Umbraco 7 Working with languages/Dictionary

Question

Our project has finally come to a point where we can add translations. I just cant seem to figure out how to actually work with languages in Umbraco 7. Ive added a language and a few dictionary items in the backend, but how do i select the givent language in my code?

Are there any helpers to get translations in the API? Like DictionaryHelper.Translate("Answers","da-DK"); ? Or similar? Is there a way to set the language, etc in the startup controller, and just always get that language from the dictionary?

Thanks in advance. Jonas.

Solution

First, you have to create your languages under Settings > Languages.

Next step is to set the language on each node, or just on a top node. So lets say your content tree looks like this:"

Then right click on "da" and select "Culture and Hostnames". Select "da-DK" for this node. All subnodes (and "da" node) will now have the danish language.

So now its simple to get dictionary items in razor and c# code. In razor:

@Umbraco.GetDictionaryValue("Answers")

Comments

[Jonas m]

Thank you Morten. Lets assume that i do not have a node, but a static page with Angular to represent the frontend. How would i, programatically, set the language for the dictionary?

[Morten OC]

You could use GetDictionaryItemByKey our.umbraco.org/Documentation/Reference/Management-v6/Servic‌​es/… It will give you a list with iso codes for the selected item.

[Jonas m]

Thank you Morten. As a last question, if you dont mind, i have a custom section where the tree should vary depending on the logged in users permissions, but since its stored in cached tree.config, it doesent apply changes unless i update the BIN folder. Do you know of any programatical way to clear the tree.config?

[Morten OC]

@Jonasm hm Im not sure this is the right way to do it. Tree.config should always be cached as long as possible. I think you should have the permission test a level deeper. So, all users share the same Section, and then you control permissions in that section. You will then hide/show the right nodes to the right user.

[Jonas m]

Hey Morten, Thank you for the answer. Actually, that is what i am trying to do. Would you mind having a look here, where i filed a stack with more details: stackoverflow.com/questions/29509288/… - Thanks :)