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Multilingual interface handling has been in in Tiki since the early versions. Therefore, it was possible to use Tiki in any of 30+ languages. Multilingual content handling was added in 1.9.x It makes it possible for a page or an article to have a corresponding page or article in another language.

Tiki is the "reference implementation" for the Cross-lingual Wiki Engine:

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Open

 RatingSubjectImportanceCategoryCreated
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Upgrade 4.1->5.0 - Error : x01 : Fatal error on tra.php9 highBug: Error
Bug: Consistency		2010-07
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Display of many text after upgrade of a database coded UTF8 defined latin1 as UTF8 code9 highBug: Error
Bug: Regression
Bug: Consistency
Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)		2010-07
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Translation Drop Down not Available in Wiki Structures and other language anomalies9 highBug: Error
Bug: Usability		2010-12
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help In multilingual provided clearer guidance to user as to what language is most up to date8Feature request2010-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help interactive translation on-use-off results in a 10x slow-down8Bug: Error
Bug: Usability		2010-09
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help TW5.1: database translation does not work for tiki-register.tpl8Bug: Error
Bug: Usability		2010-10
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help I10n: Edit a page in a language different than english results into a broken editpagedisplay8Bug: Error
Bug: Usability
Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)		2011-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Language Custom and all language files system holding - Proposal [MOD] [ADD]8Feature request2011-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Multigual File Descriptions8Feature request
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2011-11
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Using "best language" breaks links when generating webhelp7Bug: Error2008-05
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Locale breaks on script tags7Bug: Error2009-06
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Using Google Machine Translate breaks theme columns7Bug: Error
Bug: Usability
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
Less than 30-minute fix		2010-04
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help tiki-register.php and tiki-login.php ironing7Bug: Usability2010-10
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help i18n feature breaks wiki feature when language is changed to german7Bug: Usability
Bug: Regression		2011-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help I10n: admin pages not displayed properly7Bug: Error
Bug: Usability		2011-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Machine Translation broken: results in empty page7Bug: Regression2011-02
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help Module Switch Language changes language of multilingual structure7Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)2011-05
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Multilingual option in tracker field prevents from filling fields7Bug: Error2012-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help spellcheck should get lang from wiki page lang, not from users' 6Bug: Error
Bug: Usability
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2005-12
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Spellcheck dictionary should be install via mods, in many languages.6Feature request2007-08
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Language picker should be WYSIWYCA6Bug: Usability
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2008-02
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help If you use the Spell Check feature without having loaded the dictionary-error message is misleading6Support request2008-02
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Locking page removes translate link6Bug: Usability2008-12
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help usability issues and bug with translation - i18n - CLWE Cross Lingual Wiki Engine6Bug: Error
Bug: Usability
Bug: Regression		2009-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help tiki-print_pages.php should allow to choose tikiversion for all pages, if PluginVersion is used6Bug: Usability
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2009-04
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Completely multilingual Tiki not just Wiki6Feature request
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2009-11
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Custom string translation do not work6Bug: Regression2009-12
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Make preferences i18n-aware6Feature request2010-02
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help $prefs.language does not work properly?6Bug: Usability
Bug: Consistency		2010-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Unkown language applied to wiki pages created from structureds6Bug: Usability
Feature request		2010-05
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help 5.x: wiki "watch" emails come with iso-8859-1 to me even if chosen utf-8 everywhere in settings; other email ok6Bug: Usability
Bug: Regression		2010-06
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help #3757 ADD : Language Custom and all language files system holding - Proposal MOD ADD for Trunk 7x6Feature request
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2011-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help tiki-integrator is not aware of character set: remote pages with iso-8859-1 are not properly shown5Bug: Usability
Feature request		2005-08
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Blog local perms are not deleted if group name contains spaces or special characters 5Bug: Error2006-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Pages with same name not allowed? Mulilingual sites5Bug: Error
Feature request		2008-08
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help multibyte-letter-wiki-document-name between double braces are not recognized.5Bug: Usability
Feature request		2008-11
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Logic of language selection5Feature request2009-02
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Activating plugins doesn't invalidate cache and thus, plugin help doesn't appear on next page edit5Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site
Bug: Consistency
Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)		2009-05
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help Side-by-side edit of two languages, with a "translation is in sync" button to save both wiki pages5Feature request2010-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Language.php has strange characters codification5Bug: Usability2010-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help I10n: create (sub-)page from structure/breadcrumb bar doesn't get into the structure5Bug: Error
Bug: Usability
Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)		2011-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Simple and quick way for admin to change or lock HIS language only5Feature request2011-02
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help The A - B - C... links is not Multilingual5Feature request2011-05
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Translation of this page is incomplete - displays in wrong language.5Bug: Usability
Bug: Consistency
Less than 30-minute fix		2011-06
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help 8.x & 6LTS: machine translation broken5Bug: Error
Support request
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2011-10
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Tiki 6.x to Tiki 8.x upgrade with Latin-1 to UTF-8 conversion5Bug: Error2012-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help smarty_tiki/modifier.duration*.php are not internationalized4Bug: Error2006-08
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Language field for menus (multilingual menus)4Feature request2007-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Default site language should be included in choice of user can switch lang4Bug: Usability2008-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Add a virtual keyboard4Feature request2012-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Multilingual Meta Keywords and Meta Description (and increase 255 characters limit)3Feature request2005-06
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Smarty cache is not automatically updated after a modification of language.php3Bug: Usability2007-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help wiki: automatic description of changes3Feature request2008-04
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Quick Edit module should detect and warn about special characters in page names3Feature request2008-05
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help "Translation of this page is incomplete." / "translation in progress"3Feature request
Request		2009-09
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Links to translation(s) in article subpages3Bug: Usability
Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)
Problem		2010-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help wrong german translation in confirmation mail3Bug: Usability
Patch		2010-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help CKEditor contentsLangDirection by page language3Patch
Bug: Consistency		2011-02
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help workaround to open ticket #2188 3Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)2011-06
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Translated pages should not be orphans2Bug: Usability2005-06
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help i18n forums2Feature request2007-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help thresold...2Bug: Consistency2005-04
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Adding a topic to articles conflicts with language switching1 lowBug: Error2006-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Set default language in editor1 lowBug: Usability2006-03
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help tiki export trackers with accented characters1 lowBug: Error2006-07
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Reporting spelling corrections as a non-developer1 low2008-11
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help translation to portuguese (PT)Patch2007-07
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help php option "...&bl" does not work with "structure"Bug: Usability2008-01
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Problem with plugins & russian characters on wiki pageBug: Error2008-06
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Only a testing-bug for Umlauts äöüDogfood on a *.tiki.org site
Bug: Regression		2008-11
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help "Change language for this page" in translate this page first step2009-08
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Translation rightsFeature request2009-08
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Comment into forums of various languages2009-08
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Buttons for available languages2009-08
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Import glossaries2009-09
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Translate in two columns2009-09
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Page translation module with Reference language (pivot_language) parameter broken on tiki-index.phpBug: Regression
Problem		2009-10
open -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help JQuery Datepicker/JS Calender do not appear in other languagesBug: Usability2011-03

Pending

 RatingSubjectImportanceCategoryCreated
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help if use a chinese character in a page's name, can't use (()) to refer to that page.9 highBug: Error
Bug: Usability		2008-09
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Problem in adodb when using Chinese characters in browser title9 highBug: Usability2009-06
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Editor & localization Dashboard (help contributors with priorities)8Feature request
Patch		2009-08
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Use of variables in text areas ex.: wiki pages (lang, page, etc)6Feature request
Request		2007-01
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Language problems with mail notifications in tracker6Bug: Usability2008-09
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help PATCH: messu-compose hangs on french locale6Bug: Error
Patch
Less than 30-minute fix		2012-04
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help last_insert_id() is mysql-specific - need to replace with ADODB equivalent5Bug: Error2005-10
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Special characters in newsletters & email notifications when copy-pasting from Microsoft Word5Bug: Usability2007-01
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (3) Help i18n: "Best language" feature applied to short list of 2 or more preferred languages (user profile)5Feature request2007-07
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Ease contributions of translations for people that don't use SVN5Community projects
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2008-08
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help WYSIWYG: links to wiki pages with accents get corrupted (UTF-8)5Bug: Error
Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)		2012-01
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Editing a wiki page: Footnotes and Comment are unclear labels4Bug: Usability2005-06
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help When restricting available languages in admin->i18n, wiki edit page still shows all languages 3Bug: Error2007-04
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Right-to-left directional languages broken in 1.9DR43Bug: Regression2005-04
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help Watch item on trackers sends messages in the language of the tracker poster.2Bug: Error2005-05
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Update country list and flag list2Feature request2007-01
pending -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help WebHelp: Missing UTF-8 charset support in Index menu2Bug: Usability
Patch		2007-04

Closed

 RatingSubjectImportanceCategoryCreated
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help tiki-edit_translation + tiki tickets9 highBug: Error2005-10
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Articles plugin: filter by language9 highFeature request2007-01
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Multilingual tracker (labels, drop-downs and categories)9 highFeature request2007-01
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Switch lang module for anonymous yields blank page + critical error with registered9 highBug: Error2007-04
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help Wiki editing: Preview with diff, like Mediawiki9 highFeature request2007-07
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help DB error with new 1.10 install or upgrade over 1.9.99 highBug: Error2008-02
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help Custom language translations in the database and administered via web interface9 highFeature request2008-05
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Installer does not set language on new install9 highBug: Error
Bug: Usability
Less than 30-minute fix		2008-09
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help switch_lang module doesn't work when "detect browser language" is enabled9 highBug: Error2008-09
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help add language selection list on Installer page9 highFeature request2008-09
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Discussion: Should we change from language.php to native .po files?9 highFeature request
Community projects
Request		2009-09
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Add Google Translate support8Feature request2008-05
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help feature_wiki_minor_edit8Feature request
Bug: Consistency		2008-10
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help wiki shows no preview in translate edit mode8Bug: Usability
Bug: Consistency
Less than 30-minute fix		2009-04
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help 5.0RC1 - wiki Editing option "check orthography" ->em error : table "babl_words_fr" missing8Bug: Error
Bug: Consistency
Problem		2010-08
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help tiki-listpages.php: add Language & Description & categories7Feature request2007-01
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Ja lang wiki text broken (trunk)7Bug: Usability
Bug: Regression		2009-07
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help 5.0RC1 - wiki Editing option "check orthography" ->em error : table "babl_words_fr" missing7Bug: Error
Bug: Consistency
Bug: conflict of two features (each works well independently)
Problem		2010-08
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Article translation doesn't work.7Bug: Error
Bug: Usability
Bug: Consistency		2010-08
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Translate this page (create and associate to translation set in 1 step)62007-08
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help listing file gallery contents broken in Catalan Language since 1.9.8beta???6Bug: Usability2007-09
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Character substitutions in page names, search engine, usernames, etc.6Bug: Usability
Feature request
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2008-12
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help Multilingual structures do not allow users to change language using the drop down box.6Bug: Usability2009-06
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help spellcheck feature not working properly (yet), specially with latin characters in text5Bug: Usability2005-08
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Insert special characters : move to main template and make localized versions5Feature request2006-01
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Duplicate entire structure for translation5Feature request2007-08
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Search results (for wiki pages) does not include &bl when using multilingual & best language options5Bug: Error
Problem
Less than 30-minute fix		2008-02
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help postgres7 error: operator does not exist5Bug: Error2008-04
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help module calendar (or calendar new) show two letters and not just one for week days5Feature request2009-06
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Can not change article language - page not found error5Bug: Error2009-12
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Cannot change an Article's language from its Translate page5Bug: Error
Patch		2010-11
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help pdf generation does not work for Bulgarian language4Bug: Error
Bug: Usability
Feature request		2005-06
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (2) Help Search results: option to show only results in my languages4Feature request2007-01
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Wiki: Minor edit :: need mouse over to explain what it's for4Bug: Usability
Documentation (or Advocacy)		2008-04
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Detect browser language not working when global language is not English4Bug: Usability
Bug: Regression		2009-05
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Country Tanzania and language Swahili3Feature request2005-06
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Watches appear in foreign languages3Bug: Error2005-07
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help drawings seem not UTF-8 compatible3Bug: Error2005-06
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Custom language translation3Feature request2006-01
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help sefurl conflicts with best language3Bug: Error
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2008-01
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help multitiki not working if adding "?lang=ca" to tiki-install.php script => multitiki not i18n ready2Bug: Error2008-05
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Tanzania missing in country tracker list2Bug: Consistency2008-10
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help updates to lang/hu/language.php1 lowPatch2006-08
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (1) Help Working on Japanese Translations1 low2005-04
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Once a page has been assigned a language there is no option to unassign the language1 lowBug: Usability2008-07
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help Setting site language to 'german' makes site/content unreadable (better descreption needed)Bug: Usability
Dogfood on a *.tiki.org site		2011-01
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help get_strings.php populate language.php file with invalid stringsBug: Error2011-05
closed -2 -1 0 1 2 (0) Help get_strings.php doesn't collect properly strings with single quotes in some casesBug: Error2011-08

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