HELP WANTED: Translate Padloc to other languages

[MaKleSoft]

Title says it all. The Padloc app is currently available in English and German, but we'd love to support more languages! If you'd like to help translate Padloc into your language (or any language you are sufficiently fluent in), here is how you can do it:

1. Fork this repo
2. Create a copy of the empty translations template
3. Change the name to the appropriate country code
4. Fill in the translations
5. Create a pull request

Feel free to use this thread to let others know you're working on a translation or to coordinate your efforts.

That's it! For more information, check out the locale package. Looking forward to your contributions 😊

Translations complete:

• German
• Spanish
• Russian

[moigarmo]

Hi guys! I'm happy to help here.
I'm translating into spanish.

Cheers.

[MaKleSoft]

@moigarmo Great! Let me know if you have any questions.

[moigarmo]

I've created a pull request with the translations in spanish.
I hope it helps.

[MaKleSoft]

@moigarmo Wow, that was fast. Thanks!

[moigarmo]

Hi @MaKleSoft, I've been playing around with the app a bit and I found a couple of errors in the translations I'd like to fix. But I don't know how to handle one kind of them.
In spanish there are some sentences that in english are written the same but depending on the context they may have a different meaning and because of the way translations work in this project it is not easy to differentiate between them.
For instance, "log in" in the main screen means that you have to log in to perform further actions, whereas when you are creating a new item, the option log in means that you want to create a log in information item, which would be translated a bit diffetent.
I don't think it's a big deal but it seems awkard the way it is displayed in that screen. And the way translations work in this project don't allow, that I know of, a way to translate the same sentence differently.

If you know a way to do that it'd be great.

Thanks,
Moi.

[MaKleSoft]

@moigarmo Yes, I've noticed the same issue with German, specifically about the different meanings of "Login". Would you mind creating a separate issue listing all problems and where in the app they occur (screenshots would be amazing)? I'll figure out a strategy based on that.

[avvolodin]

I've added PR for russian ui translation.
#258

[jhjacobs81]

I’ll start on the Dutch translation :)

[fghzxm]

What country code should I use for Simplified Chinese? Should I use zh-cn or just cn?

[MaKleSoft]

Hi @fghzxm! First of all, thank you for taking the time to translate Padloc to Simplified Chinese! However, before you get started, I'd like to point out that we're currently working full steam on v4, which will have quite a few changes, including translatable texts - so if you want your contribution to last for more than a couple of weeks, it would be great if you could base your translation off the v4 branch. As for which locale code to use, I'm not entire sure honestly, but I think cn should be fine. It kind of depends on what locale string the user agents spits out, so we'll likely just have to test it.

[coluzziandrea]

I've added a PR for italian translations, hope it helps

[MaKleSoft]

FYI, translation files have been updated to include the latest changes from v4.

[halacoglu]

I've started translating to Turkish language.

[rhuba8324]

I've added PR for Chinese Traditional (tw) translation. :D
#547

[andrejdaskalov]

Started working on Macedonian translation. Also i have a question: in some places where every word is capitalized, is it important that the translated version is also capitalized that way? For example: "Enter Email Address"

[BrunoBernardino]

Thanks @andrejdaskalov ! Not all translations respect that, but it would be better for consistency, yes.

[WizMe-M]

Hi, currently am updating RU-translation (prev version: #258).
Could somebody tell me how can I test it out before pull request (does it available to)?

[BrunoBernardino]

@WizMe-M locally, assuming you've ran npm ci to get the dependencies installed, you can run npm run format && npm test to check locally before pushing or opening a PR.

[RoyalCrafter]

Hi, just to let you know, i'm currently updating the german translation, so that it includes the strings from the new padloc version

[MahmoudTurkmani]

Hello, I've begun work on an Arabic translation :)

[MahmoudTurkmani]

Create PR for Arabic translation #743

Please note that some words that are used in the system don't have an Arabic equivalent or their equivalent is not suitable for use (such as uppercase, item, theme, and session). I've tried my best to pick the most suitable replacement for each of these words.

[MinionAttack]

Hi, I have updated and fixed Spanish translation. Here is the pull request: #744