Internationalisation and LocalisationInternationalisation and Localisation

AgendaAgendaOverview

Configuration

Language Packages

Dictionary Files

Default Tool Content

Right to Left Support

Translation Website

OverviewOverview

• Three Parts

• Language e.g. English, Chinese

• Locale e.g. Australia, US

• Page direction: LTR, RTL

• Affects

• Words, Date Formats, Page Layout

Configuration: Server Level

Configuration: Server Level

Sysadmin Menu: Configuration Settings

Need to set both the Language and Locale and the Page Direction. See lams_supported_locale database table for valid values.

Login Page always shows in Server language.

New users default to Server Language

Configuration: Server Level

Configuration: Server Level

Configuration: User Level

Configuration: User Level

Set via User Profile or User Management screens.

Applies once the user has logged in.

Select from a drop down – language, locale and page direction set automatically.

List based on the lams_supported_locale table.

Configuration: Server Level

Configuration: Server Level

Australian English (Default)

Australian English (Default)

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SpanishSpanish

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Language PackagesLanguage Packages

All transations are in CVS

Only complete translations will be included in formal releases.

Languages will be release in “Language Packs”, which will contain all completed translated languages.

Dictionary FilesDictionary Files• The actual translations are

deployed in:

• Flash <jboss>/server/default/deploy/lams.ear\lams-central.war\flashxml

• Java <jboss>/server/default/deploy/lams.ear\lams-dictionary.jar

Default Tool Content

Default Tool Content

• But content in Authoring is in English!

• Then change the default tool content.

• SysAdmin menu, Edit Default Tool Content option.

• Uses same screens as authoring.

• Applies to new activities.

• Applies to whole server – can’t have an English and a Spanish version.

Default Tool Content

Default Tool Content

Right To LeftRight To Left

Translation Website

Translation Website

http://lamscommunity.org/i18n/

Community Effort

Sign up online to have your language/locale added and/or register as a translator.

Do the translations online

Translations export into CVS ready for building.

DemonstrationDemonstration

Translation Animation supplied by the Italian translators.

Italian: http://edmont.powweb.com/traduzionelams/translatorstep.htm

English: http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/lams/LAMS+i18n

Questions?

http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/

Online Help: LAMS Documents Developer Doc: LAMS 2.0

http://lamscommunity.org/