LocalGov France

INTRODUCTION

The LocalGov France module provides French language support for LocalGov Drupal installations.

This module:

• Sets French as the default language
• Imports French translations for all interface strings
• Translates configuration entities (content types, fields, taxonomies, etc.)
• Sets the default timezone to Europe/Paris
• Provides comprehensive translations via .po files and YAML configuration
• Optionally enables the LocalGov Base France theme

REQUIREMENTS

• Drupal 10 or 11
• LocalGov Drupal distribution
• The following core modules (enabled automatically):
  • Language
  • Content Translation
  • Configuration Translation
  • Locale

INSTALLATION

Install as you would normally install a contributed Drupal module. See: https://www.drupal.org/node/895232 for further information.

composer require localgovdrupal/localgov_france
drush en localgov_france

CONFIGURATION

The module configures French language settings automatically on installation:

• Sets French (fr) as the default site language
• Removes English language (if not needed)
• Sets timezone to Europe/Paris
• Sets country to France
• Imports French translations from drupal.org
• Imports custom LocalGov translations from included .po file
• Translates all LocalGov configuration entities

Optional Theme

If you have the localgov_base_france theme available, it will be enabled and set as default automatically.

TRANSLATION FILES

The module includes two types of translation files:

1. Interface translations (translations/localgov_france.fr.po):

   • Translates UI strings from PHP code (t() functions)
   • Translates UI strings from Twig templates (|t filter and {% trans %} tags)
   • Translates JavaScript strings (Drupal.t())

2. Configuration translations (translations/localgov_france.config_translations.yml):

   • Translates content types, fields, taxonomies
   • Translates workflows, user roles
   • Translates paragraph types, view modes
   • Translates menus and other configuration entities

MAINTAINERS

Current maintainers:

• Mark Conroy - https://www.drupal.org/u/markconroy