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Hi,

* Are you using "de" or "de_CH"?
* Could you post screenshots?

In the code, I see in: CRM/Profile/Form/Edit.php :

CRM_Core_Session::setStatus(ts('Your information has been saved.'), ts('Thank you.'), 'success');
The strings also seem to be translated correctly in the "de" translation, however, the translation is missing from de_CH.

Mathieu

Dear Mathieu,
thanks for your response, I am using the "de" version. However, the current version has been installed a couple of months ago, so it is possible that the existing files are simply deprecated.

1) Since I am relatively new to CiviCRM, can you give me a hint where (and how) I could perform such an update?

Officially, you can download the "civicrm-l10n.tar.gz" from the project page on SourceForge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/civicrm/files/civicrm-stable/4.3.5/

The civicrm-l10n.tar.gz does not need to be the same version as the version of CiviCRM that you are using (although, of course, you are always encouraged to upgrade to the latest version). You can unpack this archive in your existing installation. It will unpack files in your "civicrm/l10n" and "civicrm/sql" directory (the "sql" files are only used during the initial installation, however).

Alternatively, you can download just the file to replace your existing civicrm/l10n/de_DE/civicrm.mo
https://github.com/civicrm/l10n/blob/master/po/de/civicrm.mo

Click on the "Raw" button to download the file. It is updated weekly, so if you fix the translation on Transifex (https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/civicrm/), after a few days, you can download the file itself, without needing to manipulate the .po files.

2) Additionally, I haven't really figured out how I can generally change workflow messages, either because they are insufficiently translated (for our particular purpose) or not translated at all. I found that there are certain messages that can be directly set in CiviCRM, such as the automated email-responses.
In this regard, it would be great to know which places there are in CiviCRM for changing messages in general, so that I could sequentially work through them. Is it possible to get an overview about them?

There are different type of strings:

* admin configurations, ex: "option lists" such as "individual prefixes", "phone types", ..
* per-entity settings, ex: event title, thank you message, profile messages, etc.
* workflow messages, Admin -> CiviMail -> Workflow -> System messages (ex: contribution receipts)
* strings in Smarty templates, that can be customized or overrided ("word replacement")
* strings in PHP code, which can be overrided

Unfortunately, it's hard to find where a string comes from. If you have difficulty finding a specific string, you can ask on this forum.

You should also join us at CiviCon London, where we'll have a workshop on translation/localisation

3) As far as I understand, a lot of the translation takes place in the Transifex-files. Is it possible to customize (or add) translation strings in these files for the particular purposes we have, i.e. to not use the translations from the community? If so, how would this work?

If it is to replace existing strings, you can use "Word replacements" in Admin -> Customize data and screens" -> "Word replacements".

In some cases, although it should be avoided, I customize the Smarty templates or use hooks, such as hook_civicrm_buildForm(). However, those types of customizations require more maintenance, so should be avoided.

4) Where can I find more information about the meaning of the individual files (or folders?) on https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/civicrm/language/de/ , such as hrdcase, countries, grant, ...?

Most of the file names are based on the components (Event, Mail, Contribution, Grant, ..). Others such as hrdcase can be ignored.

* countries: the list of countries displayed in, for example, addresses.
* provinces: state/provinces for addresses.
* common-base : strings found in multiple components.

We should document that somewhere

5) When signing a petition, the signee has to confirm his signature in an email. Thereby, the following message is shown to the signee (in WordPress):
[...]
I found the individual in the CiviCRM "campaign" resource (via the Transifex-website) and each of them is currently not translated. So, if I wanted to translate them: How would this work?

* Create an account on Transifex.com
* Join the German team
* Translate online and save
* after a few days, we automatically synchronise Transifex to https://github.com/civicrm/l10n/blob/master/po/de/civicrm.mo (I hope to change this soon, and make it available daily)
* install the new civicrm.mo file locally

Sorry for not going in great details, but if something needs clarification let me know.

We also have some documentation in the wiki, but it needs polishing, updating. Your input would be greatly appreciated:

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/CiviCRM+Localisation.

http://wiki.civicrm.org/confluence/display/CRMDOC/Translator+resources#Translatorresources-Germantranslationresources