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[Ralph Ballier <address@concealed>]

Hi,

a search across the entire server did not find any other file named 
*welcome.tt2* with German content.

However, after further searching, I found the file 
*"/usr/local/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/sympa.mo"*, which is compiled 
but outputs a wealth of German strings, including the welcome message, 
when using *"strings sympa.mo"*.

So, this is more complicated. In the source directory of Sympa, I found 
the file *"de.po"* with the corresponding strings. By the way, "racke" 
is listed as a contributor at the top. However, I don't know how this 
affects the templates.

Regards,
Ralph

Am 06.02.2025 16:06, schrieb Stefan Hornburg (Racke):
> On 06/02/2025 15:57, Ralph Ballier wrote:
> > Hi,
> > the file you mentioned is located with us under 
> > "/usr/local/share/sympa/default/mail_tt2/welcome.tt2"and is in 
> > English. However, the welcome email is in German (see below). What is 
> > the connection?
>
> You can override the default template on global, robot and list level. 
> Search for other welcome.tt2 files.
>
>
> Regards
>
>    Racke
>
>
>
> > Best Regards,
> > Ralph
> > /usr/local/share/sympa/default/mail_tt2/welcome.tt2
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Am 06.02.2025 15:19, schrieb Stefan Hornburg (Racke):
> > > 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