Translations

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General

In the development cycle from Eden (V12) to Frodo (V12) the translation system has been revised.

The former strings.xml file has been superseeded by the appropriate strings.po files. Due to that the way how translations are handled has been changed, too.

Transifex

The whole translation system has been moved to Transifex. So if you want to help translating XBMC into your native language, first thing you need to do is to sign up at Transifex.


Next Step would be to check the current project for XBMC. Currently it is this one:

XBMC Main Translation Project (Frodo)


On that page you should see the available languages that can be translated:


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Check your native language and request to join the translation team. In this example I choose Greek:


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The appropriate coordinator of your language will approve or deny your request.

By approval you can start translating immediately.

Currently this project is for core XBMC only! So no third party addons or stuff like that!

This will follow later on. So stay tuned in the appropriate forums section for translations

Translating XBMC

Note: Please do not download files, modify them and upload again! Always use the "Translate Now" Button!

Ok, let's get to work!

Search that part of the project that needs updating. You can see the percentage of the translations to the right:

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You might note that there is something missing in "visualisation milkdrop". So we click on it to translate it.

The red marked area is button mentioned before. Always use this one!

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Check the missing strings on the right side. After you completed them hit the "Save and Exit" button down on the left.

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Addons

Currently this part is under construction as there will be another project for 3rd party addons later on.

Contact

If you have problems with Transifex your first person to contact should be the coordinator of your language!

If you have more general questions you might head over to the forums and post your question in the translation are there. Alanwww1 and others can help you there.