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  • Jeremy Coulson 61 posts 143 karma points
    May 01, 2017 @ 14:05
    Jeremy Coulson
    0

    How can I add a language that is not already in Umbraco?

    Hello! We have a multilingual site. For our Swedish site, we use the Norwegian language. I have been given the task of using the no-SE language, but there is no such option under Settings / Languages. How can I add to this list?

    Screen shot of the select list as it is now.

    Thanks!

    Jeremy

  • Nicholas Westby 2054 posts 7100 karma points c-trib
    May 01, 2017 @ 15:17
    Nicholas Westby
    2

    I had to do similar recently. Basically, you have to create a console application and run it once to create the culture on each machine (e.g., staging, production):

    // Namespaces.
    using System;
    using System.Globalization;
    using System.Linq;
    
    /// <summary>
    /// Console application that ensures the necessary cultures exist on the system.
    /// </summary>
    /// <remarks>
    /// This console application was necessary because some systems don't contain the necessary
    /// cultures, and this logic couldn't reside within the website as the creation of new
    /// cultures requires administrative privileges.
    /// </remarks>
    class Program
    {
    
        #region Main
    
        /// <summary>
        /// Main entry point for the console application.
        /// </summary>
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            EnsureCulturesExist();
        }
    
        #endregion
    
        #region Private Methods
    
        /// <summary>
        /// Ensures all the necessary cultures exist (e.g., "en-AT" doesn't exist on some computers).
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Some of this code comes from https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.globalization.cultureandregioninfobuilder.aspx
        /// and http://stackoverflow.com/a/16476935/2052963.
        /// </remarks>
        private static void EnsureCulturesExist()
        {
    
            // Variables.
            var allCultures = CultureInfo.GetCultures(CultureTypes.AllCultures);
            var ignoreCase = StringComparison.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase;
    
            // Reusable cultures/regions.
            var english = CultureInfo.CreateSpecificCulture("en-US");
            var austria = new RegionInfo("AT");
            var germany = new RegionInfo("DE");
            var sweden = new RegionInfo("SE");
            var switzerland = new RegionInfo("CH");
    
            // Register English (Austria) / "en-AT".
            var englishAustriaExists = allCultures.Any(x => "en-AT".Equals(x.Name, ignoreCase));
            if (!englishAustriaExists)
            {
                var englishAustria = new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder("en-AT", CultureAndRegionModifiers.None);
                englishAustria.LoadDataFromCultureInfo(english);
                englishAustria.LoadDataFromRegionInfo(austria);
                englishAustria.CultureEnglishName = "English (Austria)";
                englishAustria.CultureNativeName = "English (Austria)";
                TryRegisterCulture(englishAustria);
            }
    
            // Register English (Germany) / "en-DE".
            var englishGermanyExists = allCultures.Any(x => "en-DE".Equals(x.Name, ignoreCase));
            if (!englishGermanyExists)
            {
                var englishGermany = new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder("en-DE", CultureAndRegionModifiers.None);
                englishGermany.LoadDataFromCultureInfo(english);
                englishGermany.LoadDataFromRegionInfo(germany);
                englishGermany.CultureEnglishName = "English (Germany)";
                englishGermany.CultureNativeName = "English (Germany)";
                TryRegisterCulture(englishGermany);
            }
    
            // Register English (Sweden) / "en-SE".
            var englishSwedenExists = allCultures.Any(x => "en-SE".Equals(x.Name, ignoreCase));
            if (!englishSwedenExists)
            {
                var englishSweden = new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder("en-SE", CultureAndRegionModifiers.None);
                englishSweden.LoadDataFromCultureInfo(english);
                englishSweden.LoadDataFromRegionInfo(sweden);
                englishSweden.CultureEnglishName = "English (Sweden)";
                englishSweden.CultureNativeName = "English (Sweden)";
                TryRegisterCulture(englishSweden);
            }
    
            // Register English (Switzerland) / "en-CH".
            var englishSwitzerlandExists = allCultures.Any(x => "en-CH".Equals(x.Name, ignoreCase));
            if (!englishSwitzerlandExists)
            {
                var englishSwitzerland = new CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder("en-CH", CultureAndRegionModifiers.None);
                englishSwitzerland.LoadDataFromCultureInfo(english);
                englishSwitzerland.LoadDataFromRegionInfo(switzerland);
                englishSwitzerland.CultureEnglishName = "English (Switzerland)";
                englishSwitzerland.CultureNativeName = "English (Switzerland)";
                TryRegisterCulture(englishSwitzerland);
            }
    
        }
    
        /// <summary>
        /// Attempts to register the specified culture, swallowing any errors that may occur.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="culture">
        /// The culture to register.
        /// </param>
        private static void TryRegisterCulture(CultureAndRegionInfoBuilder culture)
        {
            try
            {
                culture.Register();
            }
            catch
            {
            }
        }
    
        #endregion
    
    }
    

    That basically copies existing cultures to create new ones. You can modify it slightly for the culture(s) you want to create.

  • Jeremy Coulson 61 posts 143 karma points
    May 11, 2017 @ 17:32
    Jeremy Coulson
    0

    Hey, I forgot to respond. This looks awesome. I was actually not able to do this because of certain restrictions in our environment, so I wrote some cheesy code to handle "if culture X is required, act like it's culture Y with these special changes."

    But good call for the insight. I see now that Umbraco just uses cultures in the system already and not some list specific to Umbraco. Thanks for the knowledge!

    Jeremy

  • Sigurd Aabøe-Sagen 12 posts 122 karma points
    May 11, 2017 @ 18:43
    Sigurd Aabøe-Sagen
    0

    Are you aware of that Norway and Sweden are two different countries? And they have to different languages? se-SE and nb-NO.

    Using Norwegian language in a Swedish site may give you letters not used in the Swedish language. And vice-versa.

    I guess you should use se-SE or just SE for your Swedish site. For your Norwegian site you should use nb-NO (Bokmål) since Nynorsk is a dialect.

    // Sigurd from Norway.

  • Jeremy Coulson 61 posts 143 karma points
    May 11, 2017 @ 22:52
    Jeremy Coulson
    1

    As a heavy metal listener, I am aware that Norway and Sweden are different countries. :) I actually don't know why my employer uses the same language code for both countries. That decision predates my involvement in the company.

  • Bjarne Fyrstenborg 1280 posts 3990 karma points MVP 7x c-trib
    May 11, 2017 @ 23:24
    Bjarne Fyrstenborg
    1

    It seems there exists a culture code se-NO .. and both se-SE and sv-SE.

    From what I have read the cultureInfo and country codes are OS dependant. http://azuliadesigns.com/list-net-culture-country-codes/

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc233982.aspx

    The culture in Umbraco backoffice are added to the dropdown here: https://github.com/umbraco/Umbraco-CMS/blob/5397f2c53acbdeb0805e1fe39fda938f571d295a/src/Umbraco.Web/umbraco.presentation/umbraco/create/language.ascx.cs#L23-L35

    Maybe this explains it further http://stackoverflow.com/a/22808123

    CultureInfo.GetCultures is not designed to be a complete and definitive list of all the cultures in the world. It's only designed to get you the cultures that can be found on the computer.

    /Bjarne

  • Jeremy Coulson 61 posts 143 karma points
    May 16, 2017 @ 14:37
    Jeremy Coulson
    0

    This is what I learned also. I thought there was a config file sitting around somewhere with a bunch of country and language elements in it, but it looks like Umbraco just knows about the cultures already on the server.

    Thanks!

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