Bug 20281 - Allow translating library names for notices/slips
Summary: Allow translating library names for notices/slips
Status: NEW
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Product: Koha
Classification: Unclassified
Component: I18N/L10N (show other bugs)
Version: Main
Hardware: All All
: P5 - low enhancement
Assignee: Bugs List
QA Contact: Testopia
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Reported: 2018-02-23 08:02 UTC by paxed
Modified: 2024-02-27 10:58 UTC (History)
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Description paxed 2018-02-23 08:02:25 UTC
It should be possible to translate the library names, and it should be possible to use those translated names in notices and slips automatically.
Comment 1 Katrin Fischer 2018-02-23 08:06:12 UTC
Do you think of something similar to the itemtype description translation but for branchnames?
Comment 2 paxed 2018-02-23 08:07:38 UTC
(In reply to Katrin Fischer from comment #1)
> Do you think of something similar to the itemtype description translation
> but for branchnames?

Yes
Comment 3 chris 2018-02-23 08:26:39 UTC
Also Library street adresses.
Comment 4 Katrin Fischer 2018-02-23 08:41:56 UTC
chris: can you give an example? Here I think it would always be the same, as a street name doesn't change with translation.
Comment 5 chris 2018-02-23 08:57:46 UTC
Here's an example: 
Finnish: https://hakemisto.kirjastot.fi/porvoo
Swedish: https://hakemisto.kirjastot.fi/sv/porvoo

Name of the library in Finnish: Porvoon kaupunginkirjasto
Name of the library in Swedish: Borgå stadsbibliotek 

Address in Finnish: Papinkatu 20, 06100 Porvoo 
Address in Swedish: Prästgatan 20, 06100 Borgå 

Notice how even the name of the city changes (Porvoo/Borgå).

Finland is just one of the multilingual conuntries of the world.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multilingual_countries_and_regions

We even have street signs in two languages to comply to the rules of equal treatment.
Comment 6 Katrin Fischer 2018-02-23 09:11:42 UTC
Thx for the explanation!
Comment 7 Anni Rajala 2024-02-27 10:58:27 UTC
This would be a good feature, not only do we need to use the official languages (Finnish & Swedish) but it'd also be nice to translate the branchname to English as we have a lot of foreign customers.