Drupal 8 Multilanguage

Negrean Rosian-Andrei

Part 1 Basics

Multilanguage in Drupal 7

• only basic language support in core
• English default language and could not be removed
• lack of a default generic way to translate all types of entities
• a lot of contrib modules for implementing translation functionality (20+)

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

• One of the D8 initiatives
• Started on 09.04.2011
• Hundreds of people involved (http://www.drupal8multilingual.org/team)
• Only 4 core modules cover the functionality from 20+ D7 contrib modules 

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

On Site Install:

• more than 100 built in language available (translations installed automatically)
• highly improved browser based language detection capabilities
• English will not be default language and is not required
• full support for right to left languages

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

In core:

• Configuration Translation
• Content Translation
• Interface Translation
• Language

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

Language:

• base layer for language support
• language configuration, assignment and detection functionality
• Use case:
  • multi language blog with English interface

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

Interface Translation:

• used for translating the website's interface
• is equivalent of the Local module in D7
• Use case:
  • multi language website with different BE languages

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

Content Translation:

• supports all content entities and translates fields( nodes, taxonomy terms, comments)
• works like D7 Entity Translation, not like D7 core Content Translation
• Use case:
  • multilanguage FE, multilanguage BE

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

Configuration Translation:

• translates blocks, menus, views
• similar to the modules from Internationalization in D7
• Use case:
  • full site translation

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

DEMO !

• site install
• language configuration
• content translation
• configuration translation

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

Questions ?

Multilanguage in Drupal 8

Thank you