non-english Smokeview menus and dialogs
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Glenn Forney
May 28, 2011, 9:31:02 AM5/28/11
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fyi: I've recently created a version of Smokeview (revision 8416 or
later) that can display menu and dialog text in other languages
besides English. A big thanks to Susan Killian and Christian Rogsch
for correcting computer generated German translations and to Bryan
Klein and Paul Dixon for providing links that can create the initial
computer generated translations in many languages.
The important thing to note is that all of the "knowledge" regarding
alternate languages is contained in a data file, NOT in the Smokeview
source code. The only changes made to smokeview are 1) tag entries to
be translated and 2) add routines to do a table lookup (ie find
alternate text in data file associated with the original).
I've written up some notes on the Wikipage describing the process in
more detail ( http://code.google.com/p/fds-smv/wiki/Smokeview_Other_Languages
) . Basically the procedure is
1. translate smokeview_template.po (found in your installation
directory) into your language using a tool such as http://bryanklein.com/trans/index.php
2. IMPORTANT - correct the translation - computers are not perfect!
(found out from the computer generated German translation that
Smokeview is constipated with blockages!)
3. copy the translated file to your installation directory
4. define an environment variable LANG pointing to your language (de
for German, fr for French etc)
One caveat unfortunately, is that the alphabet used needs to be Roman,
ie letters a->z, A->Z . This is due to a limitation of the libraries
used to display text in Smokeview. There may be a bit more flexibility
but haven't narrowed this down yet.
If you are interested in creating/correcting .po files for your
language, let me know by just posting to this thread. thanks,
glenn
later) that can display menu and dialog text in other languages
besides English. A big thanks to Susan Killian and Christian Rogsch
for correcting computer generated German translations and to Bryan
Klein and Paul Dixon for providing links that can create the initial
computer generated translations in many languages.
The important thing to note is that all of the "knowledge" regarding
alternate languages is contained in a data file, NOT in the Smokeview
source code. The only changes made to smokeview are 1) tag entries to
be translated and 2) add routines to do a table lookup (ie find
alternate text in data file associated with the original).
I've written up some notes on the Wikipage describing the process in
more detail ( http://code.google.com/p/fds-smv/wiki/Smokeview_Other_Languages
) . Basically the procedure is
1. translate smokeview_template.po (found in your installation
directory) into your language using a tool such as http://bryanklein.com/trans/index.php
2. IMPORTANT - correct the translation - computers are not perfect!
(found out from the computer generated German translation that
Smokeview is constipated with blockages!)
3. copy the translated file to your installation directory
4. define an environment variable LANG pointing to your language (de
for German, fr for French etc)
One caveat unfortunately, is that the alphabet used needs to be Roman,
ie letters a->z, A->Z . This is due to a limitation of the libraries
used to display text in Smokeview. There may be a bit more flexibility
but haven't narrowed this down yet.
If you are interested in creating/correcting .po files for your
language, let me know by just posting to this thread. thanks,
glenn
Piotr Smardz
Aug 21, 2013, 4:11:21 PM8/21/13
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Dear Glen,
I'd like to create a Polish language version of Smokeview menu and dialog text. However, I don't seem to be able to find the smokeview_template.po file (or indeed any other .po file) and neither smokeview 5.6 nor smokeview 6.0 which I have installed on my computer includes the "Language" option in the Options menu - was the language-selection feature dropped or is it still available?
Also please note that me contact details in the "International Resources and Translators" page seem to be out of date, if possible please update my contact email to: pi...@inbepo.pl
Kind Regards,
Piotr Smardz
I'd like to create a Polish language version of Smokeview menu and dialog text. However, I don't seem to be able to find the smokeview_template.po file (or indeed any other .po file) and neither smokeview 5.6 nor smokeview 6.0 which I have installed on my computer includes the "Language" option in the Options menu - was the language-selection feature dropped or is it still available?
Also please note that me contact details in the "International Resources and Translators" page seem to be out of date, if possible please update my contact email to: pi...@inbepo.pl
Kind Regards,
Piotr Smardz
Glenn Forney
Aug 22, 2013, 9:04:07 AM8/22/13
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Piotr,
Thanks for volunteering to help! I'm out of the office until Friday. I'll send you some info then.
Glenn
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GF
Aug 26, 2013, 1:47:06 PM8/26/13
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Other languages for menus and dialogs are still supported in Smokeview. So far language files exist for French and German. There is a wiki at http://code.google.com/p/fds-smv/wiki/Smokeview_Other_Languages describing the process.
Look at the attached file and provide translations for the various words and phrases. You don't need to do them all - smokeview will use english for any phrases that do not have translation. . I would look at the SMokeview menus and start by providing translations for the "major" menu items. To see the your translations put this file into the SMokeview installation directory.
If you are still interested in doing this, start an issue on the issue tracker (for your questions) and as a reference for anyone who may be interested in providing translations for other languages . This will make it easier.
Look at the attached file and provide translations for the various words and phrases. You don't need to do them all - smokeview will use english for any phrases that do not have translation. . I would look at the SMokeview menus and start by providing translations for the "major" menu items. To see the your translations put this file into the SMokeview installation directory.
If you are still interested in doing this, start an issue on the issue tracker (for your questions) and as a reference for anyone who may be interested in providing translations for other languages . This will make it easier.
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Nadezhda
Aug 31, 2015, 1:19:03 PM8/31/15
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Dear Glen,
I try to create a Russian language version of Smokeview. Texts in menus are displayed well (see menu.png), but texts in dialogs not well (dialog.png).
In the first message you write "alphabet used needs to be Roman, ie letters a->z, A->Z" but I wonder has something changed from 2011 year?
GF
Sep 3, 2015, 3:04:16 PM9/3/15
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think it is because the dialog window software (which I didn't write) handles text and fonts differently than the rest of smokeview. start an issue and I'll take a look at it. don't think you can attach files to the issue, so try attaching the russian language files you came up to this user forum thread.
glenn
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