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authorDaniel Girtler <blackrabbit256@gmail.com>2023-09-28 08:44:18 +1000
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2023-09-28 08:44:18 +1000
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Fix 2118 (#2119)
* Update locales generation * Update README * Disable translation check --------- Co-authored-by: Daniel Girtler <girtler.daniel@gmail.com>
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@@ -14,15 +14,15 @@ can be set with `setfont LatGrkCyr-8x16`
## Adding new languages
-New languages can be added simply by creating a new folder with the proper language abbreviation (see list `languages.json` if unsure).
+New languages can be added simply by creating a new folder with the proper language abbreviation (see list `languages.json` if unsure).
Run the following command to create a new template for a language
```
mkdir -p <abbr>/LC_MESSAGES/ && touch <abbr>/LC_MESSAGES/base.po
```
-After that run the script `./locales_generator.sh` it will automatically populate the new `base.po` file with the strings that
-need to be translated into the new language.
-For example the `base.po` might contain something like the following now
+After that run the script `./locales_generator.sh <lang_abbr>` it will automatically populate the new `base.po` file with the strings that
+need to be translated into the new language.
+For example the `base.po` might contain something like the following now
```
#: lib/user_interaction.py:82
msgid "Do you really want to abort?"
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ msgstr ""
```
The `msgid` is the identifier of the string in the code as well as the default text to be displayed, meaning that if no
-translation is provided for a language then this is the text that is going to be shown.
+translation is provided for a language then this is the text that is going to be shown.
To perform translations for a language this file can be edited manually or the neat `poedit` can be used (https://poedit.net/).
If editing the file manually, write the translation in the `msgstr` part