Localization

Brief Overview of Key Concepts

Localization this is setting up the desired language in CHT for the end user.

Translations this is manually setting up extra translations of instance tabs texts or outgoing SMS text. See an outline of how to do that here.

Required Resources

You should have a functioning CHT instance with cht-conf installed locally, completed a project folder setup, and an messages-sw.properties file.

Implementation Steps

Create a new file in the ’translations/’ folder called messages-sw.properties.

After an edit or addition of a translation, upload the current messages-sw.properties onto your local environment using the below command.

cht --url=https://medic:password@localhost --upload-custom-translations

1. Add User Interface Label Translations

CHT Instance text - for non-admin users, this is the text that falls under Messages, Tasks, Reports, People and Targets. To localize instance text to Swahili, change the default system language to Swahili.

Go to App Management > Display > Languages > Default Language(Change to Swahili)

To find out what the language code for Swahili is, Go to the list of language as illustrated in the screenshot, click Kiswahili (Swahili) to show the options dropdown and click Edit Name the code will be in the text box under Language Code on the popup.

In our case, the language code is sw.

Create a message-sw.properties file and use the instructions outlined here to learn the structure of a message-{language-code}.properties file.

Populate the messages-sw.properties file with the appropriate translation strigs and upload it using the below command:

cht --local upload-custom-translations

The default Swahili translations that come pre-added to CHT can be found here.

After changing the instance language to Swahili, the various elements will behave like this:

Messages

In Messages, the time counter text and navigation text changes.

This is an example of Swahili localization.

English text

Swahili Translation

To change the title of the tab from the default title of this Messages tab of Jumbe in Kiswahili to Barua, add or edit the below code in the messages-sw.properties file:

Messages = Jumbe

to

Messages = Barua

Tasks

Localize the task header by adding the appropriate translation in the messages-sw.properties file.

For example, to translate the below delivery task title to Swahili:

{
    name: 'anc-home-visit-delivery',
    icon: 'icon-pregnancy',
    title: 'task.anc.delivery.title',

Add the code below to the messages-sw.properties file

task.anc.delivery.title = Kazi ya Kujifungua

Default English text

Swahili translation

To change the title of the tab from the default title of this Tasks tab of Kazi in Kiswahili to Fanya Hizi, add or edit the below code in the messages-sw.properties file:

Tasks = Kazi

to

Tasks = Fanya Hizi

Reports

Localize the report field names by adding the appropriate translation in the messages-{language-code}.properties file.

For example, to change the date of birth field to Swahili, in messages-sw.properties file, add this:

contact.type.date_of_birth = Siku ya Kuzaliwa

Before

Swahili Translation

To change the title of the tab from the default title of this Reports tab of Ripoti in Kiswahili to Ripoti hizi, add or edit the below code in the messages-sw.properties file.

Reports = Ripoti hizi

to

Reports = Ripoti hizi

e.g

People

To localize the contact labels, add the appropriate translation in messages-{language-code}.properties file.

e.g to change the people name label translation from the default Swahili translation of Watu to Watu wa hili hapa eneo, in messages-sw.properties file, add this:

contact.type.person = Mtu wa hili hapa eneo
contact.type.person.plural = Watu wa hili hapa eneo

Before

*After

To change the title of the tab from the default title of this People tab of Wasiliani in Kiswahili to Watu, add or edit the below code in the messages-sw.properties file.

People = Wasiliani

to

People = Watu

Targets

You can localize the names of the targets by adding the appropriate translation in the `messages-{language-code}.properties file.

For example, to add the Growth Monitoring target title in Swahili on the instance, add the appropriate translation in the messages-sw.properties file. For instance:

targets.growth_monitoring.title = Ufuatiliaji wa ukuaji

Before adding the Swahili target label

After adding the Swahili target label

To change the title of the tab from the default title of this Targets tab of Grafu in Kiswahili to Lengo, add or edit the below code in the messages-sw.properties file.

Targets = Grafu

to

Targets = Lengo

2. App Forms

To localize an app form to Swahili, open the appropriate xlsx of the form and add a label::sw column which has the translation for the text. This will work in the Survey sheet or the choices sheet.

New Person app form XLS configuration

Screenshot of default English translation

Screenshot of form after switching CHV language to Kiswahili

App Management - Admin Area This will still remain in English even after changing the default language to Swahili.

3. Outgoing Texts

These are the SMS notifications/replies that go to CHVs and Supervisors phones in projects that incorporate SMS workflows.

To change the language of outgoing texts to a particular CHV/Supervisor to Swahili:

First in the app_settings.json, when configuring replies, add Swahili(sw) under locales:

"locales": [
    {
      "code": "en",
      "name": "English"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "name": "Spanish"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "name": "French"
    },
    {
      "code": "ne",
      "name": "Nepali"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "name": "Swahili"
    }

Set up the translation for the reply message:

"messages": [{
		"message": [{
				"content": "Thank you, visit for {{patient_name}} ({{patient_id}}) has been recorded.",
				"locale": "en"
			},
			{
				"content": "Asante, kuhudhuria kwa {{patient_name}} ({{patient_id}} kumerekodiwa.",
				"locale": "sw"
			}
		],
		"event_type": "report_accepted",
		"recipient": "reporting_unit"
	}

Change the CHVs language by following: App Management > Users > [Choose CHV username e.g chv_1] > Language > Pick Swahili:

Translating CHT to another language

To translate CHT to a new language (we have English, French, Hindi, Nepali, Spanish, Swahili, and Indonesian already in CHT), follow the steps outlined here for reference.

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