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== The How to == | == The How to == | ||
# You need to have FlightGear installed on your computer | # You need to have FlightGear installed on your computer of course. For example: FlightGear on Windows is in the directory: <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0</tt>. Strings to translate are between the XML tags <label> and <legend>. | ||
# You need to translate the english strings in the xml file <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\gui\menubar.xml. For example, in the file menubar.xml, the english text string <label>Save</label> will become <label>Sauvegarder</label> in French. | # You need to translate the english strings in the xml file <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\gui\menubar.xml</tt>. For example, in the file <tt>menubar.xml</tt>, the english text string <tt><label>Save</label></tt> will become <tt><label>Sauvegarder</label></tt> in French. | ||
# You need to translate the english strings in the xml files that are in the directory <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\gui\dialogs</tt> | # You need to translate the english strings in the xml files that are in the directory <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\gui\dialogs</tt> | ||
#* Create a copy of the file <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\Translations\strings-default.xml</tt> in the directory <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\Translations</tt>. | #* Create a copy of the file <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\Translations\strings-default.xml</tt> in the directory <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\Translations</tt>. | ||
#* Rename the copy of the file strings-default.xml with a new name like strings-language_code.xml where language_code is the international code for your language. For example , fr for french or de for German. | #* Rename the copy of the file <tt>strings-default.xml</tt> with a new name like <tt>strings-language_code.xml</tt> where <tt>language_code</tt> is the international code for your language. For example, fr for french or de for German. | ||
# Translate all the English text strings in your strings-language_code.xml file in your language. | # Translate all the English text strings in your strings-language_code.xml file in your language. | ||
# Edit the file <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\Translations\locale.xml</tt> and add the section for your language: | # Edit the file <tt>C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\Translations\locale.xml</tt> and add the section for your language: | ||
Revision as of 17:15, 10 October 2011
This howto explains translating FlightGear's menus and messages to your language.
Flightgear has bad I18N (internationalization) support. More information at: http://www.mail-archive.com/flightgear-users@lists.sourceforge.net/msg05761.html
WARNING: You can only use ASCII characters for translating strings in your language.
The How to
- You need to have FlightGear installed on your computer of course. For example: FlightGear on Windows is in the directory: C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0. Strings to translate are between the XML tags <label> and <legend>.
- You need to translate the english strings in the xml file C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\gui\menubar.xml. For example, in the file menubar.xml, the english text string <label>Save</label> will become <label>Sauvegarder</label> in French.
- You need to translate the english strings in the xml files that are in the directory C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\gui\dialogs
- Create a copy of the file C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\Translations\strings-default.xml in the directory C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\Translations.
- Rename the copy of the file strings-default.xml with a new name like strings-language_code.xml where language_code is the international code for your language. For example, fr for french or de for German.
- Translate all the English text strings in your strings-language_code.xml file in your language.
- Edit the file C:\Program Files\FlightGear-1.0.0\data\Translations\locale.xml and add the section for your language:
<locale> <lang type="string">language_code</lang> <lang type="string">language_code.character_set</lang> <strings>Translations/strings-language_code.xml</strings> </locale>
For example, in german, you have this :
<locale> <lang type="string">de</lang> <lang type="string">de_AT</lang> <lang type="string">de_CH</lang> <lang type="string">de_AT.ISO8859-15</lang> <lang type="string">de_DE.ISO8859-15</lang> <lang type="string">de_CH.ISO8859-15</lang> <strings>Translations/strings-de.xml</strings> </locale>