I need to add text content in a .phtml file so that I can get it translated for multilingual site.
file location here: app > design > frontend > default > (my-theme) > template > catalog > category > left_nav.phtml
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Option 1.
<?php echo Mage::helper('catalog')->__('Text here');?>
Then add the text in app/locale/{lang_ISO}/Mage_Catalog.csv
"Text here","Translation here"
Option 2.
<?php echo $this->__('Text here');?>
Then add the text in app/design/frontend/{interface}/{theme}/locale/{lang_ISO}/translate.csv like this:
"Text here","Translation here"
[EDIT]
To include links in the text follow this pattern:
<?php echo $this->__('some <a href="%s">text here</a>', Mage::getUrl('some/url/here'));
Then add to your csv file this line:
"some <a href=""%s"">text here</a>","translated <a href=""%s"">text here</a>"
%s is a placeholder that will be replaced by the second parameter of __ method.
Also when adding it to the csv file make sure you double the quotes inside the text so <a href="%s"></a> should be added to the csv file like <a href=""%s""></a>
Marius
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Marius, thanks for the help. I preferred Option 2 as my solution. – sameermanandhar Sep 02 '13 at 08:54
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What do you mean by 'within the text'? Give an example in your question or add a new one. – Marius Sep 03 '13 at 11:40
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I also needed to add a link within the text and I tried this way which was not helpful: "lorem ipsum dolor" I also added the same text inside the quotes for translation, but this did not work. – sameermanandhar Sep 03 '13 at 11:41
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I needed to translate something like this (translation within the quotes): "lorem ipsum dolor sit amet" – sameermanandhar Sep 03 '13 at 11:42