 readme  id readmetxt v 1121 20100916 080849 jareyero exp localization update automatically download and update your translations fetching them from http localizedrupalorg or any other localization server the l10n update module helps to keep the translation of your drupal core and contributed modules up to date with the central drupal translation repository at http localizedrupalorg alternatively localy stored translation files can be used as translation source too by choice updates are performed automatically or manually locally altered translations can either be respected or ignored the l10n update module is developed for distributions which include their own translations in po files site admins who want to update the translation with each new module revision site builders who want an easy tool to download translations for a site multisites that share one translation source project page http drupalorg project l10nupdate support queue http drupalorg project issues l10nupdate installation download unpack and enable the module the usual way translations status overview can be found at administer site building translate interface update update configuration settings can be found at administer site configuration languages configure translating drupal core modules and themes when drupal core or contributed modules or themes get installed drupal core checks if po translation file are present and update the translation with the string found in these files after this the localization update module checks the localization server for more recent translations and updates the site translations if a more recent version was found note that the translations contained in the project packages may become obsolete in future releases using cron translations may be updated regularly depending on setting updates are performed daily or weekly changes to translations made locally using the site s build in translation interface administer site building translate interface search and changes made using the localization client module are marked using the update mode setting the locally edited string can be kept and not overwritten by translation updates alternative sources of translation each project ie modules themes etc can define alternative translation servers to retreive the translation updates from include the following definition in the projects info file l10n server examplecom l10n url http examplecom files translations l10nserverxml the download path pattern is normally defined in the above defined xml file you may override this path by adding a third definition in the info file l10n path http examplecom files translations core project project release languagepo api using hookl10nservers the l10n update module can be extended to use other translation repositories which is usefull for organisations who maintain their own translation using hookl10nupdateprojectsalter modules can alter or specify the translation repositories on a per module basis see l10nupdateapitxt for more information maintainers jose reyero g bor hojtsy  