Speaking my language: Making names in Moodle appear in their original form

In this video we look at internationalisation in Moodle. Specifically, I demonstrate how to get a user's name to render on screen in the language of the user. The trick is to edit the language packs changing the string 'fullnamedisplay' and use the alternatename field to store the users' names in the original form.
Rubber Ducky also makes another return with yet another pearl of wisdom with his wingtip of the day.
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[@smartlearn.education-lms]

thanks , nice info

[@Wise-Cat]

Glad it was helpful!

[@mossaabhajelsiddig5363]

Can we use non-English numbers in gradebook ?

[@Wise-Cat]

Wow! Interesting question. I haven't seen and can't immediately think of a way to do this in the gradebook, but for individual items, you could perhaps use scales.
Do you think there's a demand for not using hindu-arabic numerals though? Here in Japan, I don't think anyone would use kanji numbers if that option existed.

[@mossaabhajelsiddig5363]

@@Wise-Cat Hi, It is used in certificates. I try to generate a transcript using custom certificate for primary school but I surprised that I can only use English numbers

[@Wise-Cat]

Ahh, that makes sense. Perhaps adding an issue on the customcert GitHub Page (or looking to see if someone else has already had similar thoughts) might be an idea. It may need funding, but sounds like something that could be added.