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- Error messages. Strings are not split into many fieldset, they are all presented together.
- PDF templates. There is only one fieldset, "PDF".
- E-mail templates. Translations are split into fieldsets, but they are not simple text fields anymore. Each e-mail has two templates: and HTML one, which is styled and colored, and a text one, when is plain and simple. While the plain text one can be edited directly in the textfield, the HTML one can only be edited by clicking on the "Edit this e-mail template" button at the bottom of the preview. That click turns the preview into a WYSIWYG textfield (what you see is what you get), with a complete editor at the top (based on TinyMCE: http://www.tinymce.com/). In addition to editing the text, you can change the design as you see fit, for instance you can change the colors in order to adhere to your shop's design.
Note that the e-mail templates feature placeholders, such as {lastname} or {shop_name}, which PrestaShop replaces with the actual values when sending the e-mail. Make sure to keep them in both your translation.
"Translations exchange" section
The "Translations" page provides a few more tools for your translation needs.
Add / Update A Language
PrestaShop translations are available in packs, which combine all the different translation categories into a
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Many languages zip file. Many language packs are available freely for you to download and install, directly from the PrestaShop.com servers. Your PrestaShop install will take care of downloading the language pack, unpacking it and create creating the correct sub-folder in your installation's /translation folder.
You can also update the currently installed languages, likewise directly from the PrestaShop.com servers. But , but be reminded that any change that you might have made to a language pack your own translations will be lost if once you update it.
Import
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A Language Pack Manually
In the case where you do not want to use an official PrestaShop translation pack, but rather a custom one (either provided by someone you know, or one that you exported from another PrestaShop install), then this form tool is for you.
Select the Zip file, select the theme to which you want that pack to be applied to, then click the "Import" button, and it will install the pack in the /translation+ folder. Warning: if
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Export
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A Language
You can create your own language pack using this tool, either as a way of making a backup of your customizations, or of sharing them in order to share your translations with other PrestaShop installs, you can create your own language pack using this forminstallation – your own or someone else's.
Simple choose the language and the theme of the translation you wish to export, and click the "Export button.
Note that the pack will contain the theme that your translation is supposed to support.
Copy
You can copy the content of one language to another. This is especially useful when you wish to replace a theme's language with the same language from another theme.
Choose the source language and theme, then the destination language and theme, then click the "Copy" button. In most case, the language should remain the same in both drop-down menus.
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