How to change the dashboard UI language?

[raffaelj]

@kotukkot

This array is empty. Therefore, the language files do not work.

This is no problem in PHP with isset(). It’s more a JS thing to check all parent properties.

@sgirard84

But this one never works, regardless of the context:
‘Content’ => ‘Contenu’,

Most translations do not seem to work. Another example. This one is supposed to translate the “Hello” message on the dashboard, but I can’t see it (config\i18n\App\fr.php)
‘Hello.’ => ‘Bonjour.’,

I just tested if with my Babel addon (latest version with OPCache invalidation after saving) and it works well on my local machine.

See also:

Babel - GUI for translations of Cockpit CMS v1 and v2 modules

I might have found the solution for your translations not showing up. At first I thought, “Content” wasn’t translated, because it is a module name. But I stumbled upon an OPCache issue in the Babel addon, where the updated language files didn’t show up properly after including them again. So I invalidate these files for OPCache now on save in the latest version 0.3.2. You can check, if OPCache is enabled, by going to “Settings” → “System info”, click “PHP” tab, scroll to bottom, see “OPCache E…