[Mediawiki-l] Re: Translations

[Ignacio Gonzalez T.]

Laurie Lewis wrote:

> Have you set the default language in LocalSettings.php to Spanish
>
> $wgLanguageCode = "es" ;
>
> This should make the default language show up all system pages of the
> wiki.  Also have you set your language preference to Spanish??
>
> Laurie


Yes, everything is as you said. Note that most of the text appears correctly 
translated. There are only a few (but very visible) strings that appears in 
English. Curiously enough, the tab "article" is translated (artículo) but the 
next tabs, "discussion", "edit", etc. are not.

>
>
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>
> Hello everybody.
>
> I've recently installed Mediawiki in my Department's intranet web server
> and things are working fine.
>
> Alas, some text strings are in English (even very visible ones, such
> as discussion, edit and history) instead of in our local language
> (Spanish). So I decided to translate them, for the beneift of my less
> international mates. 
>
> After reading through the online help pages and documentation, I'm a
> bit confused about the current procedure to translate a wiki to
> another language. On one hand, there is the LanguageXX.php files. On
> the other hand, there is the recommended procedure ("as of August
> 2005") to edit the texts directly through the very wiki editing
> mechanism and the Special Pages. 
>
> The last method works fine and is very direct and easy to use. But I
> find it very time consuming: instead of translating a batch of
> strings, I find myself translating string by string and updating page
> by page on my (very slow) server. At this pace, I won't have my wiki
> ready for Xmas. 
>
> Is there any batch procedure for doing the same "in just a couple of
> commits"? I mean, some php script, sql script or the like that takes
> all the string from a text file or table and updates the whole thing.
> (I'm quite new on php, sql, apache and life in general, so I don't know
> if I am asking for absurd things). 
>
> Please forgive my naïveness.
>
> Many thanks.
> -- 
> Ignacio Gonzalez
> igtorque(AT)eliop(DOT)es(ANDTHISISTHEEND)
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Saludos,
  Ignacio González Torquemada
  ELIOP, S.A.                Departamento de Productos
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