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["Stefan Hornburg (Racke)" <address@concealed>]

On 06/02/2025 14:25, Ralph Ballier wrote:
> Hi,
>
> in my sympa.conf, it says "lang de-DE", which is why large parts of Sympa are 
> in German. However, that was not my question.
>
> My colleague says that the welcome message for a new list member is sent in 
> German, but the corresponding template is written in English. He is 
> specifically asking how he can modify the German welcome message if he 
> apparently only has access to the English template.
>
> Regards,
> Ralph

There is only one template in the Sympa sources:

https://github.com/sympa-community/sympa/blob/main/default/mail_tt2/welcome.tt2

This is filled with translated content for languages other than English.

Regards
   Racke
 
> Am 06.02.2025 13:35, schrieb Stefan Hornburg (Racke):
> > On 06/02/2025 12:35, Ralph Ballier wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have successfully installed Sympa.
> > >
> > > A colleague is now working intensively with the program. He noticed that the 
> > > interface is entirely in German, and the welcome message is also sent in 
> > > German. However, when he looks at the templates, they are all in English. How 
> > > is that possible?
> > >
> > > How does Sympa determine the language settings? The interface and welcome message 
> > > are in German, but all templates appear to be in English. Is there a way to 
> > > synchronize or change this behavior?"
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > > Ralph
> > Hello Ralph,
> >
> > you can set the default language in the sympa.conf file:
> >
> > lang en_US
> >
> > Debian/Ubuntu doesn't support all languages out of the box. You can check that with "locale 
> > -a" and add languages with "dpkg-reconfigure locales".
> >
> > Regards
> >
> >      Racke


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