Regarding enabling ACARS to support multi-language requests

[CES1500]

First of all, thank you for your excellent work on ACARS and phpVMS.
Since phpVMS is an open-source project, I would like to make a small suggestion for the ACARS project as well.

I kindly request that the ACARS development team consider adding support for multiple languages, and allow developers or users to edit the language configuration files. This would greatly improve accessibility and usability for users around the world.

Thank you for your great work!

[nabeelio]

It's something that's been on my list. There's no "easy" way to do it at the moment. Is there something in particular that you'd want translated - there's not much in the UI. The log messages, mainly?

[nabeelio]

Because logs get transmitted as-is, if you've got a english-language site, and logs are in Spanish, you wouldn't want them sent over in Spanish. But you'd want them shown in Spanish, locally?

[CES1500]

Thanks for your reply!

Yes, I understand that logs should remain consistent in English for transmission, especially when working with an English-language server. That's totally fine.

What I mainly meant is the local user interface—such as status labels, buttons, and messages shown in the ACARS client—having support for translation (like Chinese). Many pilots in our VA are not fluent in English, so it would be great to have the option to show the ACARS UI in their native language.

Also, if possible, it would be even better if the log messages could be displayed in the user's local language, while still being transmitted in English. That way, users can understand what's happening in real time more easily, without affecting server-side compatibility.

Even though the UI content may be minimal, supporting multiple languages would still greatly improve the experience for international users. Thanks again for considering this suggestion!

[CES1500]

This VA is talking about phpVMS 7.

[nabeelio]

Makes sense. I have to see what's natively available.

[nabeelio]

I'll leave this open as a reminder