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This in an ''example for'' translation into ''Brazilian Portuguese''. | This in an ''example for'' translation into ''Brazilian Portuguese''. | ||
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* The steps below show the translation on the operating system windows. The steps however are pretty much generally the same for every operating system. | * The steps below show the translation on the operating system windows. The steps however are pretty much generally the same for every operating system. | ||
Revision as of 21:30, 1 August 2011
The steps on how to translate OpenJUMP
This in an example for translation into Brazilian Portuguese.
NOTE
- The steps below show the translation on the operating system windows. The steps however are pretty much generally the same for every operating system.
- Translation process
- download the last nightly built from http://jump-pilot.sourceforge.net/download/nightlybuild/
- unpack it e.g. to 'C:\OJfolder' (used in the subsequent steps)
- if your operating system is configured to use the language you want to translate you can skip this step
- edit the start script for your platform
- locate the following lines in the file OJfolder\bin\oj_windows.bat, a similar line exists in oj_linux.sh for MacOS and Unix os's
rem --- uncomment and change your language/country here to overwrite OS locale setting ---
rem set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Duser.language=de -Duser.country=DE
- uncomment the line
- add your language and optionally country code
set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Duser.language=pt -Duser.country=BR
- extract the folder language from 'OJfolder\lib\openjump-core-*.jar' (where * are nightly built specific name) into 'OJfolder' resulting in 'OJfolder/language' containing lots of jump_*.properties files
- look in language folder for a file called "jump_pt_BR.properties". If it does not exist see #On new translations and come back here thereafter.
- open the file with your favorite editor and translate the strings
- HINT if it appears like one line of text try an editor that supports unix line breaks e.g. wordpad
- you will see that on left side is an identifier string while on the right side of the "=" (equal sign) is the translated text
- HINT new strings have a date line just before like [sstein 7 march 2007]
- when you are finished editing, save the file
- NOTE you should verify your changes by running OpenJUMP now and doublechecking your changes
- Verification
- start openjump with the start script for your platform
- check the translated strings
- Release
- send me the modified properties file to sstein@geo(....) or
- to the development mailing list http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel or
After adding it, the nightly built of the next day should include your Portuguese translation. I hope that is detailed enough :o) If questions appear please don't hesitate to contact me (Stefan/sstein)
On new translations
- please simply make a copy of the file jump.properties file and rename the copy to your language abbreviation (e.g. the swedish one should be like: jump_se.properties)
- translate everything
- put the properties file into language folder
Useful tools
- some of the developers use the prb-editor for translation http://prbeditor.dev.java.net/
Translation of non latin languages like Chinese, Vietnamese, Japanese etc.
- Use an editor (notepad or notepad++) to do the translation and save it as UTF-8 format.
- Convert the utf-8 to unicode using native2ascii.exe (part of the java development kit, e.g. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk<version>\bin\native2ascii.exe
C:\>native2ascii -encoding utf8 c:\jump_zh_HK c:\jump_zh_HKe
- ATTENTION characters such as chinese may not be shown properly in the splash image.