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Mandatory Error Message is showing up in English (survey in Korean)
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2 months 1 week ago #241868
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Your LimeSurvey version: Version 2.6.7-lts Build 171212
Own server or LimeSurvey hosting: Own
Survey theme/template: All (used default for troubleshooting)
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I have a problem I have never seen before. An error message is showing up in English, even though the survey is in Korean. Screenshot is attached. I used the default template for troubleshooting and it still appears there. I have already updated the translation .po file with the proper Korean translation ("모든 문항에 답해주시기 바랍니다."), saved to create the .mo file, and uploaded the .mo file to the locale/ko folder on my server. I have done this many times for many different languages but never had this issue. Any ideas how to fix this?
Here is a link to the survey, using the default template: [url] www.datamaxsurveys.com/yum/index.php/215963?lang=ko [/url]
And yes, I realize this is an old version of the software
Your LimeSurvey version: Version 2.6.7-lts Build 171212
Own server or LimeSurvey hosting: Own
Survey theme/template: All (used default for troubleshooting)
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I have a problem I have never seen before. An error message is showing up in English, even though the survey is in Korean. Screenshot is attached. I used the default template for troubleshooting and it still appears there. I have already updated the translation .po file with the proper Korean translation ("모든 문항에 답해주시기 바랍니다."), saved to create the .mo file, and uploaded the .mo file to the locale/ko folder on my server. I have done this many times for many different languages but never had this issue. Any ideas how to fix this?
Here is a link to the survey, using the default template: [url] www.datamaxsurveys.com/yum/index.php/215963?lang=ko [/url]
And yes, I realize this is an old version of the software

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2 months 1 week ago #241919
by Mazi
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Replied by Mazi on topic Mandatory Error Message is showing up in English (survey in Korean)
Hi Max,
such warnings are taken froim the translation files. If the error message was not translated to a given language yet, it is showing the default English text.
You can check manual.limesurvey.org/Translating_LimeSu...existing_translation for adding missing texts.
such warnings are taken froim the translation files. If the error message was not translated to a given language yet, it is showing the default English text.
You can check manual.limesurvey.org/Translating_LimeSu...existing_translation for adding missing texts.
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2 months 1 week ago #241921
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Replied by maxersloan on topic Mandatory Error Message is showing up in English (survey in Korean)
But it is translated--see attachment. I entered the translation into the .po file, saved, and then uploaded the .mo file to my server.
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2 months 1 week ago #241958
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Replied by DenisChenu on topic Mandatory Error Message is showing up in English (survey in Korean)
Seems translated :
translate.limesurvey.org/projects/limesu...y&sort%5Bhow%5D=desc
There are a one hour cache for reading po file, maybe wait or restart webserver.
You can check with another language if you have same issue ? And then report the issue.
There are a one hour cache for reading po file, maybe wait or restart webserver.
You can check with another language if you have same issue ? And then report the issue.
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2 months 1 week ago #241961
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Replied by maxersloan on topic Mandatory Error Message is showing up in English (survey in Korean)
It has been happening for several days now. So caching shouldn't be the problem. I tried it with "Amharic" language (I picked one I'll probably never use). I changed both to some version of TEST in all caps. As you can see by the attachment, the first part of the message was translated fine, but the second part reverts back to the default English again.
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2 months 6 days ago - 2 months 6 days ago #241971
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Replied by holch on topic Mandatory Error Message is showing up in English (survey in Korean)
I remember that there has been some versions of Limesurvey, where some of the strings were not part of the translation and translation of these strings would not have any impact on the GUI, it would always use the English version.
I don't remember which version it was, but there is a good chance that it was in 2.6.x. (which im my opinion should have never been used in a production enviroment, I never considered 2.6.x stable enough to use for real projects and with LS3 and LS5 out, being far more stable and far better, I don't see any good reason to stick with one of the worst releases of LS. And it is also unsupported for a while now).
I don't remember which version it was, but there is a good chance that it was in 2.6.x. (which im my opinion should have never been used in a production enviroment, I never considered 2.6.x stable enough to use for real projects and with LS3 and LS5 out, being far more stable and far better, I don't see any good reason to stick with one of the worst releases of LS. And it is also unsupported for a while now).
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2 months 4 days ago - 2 months 4 days ago #241987
by Mazi
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Replied by Mazi on topic Mandatory Error Message is showing up in English (survey in Korean)
@holch, how can you remember such stone-old stuff? You must have a brain like an elephant 
Do you know if this was ever fixed at a newer 2.x version (currently used: 2.6.7-lts Build 171212) or the maintained 2.6.x version from Denis ( github.com/SondagesPro/LimeSurvey-SondagesPro )?
@max, is updating to the latest 5.x version an option?
Note that custom templates would need to be re-created from scratch since starting with LS 3.x, a new template technology is used (Twig).

Do you know if this was ever fixed at a newer 2.x version (currently used: 2.6.7-lts Build 171212) or the maintained 2.6.x version from Denis ( github.com/SondagesPro/LimeSurvey-SondagesPro )?
@max, is updating to the latest 5.x version an option?
Note that custom templates would need to be re-created from scratch since starting with LS 3.x, a new template technology is used (Twig).
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2 months 4 days ago #241991
by holch
Well, obviously I didn't recall it very correct. Because I think the problem was with 2.7x not 2.6.x.
I remember this, because I was annoyed that I translated the string, but the string won't show up.
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Replied by holch on topic Mandatory Error Message is showing up in English (survey in Korean)
@holch, how can you remember such stone-old stuff? You must have a brain like an elephant
Well, obviously I didn't recall it very correct. Because I think the problem was with 2.7x not 2.6.x.
I remember this, because I was annoyed that I translated the string, but the string won't show up.

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