[MAGNOLIA-900] make it possible for end users to localize the GUI Created: 29/May/06 Updated: 23/Jun/14 Resolved: 23/Jun/14 |
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| Status: | Closed |
| Project: | Magnolia |
| Component/s: | None |
| Affects Version/s: | 3.0 Beta 1 |
| Fix Version/s: | None |
| Type: | Improvement | Priority: | Major |
| Reporter: | Boris Kraft | Assignee: | Philipp Bärfuss |
| Resolution: | Outdated | Votes: | 0 |
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| Remaining Estimate: | Not Specified | ||
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Architecture Decision Record (ADR)
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| Description |
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The new way of putting the strings inside of each module (which in turn is a jar in the end) makes it currently close to impossible for end users to provide translations. We could:
In any case we need it fast. If we make it so hard to translate the GUI, we will not get translations. For me that makes it a critical issue as we need the translations for the final release. Understand that the people doing the translations need to be able to
Also do the math - if we have 10 modules and 15 languages, we have to juggle 150 language files. Any suggestions? |
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| Comment by Philipp Bracher [ 13/Jun/06 ] |
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first we need a better documentation of the current state (wiki). We should change in a rush and therefore I postponed |
| Comment by Philipp Bracher [ 30/Jan/07 ] |
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I think the current solution is not that bad. But we need a webapp, where 'normal' users can translate the files. |
| Comment by Magnolia International [ 30/Jan/07 ] |
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Maybe a maven report could also help in spotting missing translations. |
| Comment by Jan Haderka [ 04/Sep/08 ] |
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While this is certainly important new feature, it is not system critical (i.e. doesn't cause loss of data or system crash as per definition of critical issue) |