2. Internationalisation and Localisation

3. Agenda Overview Configuration Language Packages Dictionary Files Default Tool Content Right to Left Support Translation Website

4. Overview Three Parts Language e.g. English, Chinese Locale e.g. Australia, US Page direction: LTR, RTL Affects Words, Date Formats, Page Layout

5. Configuration: Server Level Sysadmin Menu: Configuration Settings Need to set both the Language and Locale and the Page Direction. See lams_supported_locale database table for valid values. Login Page always shows in Server language. New users default to Server Language

6. Configuration: Server Level

7. Configuration: User Level Set via User Profile or User Management screens. Applies once the user has logged in. Select from a drop down – language, locale and page direction set automatically. List based on the lams_supported_locale table.

8. Configuration: Server Level

9. Australian English (Default)

10. Spanish

11. Language Packages All transations are in CVS Only complete translations will be included in formal releases. Languages will be release in “Language Packs”, which will contain all completed translated languages.

12. Dictionary Files The actual translations are deployed in: Flash /server/default/deploy/lams.ear\ lams-central.war\flashxml Java /server/default/deploy/lams.ear\ lams-dictionary.jar

13. Default Tool Content But content in Authoring is in English! Then change the default tool content. SysAdmin menu, Edit Default Tool Content option. Uses same screens as authoring. Applies to new activities. Applies to whole server – can’t have an English and a Spanish version.

14. Default Tool Content

15. Right To Left

16. Translation Website http://lamscommunity.org/i18n/ Community Effort Sign up online to have your language/locale added and/or register as a translator. Do the translations online Translations export into CVS ready for building.

17. Demonstration Translation Animation supplied by the Italian translators. Italian: http://edmont.powweb.com/traduzionela ms/translatorstep.htm English: http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/display/la ms/LAMS+i18n

18. Questions? http://wiki.lamsfoundation.org/ Online Help: LAMS Documents Developer Doc: LAMS 2.0 http://lamscommunity.org/