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Thanks Michał

Here is how to activate multi-lingual support:

- Backup your database. The schema of your database will be modified.
- Make sure your hosting provider provides either the MySQL "trigger" privilege or the "super" privilege. ("grant super on *.* to mysqluser@'%' " or "grant trigger on *.* to mysqluser@'%' ")
- Download the "l10n" package for CiviCRM, uncompress and upload to your web host. You should have files such as civicrm/l10n/fr_FR/[...].
- Go to CiviCRM > Admin > Global configurations > Localization
- Enable multi-lingual support
- Add the language (ex: French) from the Localization page.
- In Drupal: Enable the "CiviCRM Language Switcher" block

Here is how to create a multi-lingual profile:

- Switch to a language using the CiviCRM Language Switcher (it seems to be necessary to do it at least once, so that the multi-lingualism interface activates)
- Create a new profile (or edit an existing one)
- Add a field if necessary
- Edit the field again, you will see a "multi-lingual" icon (green square) next to the field label. Click on the icon to translate the field label into other languages.

Viewing the profile in a different language:

- Since your users will probably not see the CiviCRM Language switcher (as it may conflict with Drupal's language switcher), you can link directly to a profile by adding "&lcMessages=en_US" at the end of the URL (where en_US is the language code for your language).

matt (bgm on #civicrm)