MessagesTranslation

Overview

The Identity Provider software contains by default US English messages.properties file(s) that contain the strings to render messages in the:

• login page

• user consent/terms of use page

• error pages

Many deployers of the IdPv3 may want to present these pages in the local language(s) or customize/localize some strings. To translate or adapt the IdP messages and thus support multiple languages the IdP supports translations of the corresponding properties files. The servlet container will then automatically select a matching properties file based on the client's Accept-Languages header as provided by the web browser.

As of V3.3, all of these messages are packaged into a single file, system/messages/messages.properties, in V3.2 the messages were in the following three files: messages/authn-messages.properties, messages/consent-messages.properties, messages/error-messages.properties

To e.g. create a German translation of the IdP's error messages strings, copy the default (US English) messages file, to a file named messages_de.properties (see also error messages configuration) and translate/adapt the strings in the new properties file. For example, translate the string idp.title.suffix = Error to idp.title.suffix = Fehler

The IdP will select the correct language file based on the locale of the browser without additional configuration. Note that Spring (and by extension the IdP) does not support a precedence of languages to fall back to, so the support for full i18n is constrained by that limitation.

In addition to the default use of the filenames noted above, you can freely change the message files used in conf/services.xml if you prefer that.

Translated Message Properties

These are the already completely translated versions of the messages.properties files available for download. All translations were provided by volunteers from the community. They are listed in the . See Contribute to the Translation Project below how you can contribute yourself.

General Installation Instructions

1. Download the languages your IdP should support

2. Copy them into  the shibboleth-idp/messages directory. A software upgrade will not touch them, but you will have to manually fetch new versions as they become available.

3. Best watch this page (login and click on "Watch") to get informed on changes.

You should also consider merging your own customization, such as idp.logo and idp.logo.alt-text.

Important: No deployer should use the text provided for example-tou-1.text as is. You need to replace that text with one that fits your local legal framework.

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