All the language support in Drupal 8 - At Drupalaton 2014

All the language support in Drupal 8

Gábor Hojtsy

Drupal 8

Moar, betterer

multilingual

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Who are you?

Who are we?

1080+ contributors*

*Based on issue participation

Why are we doing this?

1. Reduce complexity 2. Add missing features

Drupal core

Drupal corelocale

Drupal corelocale

l10n_update

Drupal corelocale

l10n_update l10n_client

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update l10n_client

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update

i18n

l10n_client

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update

i18n … … …

l10n_client

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update

i18n … … … variable

l10n_client

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update

i18n … … … variable

l10n_client

… …

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update

i18n

i18n_views

… … … variable

l10n_client

… …

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update

i18n

i18n_views

… … … variable

webform_localization

l10n_client

… …

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update

i18n

i18n_views

… … … variable

webform_localization

l10n_client

entity_translation

… …

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update

i18n

i18n_views

… … … variable

webform_localization

l10n_client

entity_translation title

… …

Drupal corelocale translation

l10n_update

i18n

i18n_views

… … … variable

webform_localization

l10n_client

entity_translation title

… …

tmgmt

Language !

Language !

Interface translation

8

Language !

Content translation

é

Interface translation

8

Language !

Content translation

é

Interface translation

8

Configuration translation

X

Environment setup

PHP 5.4.2

DRUPAL 8 MULTILINGUAL CHANGES SUMMARY v. 2.0 for Drupalaton / drupal8multilingual.org / @d8mi

INSTALLER   Language  list  first  

Detects  browser  language  

Integrates  with  automated  translation  download  

Picking  a  language  enables  Language  and  Interface  Translation  

LANGUAGE   Language  module  as  base  language  service  

Simplified  language  config  (no  domain/prefix,  etc)  

2  special  instead  of  1  (und:  Not  specified,  zxx:  Not  applicable)  

English  can  be  deleted  (not  even  added  if  installed  foreign)  

CONTENT  

LANGUAGE  

Content  type  language  support  more  flexible  (one  screen  setup)  

Language  selector  field  is  freely  positioned  

Same  flexibility  +  new  language  support  on  other  “content”  

Views  to  customize  pages  based  on  content  language  

BLOCK  

LANGUAGE  

Blocks  got  language  visibility  

More  things  are  blocks    

NEGOTIATIO

N  

Defaults  to  path  prefix  negotiation  (80%),  configuration  there  

Added  admin  language  option  (move  it  up  to  first  if  used)  

Browser  detection  configurable  +  more  accurate  

Fallback  language  configurable  (don’t  change  site  default)  

USERS   Users  have  language  preference  +  admin  language  if  applicable  

Internally  up  to  3  different  languages  per  user    

NAMES   Transliteration  built-­‐in  for  machine  names    

INTERFACE  

TRANSLATION  

Interface  translation  (locale)  module  now  only  doing  this  

One  central  directory  for  .po  files  -­‐  staging/version  control  

File  import  and  automated  update  settings  

Import  will  not  time  out  or  eat  up  lots  of  memory  

Translation  UI  revamped  (much  quicker  editing)  

Plural  versions  editable  with  specific  UI  

Edited  strings  become  custom,  can  be  separately  exported  

Default  configuration  translated  

English  can  be  “translated  to”  

CONTENT  

TRANSLATION  

Field  translation  based  module  in  core  

Old  content-­‐copy  translation  not  available  anymore  

Configuration  on  the  field  and  sub-­‐field  level  (eg.  image  fields)  

Integrated  with  search  indexing  (in  core)  and  API  

Node  access  is  also  language  aware  

CONFIG  

TRANSLATION  

All  new  in  core,  replaces  many  of  i18n’s  features  

Not  configurable,  one  flat  permission  for  all  translation  

Index  page  for  all  configuration  

Translation  tabs,  integrates  with  interface  translation  

Be  aware  of  what  is  content/configuration/interface  

MENUS   Interface  (built-­‐in),  configuration  (views)  and  content  (custom)  

Most  tricky  part  is  which  one  is  which    

APIs  (picks)   JavaScript  translation  API  unified  with  PHP  API  

Simpler  Entity  API  makes  working  with  multilingual  content  easier  

More  (HTML5)  language  markup  for  more  accessibility/machines  

Configuration  schema  system  to  support  configuration  translation  

WORKFLOW   Will  be  provided  by  contributed  modules    

hojtsy.hu (bottom right)

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Know exact language of every detail on the site

!

First step in installer

"#

!

Language as its own module

"#

!

Content language defaults

"#

!

Views

"#

!

Block language

"#

!

More language selection options

"#

!

Transliteration

"#

!- Delete English - Flexible selection - Block visibility - Views - Flexible configuration - First in installer - Know language

Language !

Content translation

é

Interface translation

8

Configuration translation

X

8

Integrate and simplify

8

Automated translation download / update

"#

8

Deployment friendlyfile storage

"#

8

Whole new translation UI

"#

8

Custom string tracking

"#

8

Translate to English

"#

- “Translate to” English - Whole new UI - Custom string tracking - Deployment friendly - Automated updates

8

Language !

Content translation

é

Interface translation

8

Configuration translation

X

é

Unify and make flexible

Applies to all “content” through fields

"# é

Search compatible

"# é

Views

"# é

- Node access compatible - Search compatbile - Field/sub-field level - Views - Migration

é

Language !

Content translation

é

Interface translation

8

Configuration translation

X

X

Cover all configuration

Entities

Content

Nodes Users

Comments Terms

Contact messages

Menu links

ConfigurationViews

Vocabularies

Contact categories

Fields

Site info

User emails

OtherPath

aliases

Menus

X

Intuitive access to translation

"# X

X

Shipped view

Interface translation

Configuration translation

888

X Custom view

X

Shipped view

Interface translation

Configuration translation

888

X Custom view

Shipped role

Custom role

X

Shipped view

Interface translation

Configuration translation

888

X Custom view

Shipped role

Custom role888

X

X

Block placement(Has title, language)

Custom block content entity

(Has field content, language)

Field configuration

Field configuration

Field configuration

X

Menu(Has name, language)

Custom items Config itemsSoftware items

Block placement(Has title, language)

- All of configuration - In-place tabs - Central overview - Think about source

X

Language !

Content translation

é

Interface translation

8

Configuration translation

X

What’s missing?

Better workflow and 3rd party integration in contrib

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