How to Add a New Language

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iAuto allows you to run your site in as many languages as you need. You can easily translate the system to any language. Below you can find a list of basic steps on how to add a new language and translate your front-end into this language.

Creating a New Language

1.Go to the Language Management -> Manage Languages section in your admin panel.
2.Click “Add a New Language”
3.Enter Language ID, Language caption and fill out other fields if needed

NOTE: If you want users to see your new language on the front end, you’ll need to set it as “active”. Otherwise it will be visible only in admin panel.

4.Click “Add” button

 

The new language will be added to the system. Now you can translate you site to this new language.

 

CAUTION: To add a new language, use ONLY the method described above. No other ways, such as manually copying and renaming language files, should be used to guarantee proper system operation.

 

Translating Your Site to Another Language

There are two ways to translate your site to a new language. Below you can find descriptions of both of them.

Translation Via Admin Panel

1.Go to the Language Management -> Manage Phrases section in your admin panel.
2.Choose your language and phrase domain(s) in the form.

NOTE: Phrase domain is a category of phrases, which determines the context of the phrase. You can choose the domain you need to filter phrases, or you can choose “Any” domain, in the case all phrases will be displayed, grouped by phrase domains.

3.Click “Show” button.
4.Click on the Phrase ID you are going to translate and enter the translation in the appropriate box.
5.Click “Save”

Translation Via Front End

1.Go to the System Configuration -> System Settings section in your admin panel
2.Set the “Mark Phrases That Are Not Translated” setting to “highlight”
3.Go to the front end and choose your language in the “Select Language” select box.
4.All phrases that are not translated will be displayed with a red “(T)” symbol at the end. By clicking on the (T) sign, the translation window will be opened. You can enter the translation to the form and click Save.

NOTE: You’ll need to enter you admin panel access credentials when trying to translate anything for the first time.

5.Go to the System Configuration -> System Settings section in your admin panel
6.Set the “Mark Phrases That Are Not Translated” setting to “default”
7.Turn off the “Mark Phrases That Are Not Translated” option.

 

After translating all phrases, you can have your users choose appropriate language from the list of available languages.