HTML Localization and Internationalization

HTML (Wikipedia) is the most popular markup language. Soluling localization tool and service and service support HTML.

The end of the document contains links to get the full source code of the samples. After reading this document, we recommend reading a tutorial about how to use Soluling.

Static pages

The simplest form of HTML is a static page. It only contains static elements, such as HTML and CSS. Localization of such a page is similar to data file localization or document localization. Start Soluling and create a new project for your HTML file. The Project Wizard appears, showing the Languages page. Select the target languages and click Finish to complete the wizard. Soluling scans the file, extract strings from the file, and creates a new project for the file. Once you have created the project, you can configure the options. The options specify what elements to scan and how to create the localized HTML file. To configure the file, select it in the project tree and choose Options. Then select the HTML Options sheet.

Select items you want to localize

Click OK to close the Options dialog and then rescan the project.

Web applications

Web applications use scripts in addition to HTML. The scripts are either client-side scripts, where JavaScript is used or server-side scripts were several scripts such as ASP.NET, PHP, Python, Ruby, etc. are used. Learn more about web applications.

Samples

GitHub and <data-dir>\Samples\HTML contains following samples:

Directory	Description
Driving	A simple driving time calculator application. Uses JavaScript.
Plural	A sample that shows how to use plural messages. Uses JavaScript.
Sport	A static HTML pages that contains images.

Configuring HTML Localization

You can configure how to localize your HTML file by selecting the item in the project tree, right-clicking, and choosing the Options menu. A source dialog appears that lets you edit the options. This source uses the following option sheets.

Read more about other document files such as DITA, Help & Manual, HTML, HTML Help, Word, PowerPoint, Markdown, RTF, and PDF files.