd be willing to share our fr.po files when i do a few more, and maybe amongst a group of us we could get a good french translation going.

regards,
-=pj=-
www.nefac.net

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patatti commented

How do I convert the fr.po to a .mo file?

Is it possible to remove the "fr_CA.mysql" incomplete old and translation, it is confusing to have two files with the same purpose?

What is that file you call "contrib localefr.po" I cannot find it in CVS contributions?

Is there an up to date howto for the whole process of translation and loading of existing translations?

Thanks!
patatti

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Aress commented

For localizing a site you can use two ways:

1) locate.module + localgettext.module (optional). With locate you can translate the interface in administer -> localization. With localgettext you can import .mo files or export .po files (administer -> localization -< import/export). I convert po files in .mo files with this command (linux):
msgfmt ./it.po -o ./it.mo

2) contrib locale.module (localefr.po is an error). You can find the module in this page: http://drupal.org/project/releases This module substitute the original locale module and let you import and export po files without convertion.

I use the first version because I found some problems with the i18n.module using the second.

Cheers, Aress