Help with support of multiple languages (via Ploygot)

  • Greeting all,

    I have a client that wants to offer his site in 7 different languages. The backend WP admin section will remain in English. He wants the user to be able to select the global site language.

    I’ve downloaded the xx.mo files for these languages and they now reside in the /wp-includes/languages/ folder. I’ve downloaded the polygot plugin. I’ve followed the instructions on this page https://fredfred.net/skriker/index.php/polyglot. I’ve setup a clean development install of WP 2.0.2 and am using the ‘default’ themes which comes out of the box with WP (for now).

    Per the polygot instructions I’ve added the code to the sidebar.php file:
    if(function_exists(‘polyglot_list_langs’)) polyglot_list_langs(true); ?>

    This seems to display the flags which is what I desire. So far so good.

    When I select a language the page refreshes. Some of the sidebar content is translated like the monthly archive listing, the months are displayed in the selected language. Cool. But the content displayed is never translated.

    I’ve not worked in a multi-language WP project. Just looking for some guidance or suggestions.

    Paul

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  • Moderator Samuel Wood (Otto)

    (@otto42)

    www.remarpro.com Admin

    It doesn’t magically translate everything for you. For the polyglot plugin, you can make one post contain multiple translations of the same text. That’s what the bit where he talks about <lang_en> and such is all about. Then what gets displayed is based on what language the viewer is actually using.

    If they want the posts to be in 7 languages, they have to make the posts in 7 languages. Or you’ll have to do some kind of machine translation on the backend.

    Localization (which is what the mo files and such do) is all about picking the correct text to display, not about translating it for you. The reason you get all the months in the various languages is because the mo files contain all that text in those languages, pre-translated.

    Hello, I wish translate and the various cathegory for the links but i can’t fit this work.

    So, how ?

    Thanks

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