[TYPO3] how to make content other lanuages in English?

[Søren Schaffstein]

Did you provide a way in the frontend to switch the languages? Like a 
language menu?

If not try to test your language settings by adding the L-parameter to 
the URL of your site.

www.domain.com/index.php?id=5&L=1
may work for spanish.

A menu for one additional lang could be done like this:
## Menu Localisation [Begin]


lib.menuLang = HMENU
lib.menuLang {
   special = language
   special.value = 0,1
   special.normalWhenNoLanguage = 0
   1 = GMENU
   1 {
     # translation exists
     NO {
       XY = [5.w], [5.h]
       backColor = white
       5 = IMAGE
       5.file = fileadmin/templates/images/flags-label-german-act.gif || 
fileadmin/templates/images/flags-label-england-act.gif
     }

     # rollover effect
     RO < .NO
     RO = 1
     RO {
       5.file = fileadmin/templates/images/flags-label-german-act2.gif 
|| fileadmin/templates/images/flags-label-england-act2.gif
     }

     # translation exists - currently selected
     ACT < .NO
     ACT = 1
     ACT {
       5.file = fileadmin/templates/images/flags-label-german-act.gif || 
fileadmin/templates/images/flags-label-england-act.gif
     }

     # missing translation
     USERDEF1 < .NO
     USERDEF1 = 1
     USERDEF1 {
       5.file = fileadmin/templates/images/flags-label-german.gif || 
fileadmin/templates/images/flags-label-england.gif
       noLink = 1
     }

     # missing translation - currently selected
     USERDEF2 < .USERDEF1
     USERDEF2 = 1
     USERDEF2 {
       backColor = green
     }
   }
}


## Menu Localisation [End]



And have a look in the localisation guide on typo3.org

all the best
Søren



Bing Du wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I add a Text type element, I can see the Language drop-down list
> which has [All], Default, Spanish and Chinese.  If I select Spanish and
> save/close, the content doesn't show up in the browser.  If I change it
> back to Default (which is English in our case), the content appears fine. 
> So in order for other languages to work, what need to be done?  Where
> should I go to check what's missing?  I had a look at our TS template and
> found the following settings
> 
> ### Setup Spanish
> [globalVar = GP:L = 1]
> config.sys_language_uid = 3
> config.language = es
> config.locale_all = es_US.utf8
> page.config.language = es
> config.htmlTag_langKey = es
> [global]
> 
> ### Setup Chinese
> [globalVar = GP:L = 2]
> config.sys_language_uid = 4
> config.language = cn
> config.locale_all = zh_CN.utf8
> page.config.language = cn
> config.htmlTag_langKey = cn
> [global]
> 
> Thanks much in advance for any help,
> 
> Bing