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1.6 KiB
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25 lines
1.6 KiB
Markdown
 
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# Add Multilingual Support (German/English)
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## Why
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The website is currently German-only, limiting accessibility for international visitors. Adding English language support will make the site more accessible to a global audience of HR professionals, recruiters, and potential collaborators who may not speak German.
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## What Changes
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- Configure Hugo's multilingual mode with German (de) as default and English (en) as secondary language
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- Restructure content directory to support language-specific content (`content/de/` and `content/en/`)
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- Translate all existing German content to English (home page, CV page, navigation, footer)
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- Add language switcher UI component in navigation that maintains current page context
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- Implement browser language detection to automatically select appropriate language for new visitors
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- Preserve language preference across page navigation using URL-based language routing (`/de/` and `/en/` paths)
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- Update templates to support language-specific strings and navigation
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## Impact
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- Affected specs: `internationalization` (new capability)
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- Affected code:
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- `/hugo.toml` (multilingual configuration)
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- `/content/` directory structure (reorganize to language-specific subdirectories)
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- `/layouts/partials/nav.html` (add language switcher)
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- `/layouts/partials/header.html` (update if needed)
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- All content files (duplicate and translate to English)
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- User-facing: Language switcher in navigation, English version of all content, automatic language detection
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- **BREAKING**: Content file paths change from `/content/*.md` to `/content/{de,en}/*.md`
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