I want to translate labels and texts that have no translation in the language pack that I use.

But the problem is to find which resource file and what resource name identifier are used. Especially when working on modules that are part of the administration

Here is an example: the User Log In is not translated in the fr-FR pack. What is the file where the resource must be translated ?

Setting the key "ShowMissingKeys" in web.config to true help to see missing entries, but not missing translation.

Indeed, it's what I currently do.

With that remark : when a translation is missing, it is obvious that the entry <data name="XXXXText" xml:space="preserve"> is not present in the localized (i.e. fr-FR) ressource file. So you've first to find in default resources files the text, copy the xml node to the related localized resource file, and then translate.

This is a really cumbersome process.

Unfortunately, the DNN language pack tool doesn't really help.

A lot of congratulations to the guy's that are translating resources files !

But the DNN team could take care that the core dnn resources are fully translated. The login page, register page.... all thess pages that are seen by our users....

Eric Piraux wrote With that remark : when a translation is missing, it is obvious that the entry is not present in the localized (i.e. fr-FR) ressource file. So you've first to find in default resources files the text, copy the xml node to the related localized resource file, and then translate. This is a really cumbersome process.

Eric, you don't need to go through that low level process. Yes, Brandon's recommenadation to look for the text resources using an ordinary text search is useful for detecting the files that contain the resources you need to translate.

But once you have the filenames targeted, I would suggest the following procedure:

1. Go to Host - Languages - Language Editor
2. From the tree on your left, select the filename you found to be incomplete.
3. Select your locale from the Available Locales dropdown list.
4. Select the Mode option: System
5. Mark the Highlight Pending Translations checkbox
6. Browse down the resources list looking for the ones having a red textbox.
7. Fill in the correct values
8. Click on Update at the bottom, and that's it.

Your locale resource file (*.fr-FR.resx) will be updated now, containing all the pertinent resource text entries, names and values.

You see, the DNN Language Editor has gone through significant improvements since version 4.5.x. I honestly find it very useful.

Please tell me if you could solve your problem using this suggestion, and if not, please give a detail of the features you would find useful in DNN's Language Editor.

Thank you for your feedback!

Saludos,

Alejandro.