This is the directory where all translations should go.
Translations are loaded for a given term at three levels:
1) default
2) <Language>
3) <Language> <Locale/Variant>
Developers who are adding a new feature should add new strings *only* to default. This file
should be comprised of basic English text. It will be used in the event that there are no
more specific languages specified. Once you have modified default, you should run
./tools/generateTranslationDiffs.sh (bash script) which will re-generate the localizations
with commented out additions which you have just added.
Translators should in general implement the <Language> file. This is the generic translation
for a given language; for instance, 'French', 'German', 'Norsk', etc. If a string exists in
this file (and the user has specified this language), then RawTherapee will override the value
in default with the value in <Language>. Please note that the filename for this file must not
contain any spaces.
In some situations, translations may differ based on region, locale, etc. A good example of this
is the difference in spelling between 'color' (American English) and 'colour' (British English).
In this case, the vast majority of strings are identical between English and English (UK);
however, to keep the proper spelling in Britain, we have a locale file called 'English (UK)' which
contains the differences between the two. RawTherapee uses locale files when:
a) The user has selected a language which has a space in the file name
b) There is another file which is identical to the locale file up until the space (i.e., 'English'
to the locale file 'English (UK)').
If a locale file is used, it is applied in the same manner as <Language> is to default. The locale
will override any keys present from the ones in the language file (and in turn, the default).
After the generateTranslationDiffs.sh has been run, all untranslated terms for a given language /
locale will exist at the end of the file, prefixed by a ! comment marker. Translators should
go through this section of the file and translate all terms which they can. After you have translated
a line, just remove the ! comment marker. Comments may bee included using the #xx comment marker, where
xx is a numeric prefix used to make sure automated sorting keeps comments in the right order, e.g.:
#00 Comment line 1...
#01 Line 2...
#02 3, etc.
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