Topic: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

1. Becoming a Translator
1. Get in touch with an Admin: Click on the E-Mail link on one of OverFlow's or Wim's posts.
2. Make sure you have both an account here at the forum AND at the bugtracker.
3. We'll make you a Translator here at the forum, and an Updater at the bugtracker.
- This allows users to report bugs in your translations
- You will be notified
- You will then have the permissions to make the necessary changes (Acknowledge)
- then submit changes back to us (Assigned to),
     so we can either
        a) put them in the next release (resolved/fixed).
        b) submit them back to you for additional changes (Feedback)

2. The translating itself
1. Get DriverPacks BASE 8.12.1 or better.
2. Navigate to the 'lng' folder and copy 'English.lng'.
3. Paste it in the 'lng' folder and rename it to '<language name in English>.lng' (e.g.: 'French.lng' and NOT 'Français.lng')
4. Open up your favorite text editor and start translating.

Notes:
-When you don't know where an entry exactly belongs, enter "" (nothing) as translation. The GUI will then show the entry that must be entered in the .lng file.
-For complete translating+GUI debugging pleasure: open your DPs_BASE.ini and enter "debug" as your prefLang. Now that is some descriptive GUI! tongue
-The at first sight oddly placed '&' signs are actually useful: they allow you to set a keyboard combination to press a button or to select a radio button. e.g."

entry = "&Browse"

Creates the shortcut {ALT} + {b} to press this button through the keyboard instead of clicking on it.
-Note that currently only the GUI-specific strings are multilingual! (And the strings on the overview page cannot yet all be translated.)

3. Maintaining language files.
The more you use the bugtracker, the more you offload my job. And the cleaner this forum can be kept. So, please DO use the bugtracker whenever it's reasonable to do so.

1. Users can submit bugs at the bugtracker, that includes typo's to your language files. As a translator, you will get the user level 'updater' at the bugtracker. That allows you to assign bugs to someone and to change the status of an issue (like 'confirmed' and 'resolved'). All changes you make here will automatically be included in the changelog.
2. When you change the status of an issue to 'resolved', I expect you to attach the fixed file. DON'T POST UPDATES FOR YOUR TRANSLATIONS HERE IN THE FORUM (Again, doesn't clutter the forum, and easy to track for me. The forum is just meant for discussing translations: for suggesting improvements etc.)

Note 1: your first release can (MUST, actually) be added to the bugtracker as well.
Note 2: EACH TIME YOU UPDATE YOUR TRANSLATION, YOU MUST SUBMIT IT TO the bugtracker AND MARK IT AS 'RESOLVED'!!!

Last edited by OverFlow (2009-01-03 18:30:10)

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

Cool beans.

I'll try myself on the German version then wink

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

Helmi wrote:

Cool beans.

I'll try myself on the German version then wink

Very well smile

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

i can do russian

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

mickmack wrote:

i can do russian

Great smile

But before you do an extensive translation, just translate a few strings and test if it works. I'm not entirely sure if AutoIt properly supports Unicode...

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

than i need to be a beta tester, to test everything before official launch  ))

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

This is a good news! I can translate for Turkish..

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

I can do "Francais.lng" (french) ! smile

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

@mickmack & KenanBalamir: I've made you Translators, which also have access to the Betas smile (Sorry for not thinking of that obvious fact right away, mickmack tongue)

@all three of you: Grrrreat! smile I didn't expect that much response so quick big_smile Then the DriverPacks BASE will soon be available in English, Dutch, German, Russian, Turkish and French. If the unicode support seems to be sufficient, at least. I tried Russian and Korean characters and it failed... But I think a work-around is possible... so give me some time to get that working. (French should be possible though)

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

I didnt want to say anything till I was done but im trying the spanish translation hmm

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

ricktendo64 wrote:

I didnt want to say anything till I was done but im trying the spanish translation hmm

Great smile

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

i can do polish version smile


dziubek

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

Hi! My mother language is Bulgarian and I want to translate Driver Pack base on it. But I do not know where i can get Driver Pack base, even beta. Can you help?
There was a problem wit international support. I mean that there was a strange bug with fonts, when windows regional and language settings are different from english. Is this bug fixed?

Last edited by chertoianov (2006-07-29 07:05:46)

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

chertoianov wrote:

Hi! My mother language is Bulgarian and I want to translate Driver Pack base on it. But I do not know where i can get Driver Pack base, even beta. Can you help?
There was a problem wit international support. I mean that there was a strange bug with fonts, when windows regional and language settings are different from english. Is this bug fixed?

I've made you a translator, chertoianov wink Now you can access the beta (check the Betas forum).

That bug has indeed been fixed!

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

russian works well. i will finish translation and upload soon.

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

Languages so far:
Netherlands (Is that the real name of the language?)
English
Russian
Bulgarian
Polish
Spanish
French
German
Turkish

Id say thats a pretty good start smile

Last edited by ricktendo64 (2006-08-09 07:52:36)

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

Netherlands = Dutch smile

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

Obviously the .lng files will be included in the official download. It's just now, during the beta's that I've not yet included it.

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

Hi!

I would like to help out with translating Driverpacks Base to Norwegian.



Gyppie

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

Gyppie wrote:

Hi!

I would like to help out with translating Driverpacks Base to Norwegian.



Gyppie

Great! smile

I've made you a translator, now you have access to the Betas forum wink

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

I would like to help out with translating Driverpacks Base to polish.
Can you give me the access to the version beta?

dziubek

http://d1syubgj0w3cyv.cloudfront.net/cdn/farfuture/Vi-VfNVo2-n3OpKsB4llVKFIQfdM7s85pIh1ua1bdSA/perpetual:forever/userbar/translator-3.png

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

dziubek wrote:

I would like to help out with translating Driverpacks Base to polish.
Can you give me the access to the version beta?

dziubek

I thing already has Polish translation.

Last edited by chertoianov (2006-07-31 21:59:53)

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

chertoianov wrote:
dziubek wrote:

I would like to help out with translating Driverpacks Base to polish.
Can you give me the access to the version beta?

dziubek

I thing already has Polish translation.

I've made dziubek Translator, since you said "I think". You two can/should get in touch for discussing who will do it.

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Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

No,no! I make bulgarian translation, but no polish. I said "I think" because in post #16 ricktendo64 wrote that there is a polish translation.

Last edited by chertoianov (2006-07-31 22:36:31)

Re: Translating the DriverPacks BASE: instructions (last updated Aug 13)

chertoianov wrote:

No,no! I make bulgarian translation, but no polish. I said "I think" becouse in post #16 ricktendo64 wrote that there is a polish translation.

Ah... Well, I see now that dziubek had already requested it earlier but I overlooked it... stupid me.

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