Localizing docs in Sphinx¶
Step by step guide
This guide demonstrates how to use the Sphinx functionality to localize your documentation created in Sphinx. The main goal of the guide is to show how to use sphinx-intl to translate the documentation. But there is more to it. With this guide, you can do the following:
Create a new Sphinx project and configure it to translate with sphinx-intl.
Translate the project and build the translated documentation.
Use language specific images.
Add conditional text that is published only in the languages you specify.
Develop a simple language switcher for the html output.
Step by step, we will create and translate a demo project from English into two languages: Russian and Portuguese (Brazilian). Hopefully after that you will be able to apply this knowledge to your documentation.
I’m assuming you are already familiar with Sphinx. Otherwise, start either with the Sphinx documentation or Readthedocs.
