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What is the best way to translate Magento?
I am trying to have my Magento work in french. Should I use a module for this or id there another better way?
This is the module I am looking at: http://www.magentocommerce.com/magento-connect/...
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Add product translations throught API (SOAP or REST)
is it possible to add product translations using the SOAP or REST API?
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Implementing international multistore shop workflow
Under a single www.domain.com URL, I have to implement an international shop that does the following:
1) Identify the customer's country (Done)
2) Identify the customer's browser language (Done)
3) ...
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How to translate in API v2?
I have extended the Magento v2 API and want to return some translated strings. The only thing that is returned, are the original strings.
To test the translation, I also added the strings to the ...
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How to implement translations in design template package CSV's? How does echo $this->__('Text') work?
I have a design package setup like so:
design/frontend/package_name/theme_name/locale/
under which I have
de_DE, en_GB etc, under which I have corresponding translate.csv files with the various ...
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Inline translate Chrome Bug?
Maybe it's just me, but in Chrome browser inline translate does not work. The red boxes are shown and if I hover the mouse the book icon appears but if I click it nothing happens. I had the same ...
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Translating an Extension
Are there any tools for generating a csv file for translations of a module? I.e. detecting calls to __() within a module and outputting the information into a csv ready to be used as a translation ...
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What is the proper way to add theme-specific translations of new strings?
We are creating a new template and have some new text which are not yet defined anywhere.
If they would be defined before we would add some
"Mage_TheModule::Foo";"Fuh"
to the translate.csv in the ...
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Translation of product stock alert email
I have added translation in my locale folders and even loaded templates and assigned them in system config. Nothing seems to translate this email. When i look in the table product_alert_stock i also ...
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Magento Adminhtml Font and Markup
I want to customize the Magento admin with an stylish icon font (think Wingdings).
In most cases it's easy enough to do entirely via CSS with the :before pseudo-selector, outputting content: that is ...
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Magento PDF invoice translations
I have localized and translated my Magento 1.7 installation almost 100% with csv translations, and some inline translations, however in my PDF invoices translations are not taking effect.
Some parts ...
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Translation not working for "please specify shipping method"
We've opened our Magento store a few weeks ago. We are located in the Netherlands and only sell items on the Dutch market, so the entire site is in Dutch. Thanks to some excellent translation packs, ...
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Pirate Language Pack
I'm looking for a Magento language pack, like Facebook's Pirate Language option, that is humorous. My Google-fu is failing me.
Pirate is preferable.
Update
A pirate language pack been created and ...
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Make magento core template use my module's translation file
In an extension I'm working on, I have a layout XML added via module's config.xml. This layout has some modifications to the frontend. Some of these blocks, however, belong to Magento core modules. ...
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Magento Password Reset Confirmation E-mail translation
I'm trying to create a Dutch translation for the Password Reset Confirmation E-mail.
What i've tried so far:
In the Magento folder structure, there is a directory holding all dutch e-mail ...
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Multiple currency symbol positions within a single locale
I've seen several articles that talk about changing the currency symbol position in the locale xml file. However, this seems to change the position for every type of currency, which is not ideal for a ...
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how to create multilingual static block
I need to create multilingual static block. So far I have created static block with id 'delivery_returns'.
I'm calling it in catalog\product\view.phtml like this:
$deliveryBlock = Mage::getModel('...
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cannot translate category name for different store view
I'm trying to translate category name for different store view, but unchecking the "Use Default Value" checkbox does nothing. Category name field stays inactive. What could be the problem?
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FireGento_GermanSetup inline translation does not work
If I open the translation for "Incl. 7% Tax, plus Shipping Cost" it says:
Location: Span element
Scope: FireGento_GermanSetup
Shown: 19%
Original: %s%%
Translated: %s%%
Store View Specific: ...
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Seemingly Random Wrong Store View in Email
In a client's website, the sales emails is seemingly randomly (so far we've notice it for the order_new and the shipment_new) sent in another language that the language set for the store view the ...
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How to handle translations with translation bureaus?
I'm wondering what's the best way to realise translations with translation bureaus.
Basically I see two ways of doing this:
Send them the CSV files.
Give them access to a Magento installation for ...
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Where is translation for XML configurations is happening in the code?
In XML files (such as system.xml) I can specify a translate attribute for nodes to be translated. Where is this translation taking place in the code?
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Magento Displaying appropriate localisation based on Location
I'd like to configure the Magento site to be able to recognize the default language and location of the user and display the site in that language and with appropriate localization.
For example:
A ...
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Magento Adding a new Language?
I've looked at several pages regarding adding another language support to the Magento cart, however, there seems to be something missing.
The usual is to download translation through the admin ...