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[Ralph Ballier <address@concealed>]

Hi,

the Sympa interface is in German. That is not the problem. The welcome 
messages and other messages are also in German. That is not the problem 
either.

The problem is: how can I modify these messages?

Regards,
Ralph

Am 06.02.2025 17:03, schrieb "C. Bernard":
> Hallo
>
> what lang do you have in your conf?
>
> [root@beastly ~]# find /usr/local/etc/sympa -name '?????.conf' -exec 
> grep 'lang' {} \; -ls
> lang                de
> 2086782        8 -rw-r-----    1 sympa      sympa               1067 
> Nov  7  2023 /usr/local/etc/sympa/DOMAINXYZ.ch/robot.conf
> lang                de
> #lang                en-US
> 2086704        8 -rw-r-----    1 sympa      sympa               3334 
> Dec 19  2023 /usr/local/etc/sympa/sympa.conf
> lang                de
> 2086776        8 -rw-r-----    1 sympa      sympa               1081 
> Oct 31  2023 /usr/local/etc/sympa/DOMAIN123.ch/robot.conf
> lang                de
> 2087295        8 -rw-r-----    1 sympa      sympa               1104 
> Oct 31  2023 /usr/local/etc/sympa/DOMAIN0815.ch/robot.conf
>
> I have "de" -> deutsch..
> If you have no "lang" setting in the sympa.conf then it takes it from 
> the domain (=robot in that dir with same name) ...and there is list 
> level somewhere too...
>
> Cheer
> cmb
>
> On 2025-02-06 16:53, Ralph Ballier wrote:
> > 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