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* Update README with current set of languages and instructions. * Fix typo * Add missing period * Improve text for adding new translation.
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Vitro-languages
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Files that enable Vitro (and by extension, VIVO) to operate in languages beyond American English.
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Files required for displaying the Vitro (and by extension, VIVO) user interface
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in different natural languages, including American English.
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Available language files
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At present, VIVO has been translated into German, Spanish, and Portuguese. You may find the relevant files for each language by searching for files containing _de_DE, _es, and _pt_BR respectively. English uses the prefix _en_US.
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At present, Vitro has been translated into American English (en_US),
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Canadian English (en_CA), Canadian French (fr_CA), German (de_DE),
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Spanish (es), and Brazilian Portuguese (pt_BR). Each available
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language has its own top-level directory in this repository.
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Using the language files
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If the files you want already exist here, you can add them to your VIVO instance by
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following the instructions in the VIVO wiki for [Adding a language to VIVO][1].
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If a directory for a language you want to use already exists here, you can
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enable this language in your Vitro/VIVO instance by following the instructions
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in the VIVO wiki for [Adding a language to VIVO][1].
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If the files for your desired language do not exist then you may use the files in this repository as a
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starting point for doing the translations yourself. Search for the required files for any of the language prefixes above (e.g. _en_US), copy the files, and rename your new files using the appropriate language code [prefix][2]. Please send a note to [the VIVO Tech group][3]
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to find out if someone else is already working on a translation.
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If a directory for your desired language does not exist, you may copy one of
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the existing directories in this repository to use as a starting point for
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doing the translations yourself. Rename your new directory using the appropriate
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language code [prefix][2], and also rename the files within the various
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levels of subdirectories to end with the appropriate code. Please send a note
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to [the VIVO Tech group][3] to find out if someone else is already working on a
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translation. Additional information about developing a new translation is
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available on the wiki at [Developing a New Interface Language for VIVO][4].
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If you create a translation, please consider contributing your language files to the VIVO community.
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If you create a translation, please consider contributing your language files to
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the VIVO community.
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[1]: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/VIVODOC110x/Internationalization#Internationalization-AddinganexistinglanguagetoyourVIVOsite
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[1]: https://wiki.duraspace.org/display/VIVODOC112x/Internationalization#Internationalization-AddinganexistinglanguagetoyourVIVOsite
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[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes
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[3]: mailto:vivo-tech@googlegroups.com
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[4]: https://wiki.lyrasis.org/display/VIVODOC112x/Developing+a+New+Interface+Language+for+VIVO

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