Now, we know how to provide translated content, but what about the rest of the page, like the menus? A link like Contact
means little to someone who doesn't speak English. Fortunately, Drupal provides us with the means to translate the UI.
We've already enabled the Interface Translation module. We just need to configure it. Navigate to Config
(/admin/config
) and click the User interface translation link in theRegional and Language
section.
So far, the actions that were necessary to provide translated content have been fairly simple. So, you're probably expecting a button to click that will translate all of the prompts and menus in the UI. Sorry... not gonna happen.
The configuration interface allows you to enter a translation string for each string that Drupal finds in the core and modules interfaces. You can use this page, and the many, many, many other pages to translate each, or you can export the list of strings and enter translations all into one file and...