Translating values custom fields

Hi everybody,

Could anyone give me guidelines how to translate the labels and values of a custom field (such as a dropdown multiselect, checkbox multiple , radio buttons)?

Thanks

Dieter

Easiest method is to use defines. For example _UE_MYFIELD. Then within your CB language files you'll define the text for it; example as follows.

define( '_UE_MYFIELD', 'My field' );

This would be added to the below language file for example. Note it's recommended you download the English language plugin and edit it instead of editing the default language files.

components/com_comprofiler/plugin/language/default_language/default_language.php

Thanks for the reply, now I am indeed able to translate my labels.

I encounter following problems though:
- When I put define( '_UE_MYFIELD', 'My field in Chinese' ) in the foreign language.php-file, I get the right translation indeed but I lose my English translation. When I put the same piece of code in the default_language.php code (but then translated in English), it does not show. What am I doing wrong?

- I would like to translate all the options within for example the radio button list. Where do I translate each single option?

See annex



Thanks for the nice support!

My guess is English isn't working because you probably have the English language plugin installed. Check for the below language files.

components/com_comprofiler/plugin/language/en-gb/

Hi,

I don't have the English language plugin installed (I do not have the folder en-gb).

You've some other language plugin loading instead of the default language plugin then. Ensure you've placed your new define at the very bottom of the language file. Enable debug mode and maximum error reporting in Joomla global configuration to expose any errors.