Moodle in English: Multilanguage

Hi to all,

I have a fresh install of the last stable version, and I want to setup a bilingual site, I installed the Multi-Language Content (v2) plugin and the filter_multilang2.

I cannot make the plugin to work: I installed it, activated it, prepared two texts in different language, enclosed with the codes {mlang en} and {mlang} with the Atta editor. I cannot find how to enable titles, categories, etc.

My final page shows, in view mode, always both languages, but no codes appears in the text. Titles instead shows both my text and codes, like in edit view

I use the last stable version of moodle, 3.2.1
What I am missing?
Thanks for helping, Leo

Hello,

Unfortunately I can't help you as I've no experience of using the multi-lang content (v2) plugin. However, I suggest you comment on the plugin page https://moodle.org/plugins/filter_multilang2 with a link to this discussion thread, so that the plugin maintainer and people subscribed to the comments hear about your post.

I'm also going to move this thread into the Languages forum where a lot of multi-lang experts hang out.

Hi Leonide,

I'm not sure I really understand what you are trying to accomplish. You seem to talk about two texts in different languages, but then you talk about enabling titles, categories,etc.

Could you take some screenshots showing what you are doing in atto, and what results you are getting in your final pages? And then upload those screenshots somewhere (or even here) so I can get a clue on what could be going on?

Thanks in advance.

Saludos. Iñaki.

Hi, I am experiencing conflicts with the Glossary: if I set a term in two languages using the mlang code, when the the term autolink in a bilingual text, which also uses mlang code, then results in a polluted text with some codes.

This is the editor view:

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{mlang en}Laboratory of Studies of the Amazonian Region

(In preparation)

Amazoniapedia is a long-term project by photographer Leonide Principe*. This is not only a literary-photographic work, it covers the consciousness of an ancient civilization that already existed in the Amazon and that can become a source of inspiration in the face of the environmental, social and moral decadence of our time. Related articles: Introduction, Before History, Leonide Principe 

{mlang}{mlang pt_br}

Laboratório de Estudos da Região Amazônica

(Em preparação) 

Laboratório de estudos da região amazônica.

 Amazoniapedia é um projeto de longo prazo do fotógrafo Leonide Principe. Esta não é apenas uma obra literária-fotográfica, ela abrange a consciência de uma antiga civilização que já existiu na Amazônia e que pode se tornar uma fonte de inspiração diante da decadência ambiental e social e moral da nossa época.  Artigos relacionados: Introdução, Antes da História, Leonide Principe 

{mlang}

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and this is the site view in english:

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Laboratory of Studies of the Amazonian Region

(In preparation)

Amazoniapedia is a long-term project by photographer Leonide Principe*. This is not only a literary-photographic work, it covers the consciousness of an ancient civilization that already existed in the Amazon and that can become a source of inspiration in the face of the environmental, social and moral decadence of our time.
Related articles: Introduction, Before History, Leonide Principe

{mlang}

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and this is the site view in portuguese:

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Glossário Principel: Leonide Principe" class="glossary autolink concept glossaryid2">Leonide Principe. This is not only a literary-photographic work, it covers the consciousness of an ancient civilization that already existed in the Amazon and that can become a source of inspiration in the face of the environmental, social and moral decadence of our time.
Related articles: Introduction, Before History, Leonide Principe

{mlang}

Laboratório de Estudos da Região Amazônica

(Em preparação)

Laboratório de estudos da região amazônica,
Amazoniapedia é um projeto de longo prazo do fotógrafo Leonide Principe. Esta não é apenas uma obra literária-fotográfica, ela abrange a consciência de uma antiga civilização que já existiu na Amazônia e que pode se tornar uma fonte de inspiração diante da decadência ambiental e social e moral da nossa época.
Artigos relacionados: Introdução, Antes da História, Leonide Principe

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I used mlang in Glossary too, but I decided to avoid. Now, the Glossary entry is:

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Leonide Principe*

The photographer Leonide Principe live in the Amazon since 1990. Until 2004 he made an Amazonian image bank of 40,000 colored slides. With the advent of digital photography, he sold the entire analogue archive to the Cultural Center of the Peoples of Amazonia and started a new digital archive that today has more than 50,000 selected images, which are used in the most part of Amazoniapedia photographs.
Related articles: Leonide Principe, Amazoniapedia,

O fotógrafo Leonide Principe vive na Amazônia desde 1990. Até 2004 realizou um banco de imagens da Amazônia de 40.000 diapositivos coloridos. Com o advento da fotografia digital, vendeu todo o arquivo analógico para o Centro Cultural dos Povos da Amazônia e iniciou um novo arquivo digital que hoje conta com mais de 50.000 imagens selecionadas, as quais são usada na maior parte das fotografias da Amazoniapedia.
Artigos relacionados: Leonide Principe, Amazoniapedia,

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I am trying now to avoid mlang code at all, but more problems arise. It is much more complicated for users.

Another possibility that I am thinking about is to create two activities, one for each language. It is possible in this case, when I am in EN to hide the PT_BR activities, and viceversa?

Thanks for helping, Leo

Re. creating two activities, one for each language, you can achieve this using the restriction by language availability condition plugin https://moodle.org/plugins/availability_language.

Hi Helen, thank you very much for your suggestion. I installed the plugin, it works fine.

I have just one issue: I want the activity not allowed in a language to disappear. I switched role and the activity is still there with the message: Available for student of language other.

I done a search in the admin, but cannot find a way to configure the plugin.

Thanks for helping, Leo

Hi Leo,

I'm glad to hear that the restriction by language availability condition plugin works fine.

Assuming it works the same as other such plugins, there should be an eye icon in the settings that you can click so that the activity is hidden completely for students using the other language.

(Screenshot from the documentation Restrict access settings.)

Sorry, it is true I found the eye, great!

Thank you, Leo

Iñaki, I solved the enigma: it was a glossary entry of a deleted glossary. Now, in this question, it works fine.

Other question is about Course shortname: if I set it with mlang, it show everything in the menu.

Example: I have

{mlang en}before{mlang}{mlang pt_br}antes{mlang}

It would shows "before" in english and "antes" in portuguese

It shows "{mlang en}before{mlang}{mlang pt_br}antes{mlang}" instead.

Searching a better solution, I am using numbers for course shortname: A001, A002, etc.

Thanks for helping, Leo