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I have about 20 sites that have a common translation. I don't want to go into admin of each site each time the po-file is updated.

Is it possible to import a po-file using Drush?

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I found a way to do this using Drush and Localization Update.

  1. Install Localization Update drush en l10n_update
  2. Configure a local path for po-files (admin/config/regional/language/update)
  3. Configure automatic updates from remote servers or just local sources

Now you can put your own po-files in a local path (for example sites/all/translations). If you have translations for your own module then you name it according to this naming convention:

modulename-version.language.po

So a Swedish po-file for 'my_module', version 7.x-1.1 would be named:

my_module-7.x-1.1.sv.po

Now you have everything setup and you can start updating your sites translation with Drush:

drush l10n-update-refresh # Looks for new po-files
drush l10n-update # Updates translations
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  • I couldn't get this really work. I have exported the translations in a po-file using the UI. It was named as de.po for German. I've renamed it to my modules name and appended it the version of my module like: controller-7.x-1.0.de.po. Pushed it with git and executed the drush commands. But it doesn't detect my newly pushed po-file and says 'All translations up to date'. Where am I doing wrong?
    – Елин Й.
    Feb 13 '14 at 10:41
  • You need to place the po file in the directory configured by l10n_update as a source, typically sites/all/translations
    – FGM
    Feb 22 '14 at 9:23
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    Anyone knows how to do this in Drupal 8?
    – Guillaume Bois
    Sep 28 '16 at 18:44
  • Watch out! If you want to use this method for custom local modules, your .info file must have the project property, otherwise the module will be ignored completely.
    – thedotwriter
    Nov 20 '17 at 10:24
  • One last detail, with the 2.2 version, I had to specify --mode=overwrite when running drush l10n-update, otherwise the modifications in my .po file would not be taken into account (even if mode is already set to overwrite in the backend).
    – thedotwriter
    Nov 28 '17 at 10:23
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At the moment there's no way to do it with Drush but you can use the Localization Update module.

You could also try using Selenium IDE or a Selenium script if you have a lot of sites. This is the best solution I was able to come up with for getting translations as an exportable.

  • I say there's no way to do it with Drush because I opened a feature request in the issue queue a few weeks ago and it was closed as "won't fix" with the reason that the maintainers think such a command should be tested in the i18n or other modules first before integrating it into the Drush trunk.
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Also, the drush module Drush Language Commands has support for importing and exporting po files.

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Your best bet is to use the Potx Exportables module.

It exposes Drush command drush potx-import-all

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  • Welcome to Drupal Answers! Does the module have Drush support too? The OP is asking for a way to do it with Drush.
    – apaderno ♦
    Apr 19 '15 at 20:12
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For those who lands here many years later, the same commands for Drush 9 are:

  1. drush locale:check
  2. drush locale:update
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