By rodrigo21 on

Is there a way to change the language after installing Drupal?
I need it to be in Spanish but I want to avoid installing it again.

Thanks

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maxiorel
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Yes, of course.
1. Administer | Build | Modules -> activate module Locale.
2. Go to Administer | Site configuration | Languages and set up what you need.

Jan Polzer, Drupal & Symfony developer

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rodrigo21 commented

I have Add the Spanish language and select it as the default language in Administer | Site configuration | Languages, but my Drupal page is still displaying everything in english. : (

thanks

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maxiorel
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maybe a cache problem?
Hope you didn't forgot to import spanish strings from http://drupal.org/project/es

Jan Polzer, Drupal & Symfony developer

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rodrigo21 commented

Proble solved,

Here is a very datailed description on how to do it, (in spanish)

http://drupal.org.es/manuales/instalar_idioma

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ionuts71 commented

Can you translate in english how you do it?
I also enabled the Language module, set to default my local language but no effects.
Thanks.

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rodrigo21 commented

1. go to ADMINISTER.
2. clic in MODULES
3. Activate LOCALE module, save.
4. go back to ADMINISTER
5. click LOCALIZATION, inside SITE CONFIGURATION
3. Igo to ADD LANGUAGE and add SPANISH -> check ENABLED and "DEFAULT" ¡¡¡¡ This is important!!
4. go to IMPORT tab and click examinate or browse and browse "es.po" file (I think this was the name of the file) inside the downloaded spanish language folder

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mindgarden commented

Where is the import tab?

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javiernovoac commented

you forgot to mention that the Import tab is in the translate interface menu entry...

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ahaapaka commented

I made the same mistake. I installed Drupal 6 in English and tried to change the language. Unfortunately it seems that after installation the language cannot be completely changed because some texts are translated at install time. Adding a new language and setting it as default does not affect those texts. :(

For example preconfigured content types (Page and Story) and their descriptions remain in English. See #138191: "Story" & "Page" Translation Problems for more information. Of course it is possible to copy translations from .po files and manually replace those texts. See the comment #2 in #138191: "Story" & "Page" Translation Problems for instructions.

But, I hate manual work and how do I find all texts that are translated at install time...

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panos commented

I can't really figure this out. It also messes up my pathauto created URLs and the navigation menu :S

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zschopper commented

- create another drupal, with desired default language.
- activate same modules, themes, etc., and export ALL translations with Translation template extractor (potx), then (after backup!) import the generated .po file to old drupal (you can try to clear language tables before import)

It only an idea :)

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marcino commented

Try to find and import file from pl-6.x-0.3\modules\system\translations\all.pl.po (your language folder)

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tree2009 commented

Detail answer is here: Change language after installation in drupal 6