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Started by Daniel D., March 15, 2004, 10:05:29 AM

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Daniel D.

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previous / next

Credits only in english

agreement.txt only in english

bostasp

install.php and upgrade.php are also hardcoded in English.

Skoen

I've managed to create an agreement.txt in Norwegian and the previous - next entries plus the Maintenace Mode is edited from the Administrator Panel
Alf Otto 'Skoen' Fagermo
Retired Norwegian translator


Daniel D.

I know that, but I think that - if the whole board is translated - these items need to be translated, too. It seems senseless if a german user (+german language) browse the forum and the links says previous/next. There was a mod for SE, perhaps I'll take a look at it.

Jeff Lewis

I don't think the credits need to be in anything other than english IMHO.
Co-Founder of SMF

Daniel D.

Yeah, it was just a suggestion. But the other things...

Grudge

Ummm... actually I do agree that previous/next should be taken out of the admin panel altogether. By all means keep the option to enable them / disable them there but why not stick them in the language files? People can still alter them if they wish but it certainly doesn't make any sense to keep them english all the time. The other things I'm less sure of - maintainance mode is often changed depending on what is being carried out so I don't think is that important IMHO
I'm only a half geek really...

[Unknown]

I agree, but I don't know how many people customize it..

-[Unknown]

Daniel D.

Then please move out the previous/next links.

Skoen

I second that to have that into the language file as I don't see the reason to alter the name for it in the admin. Not like there is a guy wanting to suddenly change the text for them to Greek or Chinese or whatever ;)
Alf Otto 'Skoen' Fagermo
Retired Norwegian translator


[Unknown]

Credits may stay in english....

Agreement... is a bad of worms.  Making it in multiple languages makes it practically impossible to modify for your own needs.  IMHO.

-[Unknown]

Skoen

Yeah, agreement is an optional file which can be translated by maybe the official translator to include in the translation package, but I still think that should stay in the admin panel so that the admin for each forum can change it.
The credits would actually be hard to translate, and I don't see the need to translate the credits. Not even in the movies you see on TV you will see that they have translated the credits. So the credits should stay in English.
Alf Otto 'Skoen' Fagermo
Retired Norwegian translator


andrea

It might also be complicated or dangerous to use language strings in install.php and upgrade.php since the usage of language strings requires that the program (or at least parts of it) is already installed...

Andrea Hubacher
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Grudge

Do you know install.php is now multi-language? It happened last beta I believe. If you have a language pack installed before you install it, it will let you do the install in that language! (i.e you upload the language files before running install)
I'm only a half geek really...

andrea

Aha. Maybe I did read sth about it somewhere but without awareness. When it's already done it's of course very ok.

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Daniel D.

Quote from: Grudge on May 29, 2004, 07:42:17 AM
Do you know install.php is now multi-language? It happened last beta I believe. If you have a language pack installed before you install it, it will let you do the install in that language! (i.e you upload the language files before running install)
This must be in the readme or should be displayed during installation. So the user can upload it first and install in his/her language.

bostasp

Quote from: Daniel D. on May 29, 2004, 01:10:21 PM
Quote from: Grudge on May 29, 2004, 07:42:17 AM
Do you know install.php is now multi-language? It happened last beta I believe. If you have a language pack installed before you install it, it will let you do the install in that language! (i.e you upload the language files before running install)
This must be in the readme or should be displayed during installation. So the user can upload it first and install in his/her language.

Perhaps an option to select the langauge for install?

[Unknown]

Already there, Bostasp.

Upgrade is not internationalized because of the issues Andrea named.

-[Unknown]

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