Adding a new translation language

If you need to add new language to the application, you will need to create your own language files.

Please create a copy of the English (en) language files:

\language\core-en.po
\language\core-en.mo

Then, rename them accordingly to your new language. If you review the file \library\Zend\Locale\Data\Translation.php and search your new language on the array $languageTranslation you will find a code for the language, for example: 'Serbian' => 'sr' so you need to rename the new files using the code of the new language, for example:

\language\core-sr.po
\language\core-sr.mo

Now, it is time to start the translations. You will need to open the files \language\core-sr.po and language\javascript-sr.po, and add your translations there. You can use a free editor like Poedit.

Any time you change the file \language\core-sr.po, you need to convert it to \language\core-sr.mo, which is the binary file that Clientexec uses to load translations. If you are using Poedit you can easily generate the .mo file from there. If you are not using **Poedit **then we have made a tutorial video on how to generate a .mo file: https://www.screencast.com/t/h2zAKFcKi

The video just shows the following:

• Opening a language file to add translations or modifying an existing one. In the video, the file edited is for the Spanish language \language\core-es.po but for the example it should be \language\core-sr.po
• After adding your changes to the file, then the video shows a web site (https://localise.biz) that you can open, then at the bottom of the site there is a menu where you can select "Language pack converter" (https://localise.biz/free/converter), select your edited language file, configure what you will generate, in this case, you select the "Source language" and the format for the file (In the example: Serbian, and .MO file [To: > Gettext > Gettext MO (binary)]), and then you convert the file on the site and save the new file.
• Then you need to rename the new file consistently with the one you used, so for the example you need it to be renamed to core-sr.mo
• Then, you will need to place the file on the proper location \language\core-sr.mo
• Finally, make sure the file has read permissions, and you are done.

Updated on: 20/08/2024