i18n
Summary
Marks a string for translation.Usage
input|i18n( context [, comment [, arguments ] ] )
Parameters
| Name | Type | Description | Required |
|---|---|---|---|
| context | string | The context to which the string belongs. | Yes. |
| comment | string | A comment describing the text. | No. |
| arguments | hash | An associative array of arguments in the input parameter. | No. |
Returns
A string containing a translated version of the input parameter.Description
This operator makes it possible to translate static strings that are defined in various templates. It is typically useful to ensure that the HTML interface is available in several languages in a multilanguage scenario.
The operator takes one required parameter "context", and two optional parameters: "comment" and "arguments". The "context" parameter should be used to specify a group to which the input parameter should be related. This is typically useful when there are a lot of strings that need to be structured/grouped. The "comment" parameter makes it possible to add additional comment which can help the person responsible for doing the actual translation. A comment could for example be "Button label" - revealing what that mysterious string actually is. The "arguments" parameter makes it possible to mix dynamic text into the translations. Please refer to "Example 2" for a demonstration of this feature.
Examples
Example 1
{"Are you sure you want to remove these items?"|i18n('design/standard/node')}
Outputs "Are you sure you want to remove these items?" translated to the current language. The translation is taken from the context block named "design/standard/node" located in the appropriate translation file.
For example, let's say that the "translation.ts" file located in the "share/translations/ita-IT/" directory of your eZ Publish installation contains the following lines:
<context> <name>design/standard/node</name> ... <message> <source>Are you sure you want to remove these items?</source> <translation>Sei sicuro di voler rimuovere questi elementi?</translation> </message> ... </context>
If your current system locale is "ita-IT" (as specified in the " Locale" setting located in the "[RegionalSettings]" section of the "settings/site.ini" configuration file or its override) then the following output is produced: "Sei sicuro di voler rimuovere questi elementi?"
Example 2
{def $number=5} {"Please enter %number characters."|i18n('design/standard/node', '', hash( '%number', $number ) )}
Outputs "Please enter 5 characters.", the %number will be dynamically replaced by the variable.
Balazs Halasy (05/02/2004 10:36 am)
Ester Heylen (03/02/2010 3:17 pm)
Comments
encoding and html entities
Thursday 18 December 2008 11:58:53 am
Forest Finbow
"é" should become "&eacute;"
"&" should become "&amp;"
">" should become "&gt;"
etc...
For example : if the string you would like to convert looks like
let's do it
and the source code of your template is
{"let's do it"|i18n()}
then the translation.ts should contain the following message :
<message>
<source>let&apos;s do it</source>
<translation>translated let&apos;s do it</translation>
</message>
It seems that ezpublish parses the html entities in the translation.ts file first before it actualy compares the messages. I'm not sure why it actualy performs that way, but it sure is something you should know about since the whole translation file can get rejected if it encounters quotes ( ' or " ), greater than ( > ) or smaller than ( < ) since the parsed file is no longer a valid XML file...
Re: encoding and html entities
Wednesday 08 September 2010 3:29:43 pm
Saad
<message>
<source>Drink a coffee</source>
<translation><![CDATA[Boire un café]]></translation>
</message>