Chapter 2. Setting up the Basics: Languages, UI Translation, and System Settings

In the previous chapter, we got our bearings as we learned about Drupal internationalization at a conceptual level. Now we will get down to business and begin our localization process.

This chapter starts with setting up a test site to use for the book exercises. Once the site is ready, we'll add several new languages and configure language detection so that we can view each language using different URLs. With the detection in place, we will enable a switcher block to easily navigate between each language.

After the language settings are done, we'll move on to translating the Drupal interface. First we will translate manually by grabbing files from localize.drupal.org ...

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