Drupal 8 includes major improvements for multilingual and translation capabilities including four pillars: language, interface, content, and configuration translation. It provides a unified and integrated system for assigning languages, translating content and configuration through new interfaces, and handling translations of all entity types and configuration files. Developers and translators are encouraged to participate in sprints and testing to help improve Drupal 8's multilingual features.

2. A WHOLE new world
for multilingual sites
in Drupal 8
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MULTILINGUAL
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People contributed
so far

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13. Photo by Michael Schmid

15. 1000+
Resolved Drupal 8
multilingual issues

16. Drupal 7 MULTILINGUAL

17. Drupal 7 MULTILINGUAL
Drupal
CORE

18. Drupal 7 MULTILINGUAL
LOCALE
%
Drupal
CORE
Languages, foreign
language website UI.

19. Drupal 7 MULTILINGUAL
LOCALE
%
Languages, foreign
language website UI.
Avoid tedious manual
translation downloads.
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Drupal
CORE
L10n UP

20. Drupal 7 MULTILINGUAL
LOCALE
%
Languages, foreign
language website UI.
Avoid tedious manual
translation downloads.
m
Drupal
CORE
L10n UP
Ü
CONTENT
TRANSLATION
Only for nodes, makes
copies of nodes.

21. Drupal 7 MULTILINGUAL
LOCALE
%
Languages, foreign
language website UI.
Avoid tedious manual
translation downloads.
m
Drupal
CORE
I18N
Menus, taxonomy, field
labels, views. Oh you also
need i18n_views module;
and webform_localization,
and...
$
L10n UP
Ü
CONTENT
TRANSLATION
Only for nodes, makes
copies of nodes.

22. Drupal 7 MULTILINGUAL
LOCALE
%
Languages, foreign
language website UI.
Avoid tedious manual
translation downloads.
m
VARIABLE
API for handling some
of the configuration.
Settings translations!
&
I18N
Menus, taxonomy, field
labels, views. Oh you also
need i18n_views module;
and webform_localization,
and...
Drupal
CORE
$
L10n UP
Ü
CONTENT
TRANSLATION
Only for nodes, makes
copies of nodes.

23. Drupal 7 MULTILINGUAL
LOCALE
Entity
translation
For Drupal Commerce for
example. Oh you also need
Title module!
%
API for handling some
of the configuration.
Settings translations!
&
I18N
Menus, taxonomy, field
labels, views. Oh you also
need i18n_views module;
and webform_localization,
and...
Drupal
CORE
$
L10n UP
Avoid tedious manual
translation downloads.
m
'
VARIABLE
Languages, foreign
language website UI.
Ü
CONTENT
TRANSLATION
Only for nodes, makes
copies of nodes.

24. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8

25. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8
%
LANGUAGE
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.

26. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8
%
8
LANGUAGE
INTERFACE
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.
Interface
translation has
built-in update
feature, improved
usability.

27. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8
%
8
é
LANGUAGE
INTERFACE
CONTENT
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.
Interface
translation has
built-in update
feature, improved
usability.
Field translation in
built-in API for all
entities. Content
translation module
provides user
interface.

28. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8
%
8
é
(
LANGUAGE
INTERFACE
CONTENT
CONFIG
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.
Interface
translation has
built-in update
feature, improved
usability.
Field translation in
built-in API for all
entities. Content
translation module
provides user
interface.
Common
configuration
system handles
blocks, views, field
settings. Unified
translation.

30. @
%
LANGUAGE
Base services for all modules
dealing with data. Not just
multilingual.
I

31. Language IS STEP ONE

32. Language IS STEP ONE

33. Language ASSIGNMENT

34. Language ASSIGNMENT
é
(
NODES
ALIASES
%
USERS

35. Language ASSIGNMENT
é
(
NODES
ALIASES
%
)
USERS
TERMS

36. Language ASSIGNMENT
é
*
(
NODES
ALIASES
VIEWS
%
)
USERS
TERMS

37. Language ASSIGNMENT
é
*
(
NODES
ALIASES
VIEWS
%
)
#
USERS
TERMS
SITE INFO

38. Language ASSIGNMENT
é
*
(
NODES
ALIASES
VIEWS
%
)
#
USERS
TERMS
SITE INFO
LANGUAGE SELECTOR
NOT ALWAYS
EXPOSED

39. Language ASSIGNMENT
é
*
(
NODES
ALIASES
&
........
VIEWS
%
)
#
USERS
TERMS
SITE INFO
LANGUAGE SELECTOR
NOT ALWAYS
EXPOSED

40. FLEXIBLE Language SETUP

41. FLEXIBLE Language SETUP

42. Language VISIBILITY

43. Language VISIBILITY
BLOCKS CAN
SHOW/HIDE BASED
ON LANGUAGE
VIEWS ALREADY
HAS LANGUAGE
FILTERING
FEATURES FOR
CONTENT LISTS
DRUPAL BUILT-IN
PAGES ARE
CONVERTED TO
VIEWS

44. Language SELECTION

45. Language SELECTION

46. NAME TRANSLITERATION

47. NAME TRANSLITERATION

48. ENGLISH
CAN BE DELETED

50. DELETE ENGLISH
FLEXIBLE SELECTION
BLOCK VISIBILITY
VIEWS
FLEXIBLE CONFIG
WIDER ASSIGNMENT
FIRST IN INSTALLER
%

52. II
8
INTERFACE
TRANSLATION
Interface translation has
built-in update feature,
improved usability.
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53. AUTOMATED DOWNLOADS

54. AUTOMATED DOWNLOADS
MODULE ENABLED
AUTOMATICALLY IN
FOREIGN INSTALL
NOT REQUIRED IF
YOU WANT
LANGUAGE
ASSIGNMENT ONLY
AUTOMATED
TRANSLATION
DOWNLOADS

55. CENTRALIZED
TRANSLATION FILE
LOCATION

56. CUSTOMization TRACKING

57. CUSTOMization TRACKING
Customized
translations are
tracked
May be protected
from communit y
translation
overwrites
import will not
time out, reads
in pieces

58. WHOLE NEW INTERFACE

59. WHOLE NEW INTERFACE

60. TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH

61. TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH

63. TRANSLATE TO ENGLISH
WHOLE New INTERFACE
CUSTOM translation tracked
Centralized file dir
auto-download
separate module
8

65. é
III
CONTENT
TRANSLATION
Field translation in built-in API for all
entities. Content translation module
provides user interface.
+

66. ALL CONTENT ENTITIES
ARE SUPPORTED

67. CONTENT ENTITIES?

68. CONTENT ENTITIES?
Entities

69. CONTENT ENTITIES?
Entities
Content
NODES
comments
contact
messages
users
TERMS
menu
items

70. INTEGRATED CONFIGURATION

71. INTEGRATED CONFIGURATION

72. TRANSLATIOn INTERFACE

73. TRANSLATIOn INTERFACE
TRANSLATION TABS
ON CONtent
add
translations for
each language
possible to take
different source
language
Can edit “all
language”
values with
permission

74. TRANSLATIOn INTERFACE
TRANSLATION TABS
ON CONtent
add
translations for
each language
possible to take
different source
language
Can edit “all
language”
values with
permission

75. TRANSLATIOn INTERFACE
TRANSLATION TABS
ON CONtent
add
translations for
each language
possible to take
different source
language
Can edit “all
language”
values with
permission

76. PROPERTY
TRANSLATION IN THE
WORKS

77. UPGRADE
MIGRATION PATH
WILL BE CONTRIB

78. CORE SEARCH AND API
HAS LANGUAGE SUPPORT

79. NODE ACCESS API
HAS LANGUAGE SUPPORT

81. NODE ACCESS API SUPPORTED
Search index as separate
Search APIs updated
FOR ALL content entities
PER BUNDLE + FIELD + SUB-FIELD
properties TODO
MIGRATION PATH
é

83. (
IV
CONFIG
TRANSLATION
Common configuration system handles
blocks, views, field settings. Unified
translation.
t

84. CONFIG VS. CONTENT

85. CONFIG VS. CONTENT
Entities

86. CONFIG VS. CONTENT
Entities
Content
NODES
comments
contact
messages
users
TERMS
menu
items

87. CONFIG VS. CONTENT
Entities
Content
NODES
comments
contact
messages
users
TERMS
menu
items
CONFIGURATION
views
vocabularies
CONTACT
CATEGORIES
FIELDS
SITE
INFO
USER
MAILS

88. CONFIG VS. CONTENT
OTHERS
Entities
PATH
ALIASES
Content
NODES
comments
contact
messages
users
TERMS
menu
items
CONFIGURATION
views
vocabularies
CONTACT
CATEGORIES
FIELDS
MENUS
SITE
INFO
USER
MAILS

89. LANGUAGE TRACKED
ON EACH CONFIG FILE

90. LANGUAGE OVERRIDES
STORED WITH CONFIG

91. FOR SHIPPED CONFIGURATION

92. FOR SHIPPED CONFIGURATION

93. LOCALIZE.d.o
INTEGRATION TODO

94. FOR ANY CONFIGURATION

95. FOR ANY CONFIGURATION

97. FULL TRANSLATION MODULE
standard translation tabs
config overrides
works for any config
SHIPPED CONFIg translated
(

98. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8

99. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8
%
LANGUAGE
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.

100. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8
%
8
LANGUAGE
INTERFACE
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.
Interface
translation has
built-in update
feature, improved
usability.

101. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8
%
8
é
LANGUAGE
INTERFACE
CONTENT
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.
Interface
translation has
built-in update
feature, improved
usability.
Field translation in
built-in API for all
entities. Content
translation module
provides user
interface.

102. FOUR PILLARS in DRUPAL 8
%
8
é
(
LANGUAGE
INTERFACE
CONTENT
CONFIG
Base services for all
modules dealing
with data. Not just
multilingual.
Interface
translation has
built-in update
feature, improved
usability.
Field translation in
built-in API for all
entities. Content
translation module
provides user
interface.
Common
configuration
system handles
blocks, views, field
settings. Unified
translation.

103. https://twitter.com/tstoeckler/status/402410686359158784

104. GET INVOLVED

105. GET INVOLVED
WEBSITE
"
drupal8multilingual.org / localize.drupal.org
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!
Twitter
twitter.com/d8mi
SPRINT IN SZEGED
szeged2014.drupaldays.org (March 24-30)
SPRINT IN AUSTIN
austin2014.drupal.org/sprints (May 30-June 8)

106. TRY IT OUT AT
DRUPAL.oRG/8