Our.Umbraco.DictionaryLocalizer 1.0.3

Our.Umbraco.DictionaryLocalizerPackage

This package adds Umbraco-dictionary based localisation e. g. models DataAnnotations.

Just prefix the name or error message with: #

public class MyModel
{
  [Dislpay(Name = "#nameLabel")]
  [Required(ErrorMessage = "#nameRequired")]
  public string Name { get; set; }  
  
  [Dislpay(Name = "#emailLabel")]
  [EmailAddress(ErrorMessage = "#emailInvalid")]
  [Required(ErrorMessage = "#emailRequired")]
  public string Email { get; set; }
  
  ...
}

In Back-Office section Translations add items: nameLabel, emailLabel, nameRequired, emailInvalid etc.

Umbraco version 10.x issue

For version 10.1+ the localizer will only work for ModelsBuilder generated models. Otherwise the [Dislpay(Name = "#nameLabel")] translations will not work. This issue seems to be fixed in version 11. Version 10.0.0 and 10.0.1 do not handle [Dislpay(Name = "#nameLabel")] at all. But as a work-a-round you can use dictionary items directly in tag helpers.

You find two projects Umbraco10.Website version 10.3.2 and Umbraco11.Website showing a simple form in two languages. Open solution OurDictionaryLocalizerWebiste.sln, select one .Website and run Debug command. The interesting part is in Models\ContactFormModel.cs.

Back-Office login: dirk.seefeld@idseefeld.de and Test!23456

Runtime optimization

You can inherit your models from Our.Umbraco.DictionaryLocalizer.Models.DictionaryDataAnnotationBaseModel and add the following to the appSettings.json:

"DictionaryLocalization": {
  "DataAnnotationOnly": true
}

Now Our.Umbraco.DictionaryLocalizerPackage is only registered or invoked for these model classes. This might also help mitigating conflicts too.

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