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Erik

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Altering the Language file

« on: November 03, 2008, 10:48:47 am »

For those of you who wants to alter a language file here is a small example of how to do it. The language files are situated in the 'lang' directories of the components.

All you have to do is replace the words marked in red.

Example 1:

define('but_back','Back');
define('but_close_window','Close this window!');
define('but_new','New');
define('but_save','Save');
define('but_search','Search');

Example 2:

RELATIONSHIP REQUESTS=Relationship requests
FRIENDSHIP REQUESTS=Friendship requests
MESSAGES=Messages
INTERACTIONS=Interactions


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mostly for the Joomla 1.5 files

« Reply #1 on: December 10, 2008, 05:16:33 pm »

Starting with some newer versions of our components, languages files are ini files stored in language/ folder of the site.

Want to create a new language file for your other language?

Just rename one of the existing ini files (ex. en-GB.com_articleman.ini) with the specific sufix (ex. de-DE for german, etc.), in the desired language joomla folder (ex. language/de-DE/) and translate the texts in the renamed file.

Please note to follow the standard language suffix, in order to obtain compatibility with components like Joomfish, etc. (where the case is).


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Re: Altering the Language file

« Reply #2 on: May 07, 2009, 07:21:12 pm »

A detailed list of special characters can be found under:
http://www.bnl.gov/itd/web/foreignlanguagecharacters.asp


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