Language issues

[SJV]

Greetings,
I have some issues with languages in NGL. I am using NGL 3.0.4 Carbon release 2 update 1, and Debian Squeeze, and jdk1.7.0_40.

1) I can see 15 languages in a drop-down menu in OPAC, but whichever language I choose, all the text stays in English. The screen just reloads, but nothing happens. What should I do to make the opac language menu work correctly?

For testing purposes I added the line DEFAULT_OPAC_LANGUAGE=fr_FR to the file /usr/NewGenLibFiles/SystemFiles/ENV_VAR.txt, and restarted server and OPAC. It turned out that the language was changed to French, as expected, but still I cannot change language from the drop-down menu in opac.

2) I found that actually the French interface is a mixture of French and Spanish. I hope the NGL team could have the French language file OpacLabels_fr_FR.properties checked and corrected for the next version. I am not fluent enough in French to be able to correct this language file adequately.)

3) Based on some messages on the forum I gather that the additional language packs should be requested separately. Finnish language is mentioned among the languages supported, so could you send me Finnish files for both OPAC and librarian's interface, please - or at least for opac, if Finnish is not available for both interfaces.

4) The language drop-down menu in OPAC shows the language and country names mostly (but not all) in Finnish - I suppose it is because my OS locale setting is Finnish. Is it possible to edit how each language is shown on the list? I think it would be better, if each language name were shown in that particular language (English, español, Français, 日本語 etc.) instead of showing all the language names in the language set in operating system's locale settings (eg. if locale is English -> English, Spanish, French, Japanese etc.).

5) I would like to suggest that you make all the available language packs readily downloadable by anybody (e.g. on http://www.verussolutions.biz/web/content/language-support or in some other convenient location). That could encourage NGL users test language packs, and help make them better.
Moreover, it would be great if the translations were managed with Pootle or some other translation project tool. I think that could encourage people participate in localization efforts even more.

With best wishes,
Samu Virokannas

[Verus Open Source Support]

Respected Patron,
Greetings from NGL Open Source.
We are examining all your queries. Kindly give us a day or two to provide solution and answer the queries.
Sorry for the delayed reply as we were closed for a long weekend (including Monday) for an Indian festival Diwali
Regards
NGL Open Source Support Team

On 11/01/2013 08:32 PM, SJV [via NewGenLib] wrote:

Greetings,
I have some issues with languages in NGL. I am using NGL 3.0.4 Carbon release 2 update 1, and Debian Squeeze, and jdk1.7.0_40.

1) I can see 15 languages in a drop-down menu in OPAC, but whichever language I choose, all the text stays in English. The screen just reloads, but nothing happens. What should I do to make the opac language menu work correctly?

For testing purposes I added the line DEFAULT_OPAC_LANGUAGE=fr_FR to the file /usr/NewGenLibFiles/SystemFiles/ENV_VAR.txt, and restarted server and OPAC. It turned out that the language was changed to French, as expected, but still I cannot change language from the drop-down menu in opac.

2) I found that actually the French interface is a mixture of French and Spanish. I hope the NGL team could have the French language file OpacLabels_fr_FR.properties checked and corrected for the next version. I am not fluent enough in French to be able to correct this language file adequately.)

3) Based on some messages on the forum I gather that the additional language packs should be requested separately. Finnish language is mentioned among the languages supported, so could you send me Finnish files for both OPAC and librarian's interface, please - or at least for opac, if Finnish is not available for both interfaces.

4) The language drop-down menu in OPAC shows the language and country names mostly (but not all) in Finnish - I suppose it is because my OS locale setting is Finnish. Is it possible to edit how each language is shown on the list? I think it would be better, if each language name were shown in that particular language (English, español, Français, 日本語 etc.) instead of showing all the language names in the language set in operating system's locale settings (eg. if locale is English -> English, Spanish, French, Japanese etc.).

5) I would like to suggest that you make all the available language packs readily downloadable by anybody (e.g. on http://www.verussolutions.biz/web/content/language-support or in some other convenient location). That could encourage NGL users test language packs, and help make them better.
Moreover, it would be great if the translations were managed with Pootle or some other translation project tool. I think that could encourage people participate in localization efforts even more.

With best wishes,
Samu Virokannas

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