Localization client

The primary goal of this module is to provide easy ways to localize your site interface. To achieve this, it provides three noticeable features:

• An on-page localization editor interface, which allows customization of the interface translation right on the actual web pages viewed, using AJAX callbacks. (Drupal 5.x and Drupal 6.x)
• Instant sharing of localized strings as you input them with a Localization server. (Drupal 6.x)
• A translation package reimport tool, which helps people upgrading from Drupal 5 and those upgrading their translation packages anytime onwards, to import new and changed translations. (Only Drupal 6.x, look for similar functionality in Drupal 5 to Autolocale)

Future plans include the other way of the connection to a central translation server so translations might be possible to download and import.

Video demonstrations

• http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2007/oct/26/new-features-and-improve...
• http://hojtsy.hu/node/34
• http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/2007/oct/05/translating-strings-drup...

Installation

• For Drupal 5: ensure that you apply the supplied patch to Drupal 5.x, or you'll get nasty PHP errors, and the module will not work.
• Enable the module as usual. Hand out permissions for users as usual.
• Have at least one foreign language on the website. The interface only shows up for foreign language pages (ie. not English)

Read more

The README contains more information. The Localization server project is also a related cool tool.

Sponsors

Initial development was sponsored by Google Summer of Code 2007, user interface sponsored by Development Seed / Young Hahn.

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