By Jim Jaquet
Use the SAP Cloud Platform Translation Hub to automatically generate i18n (internationalization) files for multiple languages
Throughout this series you have inserted a number of labels into an i18n (internationalization) file in your project (i18n.properties). In addition to having all the strings in your app collected in one file (and therefore easy to update), SAPUI5 can load different language files based on your device language and locale settings.
Examples of language settings are en for English, de for German. Language and locale combinations allow for dialects of languages such as en_UK and en_US for British and American English. SAPUI5 will also allow an app to select the most appropriate language. If a device is set to de_CH for Swiss German, but that file isn’t included in the app, it will look for a de (German) file to load.
Scroll down until you see the SAP Translation Hub tile.
Click on the tile to open the overview page.
Click on the Go to Service link.
When the Translation Hub page loads, click the + icon at the bottom of the window, and then select Git Project to create a new translation process.
Fill in the project details as shown below:
| Field Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Application name | te2016 |
| Branch | master |
| Path to properties file | webapp/i18n/i18n.properties |
| Domain | Basis |
| Target languages | German, Spanish |
Click on Save
Once the project is created click the green Get Translations button, and log in if prompted.
You will see the “All done.” toast message at the bottom of the screen when the translations are complete.
Return to SAP Web IDE and open the Git pane.
You will notice that there is only the original i18n.properties file in your project folder.
In the Git pane, click the Pull button to pull the translated files from your Git repository to your local project folder.
If you check the i18n folder in your project, you will see the two new files:
i18n_de.propertiesi18n_es.properties
Updated 12/12/2017
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