Language packs stored and managed in Github

The language packs (messages files) contributed by the community are available on github. They are managed outside of the core DSpace project to allow more regular updates and releases.

Aside from the message catalogs included in these projects, there is a number of other files that can be localized. These include help pages, input forms and email templates. They are currently kept here until they are moved into the message catalogs in the future.

Contributing new Localizations

Thank you!

Please see our general advice on contributing to DSpace.

If you supply new translations, please make sure that they correspond to a stable release of DSpace and do not contain English tags nor references to your DSpace instance (e.g. name of your Institution). In partially translated Messages_xx.properties, just omit the untranslated tags. Messages.properties will be used as a fallback and untranslated tags are easier to detect with tools like the Eclipse Resource Bundle Editor if omitted.

Available translations of Messages.properties for JSP-UI

Language

Locale

initial

1.3.1

1.3.2

1.4

1.4.1

1.4.2

1.5

1.5.1

1.5.2

1.6.0

1.6.1

1.6.2

1.7.0

1.7.1

1.8.0

1.8.1

1.8.2

3.0

3.1

3.2

4.0

4.14.25.0

Basque

eu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Bulgarian

bg

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

X

X

 

X

X

        

Catalan

ca

 

x

x

 

X

 

 

ToDo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Chinese CN

zh_cn

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Chinese TW

zh_tw

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Czech

cs

X

 

 

 

 

 

X

ToDo

X

X

X

 

X

 

 

 

        

French

fr

X

 

X

 

X

 

 

ToDo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Galician

gl

X

 

 

 

 

X

 

ToDo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

German

de

X

 

 

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

        

Greek

el

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Hungarian

hu

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Indonesian

id

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Italian

it

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Japanese

ja

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

        

Norwegian

no

X

 

X

 

 

X

 

ToDo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Polish

pl

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Portuguese

pt

 

 

 

 

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Portuguese PT

pt_PT

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Portuguese BR

pt_BR

X

 

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Russian

ru

X

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Spanish

es

X

 

 

 

X

 

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Swedish

sv

X

 

 

X

 

 

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Thai

th

 

 

 

 

 

X

 

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Ukrainian

uk

 

 

 

 

X

 

 

ToDo

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Welsh

cy

 

 

 

 

X

X

X

X

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Available translations of messages.xml for XML-UI

Language

Locale

1.5

1.5.1

1.5.2

1.6.0

1.6.1

1.6.2

1.7.0

1.7.1

1.8.0

1.8.1

1.8.2

3.0

3.1

3.2

4.0

4.14.25.0

German

de

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

x

        

Greek

el

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Catalan

ca

x

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

x

 

        

Catalan (Central)

ca_ES

 

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Czech

cs

 

 

x

x

x

 

x

x

x

 

        

Italian

it

x

 

x

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

        

Japanese

ja

 

x

 

 

 

 

x

x

 

 

        

Portuguese

pt_BR

 

x

 

 

 

x

x

x

x

x

xxxxxxxx

Spanish

es

x

x

 

 

 

 

x

x

x

x

xxxxxx  
Galiciangl          x       

Localized parts of DSpace not yet managed on Github

Messages.properties not corresponding to a valid Locale

Language (code)

Provided by

Status

Files

Comments

Simplified Chinese (chs)

JiehHsiang

open to review and extention

Messages_chs_properties.mht 

Based on v1.3.1 of Messages.properties

Traditional Chinese (cht)

JiehHsiang

open to review and extention

Messages_cht_properties.mht 

Based on v1.3.1 of Messages.properties

Other parts of DSpace which can be translated

DSpace 1.6.0

DSpace 1.5.2

DSpace 1.5.1

DSpace 1.4.2

File

French

German

Italian

Russian

all available files

French.zip

German.zip

Italian.zip

Russian.zip

dspace-source/config/emails/change_password

Change_password_fr.txt 

Change_password_de.txt 

 

Change_password_ru.txt

dspace-source/config/emails/feedback

Feedback_fr.txt

Feedback_de.txt

 

Feedback_ru.txt

dspace-source/config/emails/internal_error

 

Internal_error_de.txt

 

Internal_error_ru.txt

dspace-source/config/emails/register

Register_fr.txt

Register_de.txt

 

Register_ru.txt

dspace-source/config/emails/registration_notify

 

Registration_notify_de.txt

 

 

dspace-source/config/emails/submit_archive

Submit_archive_fr.txt

Submit_archive_de.txt

 

Submit_archive_ru.txt 

dspace-source/config/emails/submit_reject

Submit_reject_fr.txt 

Submit_reject_de.txt

 

Submit_reject_ru.txt

dspace-source/config/emails/submit_task

Submit_task_fr.txt 

Submit_task_de.txt 

 

Submit_task_ru.txt 

dspace-source/config/emails/subscription

Subscription_fr.txt 

Subscription_de.txt

 

 

dspace-source/config/emails/suggest

Suggest_fr.txt

Suggest_de.txt

 

Suggest_ru.txt 

dspace-source/config/input-forms.xml

 

Input-forms_de.xml

 

 

dspace-source/config/default.license

 

Default_de_license.mht 

 

 

dspace-source/config/news-side.html

 

News-side_de.zip

 

 

dspace-source/config//news-top.html

 

News-top_de.zip

 

 

dspace-source/jsp/help/collection-admin.html

 

Collection-admin_de.zip

Collection-admin_it.zip

 

dspace-source/jsp/help/index.html

 

Index_de.zip

Index_it.zip 

 

dspace-source/jsp/help/site-admin.html

 

Site-admin_de.zip

Site-admin_it.zip

 

Misc resources not part of DSpace

Language (code)

Provided by

Content

Files

Comments

Russian (ru)

Andrew Barhatov

State rubricator of scientific and technical information

Grnti.zip

 

JSPUI Basic Technical Considerations

The Java Standard Tag Library v1.0 is used.

The Use of Tags and Message Keys

Basic steps for using Tags in a JSP:

Example: Use of parameters

Phrases may have parameters to be passed in, to make the job of translating easier, reduce the number of 'keys' and to allow translators to make the translated text flow more appropriately for the target language.

Configuring stop words for search

The list of stop words is configured in DSAnalyzer.java. Like any other change in the DSpace source code, you are required to rebuild DSpace after modifying the list of stop words.

To Do

Useful Tools

Python script to check for missing/extra strings

Given the English original (messages.xml or Messages.properties) and the corresponding translation file, this script will report both strings missing in the translation file and extra strings that shouldn't be in the translation. Tested on Python 2.7, requires ElementTree (wrapper for libxml2) for checking XML and/or jprops for testing .properties.

Here's also a slightly longer version which preserves the order of strings in the output: dspace-l10n-check.py
#!/usr/bin/env python

import sys

class MessagesXmlParser():
        def __init__(self, filename):
                import xml.etree.ElementTree as etree

                self.keys = []

                tree = etree.parse(filename)
                root = tree.getroot()
                for message in root:
                        self.keys.append(message.attrib['key'])

class MessagesPropertiesParser():
        def __init__(self, filename):
                try:
                        import jprops
                except:
                        print('Error: jprops module for parsing .properties files is missing. Download and follow installation instructions from http://mgood.github.com/jprops/')
                        sys.exit(2)

                self.keys = []

                with open(filename) as fp:
                        for key, value in jprops.iter_properties(fp):
                                self.keys.append(key)

if __name__ == "__main__":
        if len(sys.argv) != 3:
                print("Usage:")
                print("       %s messages.xml messages_XX.xml" % (sys.argv[0]))
                print("or")
                print("       %s Messages.properties Messages_XX.properties" % (sys.argv[0]))
                sys.exit(1)

        testfile = open(sys.argv[1], 'rb')
        if testfile.readline().find('<?xml') != -1:
                # xml file detected, assume messages.xml
                messages_tmpl = MessagesXmlParser(sys.argv[1])
                messages_in   = MessagesXmlParser(sys.argv[2])
        else:
                # assume Messages.properties
                messages_tmpl = MessagesPropertiesParser(sys.argv[1])
                messages_in   = MessagesPropertiesParser(sys.argv[2])

        print "Present in %s but missing in %s:" % (sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
        for i in set(messages_tmpl.keys) - set(messages_in.keys):
                print i
        print "\nPresent in %s but missing in %s:" % (sys.argv[2], sys.argv[1])
        for i in set(messages_in.keys) - set(messages_tmpl.keys):
                print i
 

 

Newer version of the script which allows comparison and dumping in columnar TSV of several messages files simulatenously: dspace-i10n-check2.py. Usage example:

./dspace-i10n-check2.py --compare file1 file2
./dspace-i10n-check2.py --dump file1
./dspace-i10n-check2.py --dump-tsv-for-translation /dspace/webapps/xmlui/i18n/messages.xml /dspace/webapps/xmlui/i18n/messages_es.xml /dspace/webapps/xmlui/i18n/messages_it.xml

 

Python script to prepare a list of untranslated XMLUI strings when updating and older translation

A python script to generate a messages_xx.xml file by merging existing translations from an older committed translation to the latest messages.xml file. Thus, you get a file with the latest keys, where you only need to look for the untranslated strings.

https://github.com/evelthon/dspace-xmlui-lang-util

PHP script to check for missing/extra strings

Given the English original (messages.xml and the corresponding translation file, this script will report both strings missing in the translation file and extra strings that shouldn't be in the translation.

<?php
if ($argc != 3) {
    echo "Usage: checkkeys.php <master> <tocheck>\n";
    exit(1);
}

$masterKeys  = getKeys($argv[1]);
$toCheckKeys = getKeys($argv[2]);

print "IN $argv[1] BUT NOT IN $argv[2]:\n\n";
printMissing($masterKeys, $toCheckKeys);

print "\n\n\nIN $argv[2] BUT NOT IN $argv[1]:\n\n";
printMissing($toCheckKeys, $masterKeys);

function printMissing($reference, $test)
{
    foreach ($test as $value) {
        if (! in_array($value, $reference)) {
            echo "$value \n";
        }
    }
}

function readFileMessage($path)
{
    if (! $fileContent = @file($path)) {
        echo "Can't open $path \n";
        exit(1);
    }

    return $fileContent;
}

function getKeys($path)
{
    $fileContent = readFileMessage($path);

    return readKeys($fileContent);
}

function readKeys($file)
{
    $keys = [];

    foreach ($file as $key => $line) {
        if (strpos($line, '<message key="') === false) {
            continue;
        }

        $key = getKey($line);

        $keys[] = $key;
    }

    return $keys;
}

function getKey($line)
{
    $line = trim($line);

    $line = substr($line, 14);

    $charEnd = strpos($line, '">');

    $key = substr($line, 0, $charEnd - strlen($line));

    return $key;
}
php ./checkkeys.php file1 file2
php ./checkkeys.php /dspace/webapps/xmlui/i18n/messages.xml /dspace/webapps/xmlui/i18n/messages_es.xml /dspace/webapps/xmlui/i18n/messages_it.xml

 

Perl script for unused keys

Here's a useful Perl script that finds all of the dictionary keys in the JSPs and the `Messages.properties` file, and prints out keys that are used in the JSPs but aren't in the dictionary, and vice versa. Missing File:  Find-unused-keys.pl    Note: slightly out of date, can't detect message keys used in e.g. LocaleSupport.getLocalizedMessage() You'll need to change the variables at the top of the file to point to your DSpace source dir.

Eclipse Resource Bundle Editor

The Eclipse Resource Bundle Editor is a usefull tool to create and manage Messages.properties files. It is an "Eclipse plugin for editing Java resource bundles. Lets you manage all localized properties files in one screen. Some features: sorted keys, warning icons on missing keys/values, conversion to/from Unicode, hierarchical view of keys, more..."

Contributors

The University of Patras in Greece have done the initial hard work of separating out text from the JSPs into a dictionary file and linking to it. MARTON Jozsef has build on this by parameterising the UI text.