Bug #104064
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English is always taken as default xlf language
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Description
Given:
- a site configuration having an German and English language
- an Extension providing German labels as default in locallang.xlf and English labels in en.locallang.xlf file
Expected:
- labels on an English page are shown in English
Actual:
- labels on the English page are shown in German
This scenario worked fine before TYPO3 12. It's maybe related to the patch https://review.typo3.org/c/Packages/TYPO3.CMS/+/77558 where the English locale "en" is hardcoded as "default" language (https://review.typo3.org/c/Packages/TYPO3.CMS/+/77558/8/typo3/sysext/core/Classes/Localization/LanguageService.php#323). If those lines are removed, everything works as expected.
Updated by Garvin Hicking 4 months ago
- Related to Feature #103905: Make default language uid configurable added
Updated by Georg Ringer 4 months ago
- Related to Bug #74380: TypoScript interpret XLF wrong for Default-Language (german) and english added
Updated by Georg Ringer 4 months ago
- Status changed from New to Needs Feedback
hey nicole,
I wonder if this should be allowed (again) as the docs like https://docs.typo3.org/m/typo3/reference-coreapi/main/en-us/ApiOverview/Localization/XliffFormat.html also state that default is always english.
also all other files from offical localizations are english by default and de.locallang.xlf for translations.
I also sometimes misuse the default locallang.xlf with german when the site is german only but as soon as a 2nd language is added, I simply modify it to fit the correct way.
would that be fine for you as well and I would then close the issue
Updated by Nicole Cordes 3 months ago
- Status changed from Needs Feedback to Resolved
Hi Georg,
Thanks for pointing me to the documentation resource. I wasn't aware that this was changed officially. Also the old behaviour still worked in v11.5. I migrated our xlf-files to include the correct (english) default and provide alternative languages as fallback.
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Updated by Georg Ringer 2 months ago
- Related to Bug #104468: Allow non-english languages as FE default language added
Updated by Hannes Lau 2 months ago
Oh, I am sorry for the dupe. We can close my #104468 as duplicate.
But on the topic: I actually think that forcing english as the source language for frontend translation is a bad idea. Even pages that offer an english translation often start in a different language and get translated to English later in the process. Most translation agencies I have worked with had issues to translate a xx.locallang.xlf from target to source. And it also required me to update the default locallang.xlf after the english translation.
To my eyes it would be nice if projects could still pick the source language for the xlf files.
I personally think that this issue should be reopened. Removing the lines that Nicole referred to did not seem to have a bad effect on first sight.