pgadmin4/docs/en_US/translations.rst
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pgAdmin supports multiple languages using the `Flask-Babel
<https://pythonhosted.org/Flask-Babel/>`_ Python module. A list of supported
languages is included in the **web/config.py** configuration file and must be
updated whenever languages are added or removed with
`ISO 639-1 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_639-1>`_ (two letter) language
codes. The codes are named **$LANG** in this document.
Translation Marking
===================
Strings can be marked for translation in either Python code (using **gettext()**)
or Jinja templates (using **_()**). Here are some examples that show how this
is achieved.
Python::
errormsg = gettext('No server group name was specified')
Jinja:
.. code-block:: html
<input type="submit" value="{{ _('Change Password') }}">
.. code-block:: html
<title>{{ _('%(appname)s Password Change', appname=config.APP_NAME) }}</title>
.. code-block:: javascript
define(['sources/gettext', ...], function(gettext, ...){
...
var alert = alertify.prompt(
gettext('Password Change'),
gettext('New password for %(userName)s', {userName: 'jsmith' }),
...
)
})
Updating and Merging
====================
Whenever new strings are added to the application, the template catalogue
(**web/pgadmin/messages.pot**) and the existing translation
catalogues (**web/pgadmin/translations/$LANG/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po**) must be updated
and compiled. This can be achieved using the following commands from the
**web** directory in the Python virtual environment for pgAdmin:
.. code-block:: bash
(pgadmin4) user$ pybabel extract -F babel.cfg -o pgadmin/messages.pot pgadmin
Once the template has been updated it needs to be merged into the existing
message catalogues:
.. code-block:: bash
(pgadmin4) user$ pybabel update -i pgadmin/messages.pot -d pgadmin/translations
Finally, the message catalogues can be compiled for use:
.. code-block:: bash
(pgadmin4) user$ pybabel compile -d pgadmin/translations
Adding a New Language
=====================
Adding a new language is simple. First, add the language name and identifier to
**web/config.py**::
# Languages we support in the UI
LANGUAGES = {
'en': 'English',
'zh': 'Chinese (Simplified)',
'de': 'German',
'pl': 'Polish'
}
Then, create the new message catalogue from the **web** directory in the source
tree in the Python virtual environment for pgAdmin:
.. code-block:: bash
(pgadmin4) user$ pybabel init -i pgadmin/messages.pot -d pgadmin/translations -l $LANG