Translation#

The translation of the user interface is provided module-wise. Translations are stored in the locale/ directory of a module, each language in a PO-file. The official language files are named after the POSIX locale standard, e.g. de.po, es.po, es_AR.po, es_EC.po…

The names of custom language files must match the code of the language in the Model ir.lang.

If a language is set translatable, the translations is loaded into the database on each update.

Tryton supports derivative translations. This means that if the translation of a term is missing in one language, it will search on the parent languages. Also when activate a children language, you must also activate all parents.

Translation Wizards#

Set Translations#

The wizard adds new translations to the base language en.

Clean Translations#

The wizard deletes obsolete translations from the database.

Synchronize Translations#

The wizard updates the translations of the selected language based on the translations of the base language en. It will also remove duplicate translations with its direct parent.

Export Translations#

The wizard requires to select a language and a module and will export the translations for this selection into a PO-file.

Override translations#

Translations of a module can be overridden by another module. This can be done by putting a PO file into the locale/override directory of the module that shall contain the translations to override.

To override the translation of another module the msgctxt string must have the following content: type:name:module.xml_id

type

The field type of ir.translation.

name

The field name of ir.translation.

module

The field module ir.translation.

xml_id

The XML id that is stored in ir.model.data as fs_id. It is optional and can be omitted if it is None.