Language editing

Manage language

Plantilla:Moodle 1.6 Moodle 1.6 includes a Language import utility.

Edit strings

Plantilla:Moodle 1.6 Text in Moodle may be changed by editing the language strings, either via Administration >> Configuration >> Language or directly i.e. in moodledata/lang/.

• Click the button "switch" and a local language folder, parentlanguage_local, will automatically be created in moodledata/lang/. Files of edited strings will then be saved in this folder.
• When returning to edit further strings, check that files of edited strings will again be saved to the folder parentlanguage_local, switching folder if necessary.

Local language pack

Sometimes, you may wish to change the default terms or language strings used in Moodle. For example, you may wish to replace all occurences of "course" with "class." To ensure that any changes are not overwritten by a new version when upgrading, you need to create your own local language pack as follows:

• Copy the langconfig.php of your language folder (e.g. moodledata/lang/parentlanguage_utf8 or lang/en_utf8) into a new folder (e.g. moodledata/lang/parentlanguage_utf8_local). You will need access to the server to achieve this step - it cannot be done from within Moodle.
• Add a string for parentlanguage to this file, which points to the language which is the most similar to yours (e.g. $string[parentlanguage] = parentlanguage_utf8;).
• Edit only those strings you want to change with the built-in language editor, to be found in Administration >> Configuration >> Language.

The hierarchy of language packs can support up to three levels, the parent language, a sitewide local language pack, and a course level language pack. Moodle will first look for a string in the course level language pack, and if it does not find it, it will use the sitewide language pack, and then use the parent language string by default.

If you are having trouble figuring out where a particular string you wish to change is located, you will need to perform a search for it. An easy way to do this is to use a program like AM Code Search which allows you to search for strings inside php files, unlike the Windows search.

Previous admin/lang

Plantilla:Moodle 1.5 Text in Moodle may be changed by editing the language strings, either via Administration >> Configuration >> Language or directly e.g. in lang/en.

Local language pack

To ensure that any changes are not overwritten by a new version when upgrading, you need to create your own local language pack as follows:

• Copy the contents of your language folder (e.g. lang/en) into a new folder (e.g. lang/en_local) - you will need access to the server to achieve this step, it cannot be done from within Moodle.
• Make your local language pack the default for the site via Administration >> Configuration >> Variables.

See also

• Translation
• Using Moodle Languages forum
• Using Moodle Local language forum discussion