Simple text translation depending on store view

Question

I am creating a simple module that displays a date.
I need the days (Monday, Tuesday, etc.) to be translated in the store view language.

I've gotten lost in all the different ways that this could be done:

1) Where should I create the .csv file? (preferably in my module, if that's at all possible)

2) How would I tell Magento which words to translate? I'm currently using the indexcontroller.php to display the date (In case that changes something).

Can someone guide me through this or suggest a tutorial that I might have missed?

Answer 1

Follow this step-by-step:

1 - On your module on the file called config.xml set the csv file to translate:

<frontend>
    <translate>
        <modules>
            <modulename>
                <files>
                    <default>Package_Modulename.csv</default>
                </files>
            </modulename>
        </modules>
    </translate>
</frontend>
<admin>
<translate>
    <modules>
        <modulename>
            <files>
                <default>Package_Modulename.csv</default>
            </files>
        </modulename>
    </modules>
</translate>
</admin>

2 - Create your file, for example:

app/local/en_US/Package_Modulename.csv

3 - Apply on code like these samples:

$this->__('My Extension')

or

Mage::helper("myhelper")->__('My Extension')