How to create translations from records using xml files?

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Hi, I’m trying to create translations for record names from code.

This is the behavior I’m trying to automate (using products.products as example)

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This is how it’s being saved in ir.translation:

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Doing it in this way it works as expected (When I change the user preferences to spanish I see the translation in the product name)

I’m trying to create the ir.translation record in an xml file, like this:

<record model="ir.translation" id="product_template_computer_translation">
      <field name="lang">es</field>
      <field name="src">Computer</field>
      <field name="name">product.template,name</field>
      <field name="value">Tekomputer</field>
      <field name="type">model</field> 
</record>

Debbuging the process I noticed that the ir.translation record is being deleted after the module activation/upgrade

Thank’s in advance!

2

The translations are created using po-file.
You can use the translation wizards to generate the po file of a module.
Or you can use the --export-translations options of trytond-admin (if you are using series >= 7.4).

3

Thank’s for the answer. I understand that .po files are used to translate fields, like this:

msgctxt "field:product.product,name:"
msgid "Name"
msgstr "Nombre"

But how would I translate the name of the record of the product itself?

For example, I extended the product module and added some products using xml, like this

 <record model="product.template" id="my_custom_product">
      <field name="name">My custom product</field>
      ...
</record>

How would I create the translation for the record so in the view the product is showed as for example “Mi producto personalizado” instead of “My custom product”?

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If you create records with XML (not advised for operational data), they will be included in the PO file export of the module.

PS: it is really not recommended to create product via XML because they will be read only.