Switching Languages on Monsoon (Mandarin)

Below you will find instructions for what is needed for each student to perform to enable Mandarin support in SSH sessions and OnDemand.

Note: This localization support depends on what has been provided through each individual piece of software. The changes performed from the instructions below will add partial support for Mandarin.

Changing Terminal Language

Enabling Mandarin for the Terminal

To enable Mandarin in a terminal on Monsoon, all you need to do is copy the file /common/conf/mandarin_ssh to your home directory under the name .i18n. To do this, open a terminal connected to Monsoon and run the following command:

cp /common/conf/mandarin_ssh ~/.i18n

Note: Once you have run this command, restart your terminal to see the changes.

Verify that Mandarin is Enabled

Once you have started a new terminal session on Monsoon, you can use the locale command to see your current language.

[abc123@wind]:~$ locale
LANG=zh_CN.utf8
LC_CTYPE="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_NUMERIC="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_TIME="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_COLLATE="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_MONETARY="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_MESSAGES=zh_CN.utf8
LC_PAPER="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_NAME="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_ADDRESS="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_TELEPHONE="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="zh_CN.utf8"
LC_ALL=

If you see zh_CN, then Mandarin support is enabled.

Disabling Mandarin for the Terminal

To disable Mandarin in a terminal on Monsoon, you can remove the .i18n file by opening a terminal connected to Monsoon and running the following command:

rm ~/.18n

Note: Once you have run this command, restart your terminal to see the changes.

Changing OnDemand Language

Mandarin on OnDemand is triggered when the file ~/.config/ondemand/chinese exists. The contents of the file do not matter, but as long as the exact file and exact parent directories exist, OnDemand will change the display language to Chinese.

Enabling Chinese for OnDemand

To create the necessary file that enables Chinese for OnDemand, follow these steps:

1. Open a terminal and connect to Monsoon.
2. Run the following commands:

mkdir -p ~/.config/ondemand
touch ~/.config/ondemand/chinese

Note: Once you have run these commands, you must logout and re-login to OnDemand to see the changes.

Disabling Chinese for OnDemand

To remove the file that enables Chinese for OnDemand, open a terminal connected to Monsoon and run the following command:

rm ~/.config/ondemand/chinese

Note: Once you have run this command, you must logout and re-login to OnDemand to see the changes.