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[Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Morton - thanks for the clarification. Now that we know that we have
what i think are the two critical translations in the API, how difficult
would it be to add the concept of multilingual to the APK ?

On Wednesday, 10 February 2016, Morten Olav Hansen <mortenoh@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Hi
>
> Translated form names have been available under "displayFormName" for a
> long time, I have added code to 2.22 and trunk to also translate options
> when requesting a optionset (by id or collection). we can't do this for all
> objects, as its a quite heavy operation, normally we only translate a
> single object or a collection of objects
>
> --
> Morten
>
> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 11:48 PM, Rodolfo Melia <rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','rmelia@xxxxxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>
>> It will be great if we can prioritise the metadata to be multilingual in
>> the API. We already know how to translate the Android UI, by generating our
>> own build.
>>
>> I'm copying Morton to see if he can give us an idea of when the API would
>> be able to return the Form Name and Options in multilingual format. It is
>> critical for many of the implementations that we have in the pipeline in
>> Asia - we need the analytics in English, but the data collection, using
>> android, in the local language.
>>
>> *Rodolfo Meliá*
>>
>>
>> On 9 February 2016 at 14:42, Araz Abishov <araz@xxxxxxxxx
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','araz@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Unfortunately, translation of metadata/data is not completely supported
>>> in API due to some implementation complexities in the core, so we still
>>> don’t know when exactly we will be able to implement multilingual support
>>> for android apps.
>>>
>>> What we can do is additional setting for choosing language in
>>> application preferences (but it will work only for UI prompts). In feature,
>>> when API will be completely supporting translations, we will be able
>>> seamlessly integrate support for it in android apps.
>>>
>>> Best Regards,
>>> Araz Abishov
>>>
>>> On February 9, 2016 at 3:21:00 PM, Jose Garcia Muñoz (josemp10@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','josemp10@xxxxxxxxx');>) wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Araz,
>>>
>>> I am talking about metadata (dataelements, optionsets, etc...). We don't
>>> have problems with the user interface...
>>>
>>> Thanks Araz
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 3:15 PM, Araz Abishov <araz@xxxxxxxxx
>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','araz@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Jose and David,
>>>>
>>>> I just have a few questions to understand problem better:
>>>>
>>>>  - Are we talking about translation of application prompts or
>>>> translation of metadata/data?
>>>>  - Do you want user to be able to switch languages in user interface?
>>>> (a setting which allows to do that)
>>>>
>>>> Best Regards,
>>>> Araz Abishov
>>>>
>>>> On February 9, 2016 at 1:48:51 PM, David Hagan (
>>>> david.hagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','david.hagan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx');>) wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Afternoon Jose,
>>>>
>>>> I second the question!
>>>>
>>>> Actually, I’ve had this conversation on another thread over the
>>>> new-year break as we have a similar requirement (English, Russian,
>>>> Ukrainian) … we’re making do with one language at the moment, but the next
>>>> iteration cycle of the App really needs the user to be able to switch
>>>> languages.
>>>>
>>>> David
>>>>
>>>> On 9 February 2016 at 13:32, Jose Garcia Muñoz <josemp10@xxxxxxxxx
>>>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','josemp10@xxxxxxxxx');>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Dear Simen, devs,
>>>>>
>>>>> some months ago we started a conversation with you to know if the
>>>>> DHIS2-SDK is supporting multilingual or not? The answer was:
>>>>>
>>>>> "unfortunately there isn't very good support for multilingual in the
>>>>> SDK yet. It's actually not that much work we just haven't prioritized it
>>>>> yet so it could be made available without too much trouble... There
>>>>> is a bit of work that has do be done on the server side to update the web
>>>>> API. Unfortunately I would have to say that it likely would come in 2016,
>>>>> but when is unknown"
>>>>>
>>>>> Do you have any updates? was the DHIS2 web API updated? If not, when
>>>>> can we expect that? 2.23?
>>>>>
>>>>> It is becaming some kind of urgent now because we plan to roll-out
>>>>> different android apps in different countries (speaking French, English,
>>>>> Spanish, Portuguese)..
>>>>>
>>>>> Please, let us know if you have some more information to share.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Jose
>>>>>
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