Magento Blog http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/ en Magento Marketing Copyright 2013 2013-05-20T16:48:00-08:00 Magento in Multiple Languages - Translations Getting Started http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/magento-in-multiple-languages-translations-getting-started/ http://www.magentocommerce.com/blog/magento-in-multiple-languages-translations-getting-started/#When:17:39:00Z

After receiving great feedback from the German and Polish communities, we are excited to proceed and open the translation process to the rest of the world.

Here's how it works:

  • Under each international forum, you will find a sticky thread (titled "Official Magento Translation" ...) with a zip file attached. The file contains a directory structure and a number of csv files. The directory structure and csv files must stay as is (in terms of structure and naming).
  • Each CSV file has two columns. The right column is intended to be overwritten with the translations. The left column serves as a reference and should not be overwritten - this is very important.
  • We decided that only <a> and <br / > tags are to be used in the original text (i.e. the first column). All other HTML tags (e.g. <strong>) should be added to the translated text (i.e. second column) where appropriate.
  • If you do not see your language in the international forums or your locale, please contact us and we will add it.
  • Given the amount of work per language, we strongly suggest for the community to interact through the forum and split up the work. Hopefully this will lead to a faster and more thorough process.
  • Please let us know once the translation is complete and we will incorporate it in future releases.

Questions? Let us know in the comments or contact us.

]]> Magento News and Announcements 2007-09-30T17:39:00-08:00 Comment by StavGuru {url_as_title} hi all, i’m not sure how to translate my content...such as product title, menu and description of product..

can anyone help me pls.
thanks in advance!!

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by abelcreative {url_as_title} translations aren’t working for me - I’m using the modern theme, have magento 1.1.3 installed, .added the locale folders into the modern/locale folder - what else do I need to do as my site still isn’t translating when I select a language (use the sample database when installing)

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by BerArt {url_as_title} I help with the Dutch translations smile

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by Pablo Augusto {url_as_title} I will help to translate to Portuguese BR!

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by petertufan {url_as_title} The latest romanian translation for Magento 0.7.14800 is now available in http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/766/.

Look for the latest file ro_RO_0.7.14800.zip.

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by petertufan {url_as_title} A newer more updated version of the original Romanian translation is available in:
http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/766/ look for the ro_RO-V2.zip

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by Matteo Raggi {url_as_title} Italian translation is ready, but aftr add it on web site, how to configure it?
http://magento-it.googlecode.com/files/magento-it_0.7.tar.gz

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by Caleydon {url_as_title} Hi, I’m just start working on Slovak translation

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by R.Gregorio {url_as_title} Alguém do Brasil - disposto a traduzir o Magento para Pt-Br. cool smile

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by hadi "!MP" farnoud {url_as_title} you need to write a guide for translation (like drupal)

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by Inline Media {url_as_title} Is it already possible to add a new translation? I would like to try out my dutch translation I’ve made so far.

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by RoyRubin {url_as_title} @Capitaine - We’ll need the files as supplied in the ‘official’ forum thread. Thanks!

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by Capitaine Commerce {url_as_title} Hi !
The french translation is almost done, but we’ve made it on the Google Doc document. Will this be ok.

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by RichWater {url_as_title} We have started the hungarian translation. It will take about a week.
The “Hello world!” is “Szia világ!” in hungarian. smile

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by littleredcar {url_as_title} any german translation ready, yet?

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by petertufan {url_as_title} First romanian translation is ready in full and I have already posted it to http://www.magentocommerce.com/boards/viewthread/766/.
Peter

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by Johan {url_as_title} What about version control, where to upload changes?

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by YoavKutner {url_as_title} @bluemotion - A new version of Magento will be available this week that supports the multilanguage functionality.

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by YoavKutner {url_as_title} @GBA - Yes all translations need to be UTF-8.

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by angelside {url_as_title} How use/test translated files on live store test. What is settings, select store language is not work, is have “headers and cookie errrors”.

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by Inline Media {url_as_title} Can you tell me how to implement a translation? I would like to see how my translated text looks like in the website.

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by GBA {url_as_title} Hello,
we already started the Greek translation here in Greece. All the csv must be in UTF-8 encoding. Or not?

PS. The translation of “Hello World!” is “Γεια σου κόσμε!” in Greek.  smile

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by YoavKutner {url_as_title} All sentences need to be enclosed in double quotes ("). For example.
“original text","and this is the translated text, and it has a comma”

If double quote” are needed in the text it needs to be escaped by another set of double quotes before it.

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by Johan {url_as_title} How do we deal with sentences that includes “,” ?

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by mihu {url_as_title} cheer.
Thanks for all the efforts.

]]> 2013-05-20 T;16:48:00-08:00 Comment by TheRec {url_as_title} Nice, time for some more testing smile
I am glad to see the project evolve to the internationnal level. Thanks for the hard work.

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