Translating the Ubersmith Interface

You can add a language translation that is not included by default in Ubersmith. In the instructions below, [locale name] is the correct locale for the language you are translating Ubersmith into, for example for French the locale would be fr_FR. Once you have configured your Ubersmith instance to use a new language, you will need to add and activate that language in the system interface.

The default languages included with Ubersmith by default: American (en_US)  and United Kingdom English (en_GB), Argentinian Spanish (es_AR), (French Canadian (fr_CA), Portuguese (pt_PT), Swedish (sv_SE), and Traditional Chinese (zh_TW) and Simplified Chinese (zh_CN).

1. Copy the translation template by typing the following at the webroot command prompt.
   

   # mkdir -p /usr/local/ubersmith/app/custom/locale/[locale name] /LC_MESSAGES

   # cd /usr/local/ubersmith

   # docker cp ubersmith_web_1:/var/www/ubersmith_root/app/www/ubersmith.pot 
   /usr/local/ubersmith/app/custom/locale/[locale name] /LC_MESSAGES/ubersmith.po
   
   

2. Edit /usr/local/ubersmith/app/custom/locale/[locale name] /LC_MESSAGES/ubersmith.po, translating strings by replacing each empty msgstr string in ubersmith.po with the translated string. For example, to create a French (locale fr_FR) translation, use the following format.
   

    msgid "Welcome"
    msgstr "Bienvenue"
   
   

3. Copy /[locale name] /LC_MESSAGES/ubersmith.po by typing the following into the Ubersmith webroot command prompt. Ubersmith will be briefly unavailable.
   

   # cd /usr/local/ubersmith

   # docker-compose rm -sf; ./ubersmith_start.sh
   
   

4. Install the gettext package by typing the following into the Ubersmith webroot command prompt.
   

   # cd /usr/local/ubersmith

   # docker-compose exec --user root php apt-get update

   # docker-compose exec --user root php apt-get install gettext -y

5. Use Ubersmith's update_translations.php script to use the [locale name]/LC_MESSAGES/ubersmith.po file to build the translation by typing the following into the Ubersmith webroot command prompt.
   

   # cd /usr/local/ubersmith

   # docker-compose exec php php /var/www/ubersmith_root/app/www/update_translations.php

   # docker cp ubersmith_web_1:/var/www/ubersmith_root/app/www/locale/[locale name] 
   /LC_MESSAGES/ubersmith.mo /usr/local/ubersmith/app/custom/locale/[locale name] 
   /LC_MESSAGES/ubersmith.mo

   # docker-compose exec web rm /var/www/ubersmith_root/app/www/locale/[locale name] 
   /LC_MESSAGES/ubersmith.mo
   
   

6. Create the file languages.ini  in /usr/local/ubersmith/app/custom/locale/[locale name]. This file has the following format (in this example, we are using the fr_CA locale):

   language_name  = "Français canadien"description    = "Français canadien"name_convention = 0date_format    = "Y-m-d"

   The name_convention variable determines how proper names are displayed in the system; using the name "John Smith" as an example:
   
   0: John Smith
1: Smith John
2: SmithJohn

7. Recreate the Docker containers to copy the customized locale/[locale name]/LC_MESSAGES/ubersmith.{po,mo} files by typing the following into the Ubersmith webroot command prompt. Ubersmith will be briefly unavailable.
   

   # cd /usr/local/ubersmith

   # docker-compose rm -sf; ./ubersmith_start.sh
   
   

8. Configure the new locale in Ubersmith. See Adding Languages for more information.