[TYPO3] locallang.xml and Cie documentation

[Dmitry Dulepov [typo3]]

Hi!

Xavier Perseguers wrote:
> Where may I find documentation on what I may do with localization? I 
> know how to use locallang.xml files (and others that I defined myself) 
> but is it possible to split languages into separate locallang*.xml files 
> ? Should I load them using another way?

You can find documentation on typo3.org. Here is a start:
http://typo3.org/documentation/document-library/core-documentation/doc_core_api/4.1.0/view/7/2/

> I'll have lots of text with (yet) 4 languages and I think it would be 
> easier to maintain if I could get 4 different xml files instead of just 1.

You actually should. TYPO3 now requires each language to go to a separate file). For example, extensions are translated on the translation server. When user wants to get a translation, he uses EM to fetch it. This way he gets only languages he really needs.

> I know I may create _csh but I think it would be harder to get all stuff 
> running smoothly as I think I could not distribute my translations with 
> the extension itself.

You should ask in the translators list to install your extensions on the translation server. Next people can translate them to different languages.

-- 
Dmitry Dulepov
TYPO3 Core team
My TYPO3 book: http://www.packtpub.com/typo3-extension-development/book
In the blog: http://typo3bloke.net/pages/book-reviews/presentation-zen-by-garr-reynolds/