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Getting started
Anyone can translate DelphiCodeToDoc into his or her mother tongue.
The required steps for translation are the followings:
1. Notify you as Translator
Before you start translating, send me an email or write your NickName,
email and language you plan to work on in the Translation
Forum.
This is an important step, because I will add you to the Translation
in-progress list and make sure two translators do not work
at the same time for the same language.
2. Get the last translation file
Download the template file with English message here.
3. Choose your translation tool
Download poEdit and install
it under MS Windows or GNU/Linux. poEdit
is my recommended choice, as it makes it really easy to maintain
your translation. When you save your work, it saves the .po file
but also automatically writes an .mo file each time. You will
need these two files after, so keep it !
You can also work with a simple text editor, by editing the po
file manually. You will find some help here.
4. Translate the .po file
As a first action, please edit the file properties (Catalog/Settings).
Select correct language and country. Project name is DelphiCodeToDoc,
email address should be yours if you which to publish it.
Enter your translation strings.
In poEdit, clicking on the save button will automatically compile
the po file into a mo file.
5. Test the translation
Just rename and copy the mo file in the directory as show above.
Launch the application, and select the "Language" menu.
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appdir/DelphiCodeToDoc.exe
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DelphiCodeToDoc application
EXE |
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appdir/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/default.mo |
Danish translations
example |
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appdir/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/default.mo |
German translations
example |
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appdir/locale/de_AT/LC_MESSAGES/default.mo |
German translations
for Austria example |
The directory names for the different languages are either just
the two-letter ISO
639 language code or a combination of the ISO 639 language
code and the ISO
3166 country code.
In the above example, if the program was running on a German computer,
it would first search for the de_DE directory, and then for the
de directory because de_DE does not exist.
6. Send the translated file
When the translation is finished and reviewed, send your po
and mo files to me. I will do my best to publish your files
quickly. The translations will be available for download in the
Translation summary, and
it will be include in next major revision.
Updating your translations
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