Re: Minor LinguaPlone changes

Mikel Larreategi <[email protected]> Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:06:21 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.zope.plone.internationalization
Message-ID <CACBaoxFdUseZ9CXRgLNqgYjXZ8p-TwpuSDcirfWcOPK6cw2=Aw@mail.gmail.com>
2012/2/7 Ed Manlove <[email protected]>:
> On 02/07/2012 09:58 AM, Mikel Larreategi wrote:
>> Hi:
>>
>> I have a couple of changes to merge into LinguaPlone trunk, but I
>> wanted to comment them here, in case someone has any objection:
>>
>> 1. Show the language list in "translate into" menu in its native form:
>> Currently the menu shows the language names with its english name what
>> is many times weird for users. Moreover the language change viewlet
>> already shows the language name in its native form.
>>
>
> Mikel,
>
> I think the language list under Site Setup->Language should have both
> the language name within the current set langauge and its native tongue,
> showing the format as
>
> Language name in current language (native language)
>
> For example, if the current language is English, the language setting
> list should look like
>
> ...
> French (français)
> German (Deutsch)
> Hebrew (עברית)
> ...
>
> or if the current language is français,
>
> ...
> anglais (English)
> allemand (Deutsch)
> hébreu (עברית)
> ...
>
> or (to really make this clear) if the current langauge is עברית or Hebrew,
>
> ...
> גרמנית (Deutsch)
> אנגלית (English)
> צרפתית (français)
> ...
>
> This is the format for listing languages somewhere else within Plone (I
> forget where, sorry). Showing it this way is extremely beneficial for
> people working in multiple languages (including developers like myself
> for which I do RTL script development) or people who simply accidentally
> change the language. I brought this up a while back in the devel list
> but did not pursue it further so thanks for taking up the task.
>

AFAIK there is no language-name translation for all languages in
Plone, but I think it would be quite trivial to add the code to get
those names translated and then it's up to translators to translate
all language names :)

I'll have a look at it,.


Mikel

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