GUI Translation
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Introduction
These pages provide details of everything you need to know relating to the translation of the text you see in the QGIS user interface. It is managed by the community assistant (GUI translation team lead) Werner Macho.
People working on your language can be found in the Translators List.
If you want to see how the progress of translation is please go to the GUI Translation Progress page.
If you plan to contribute to an existing language or you want to translate the QGIS gui into a not yet existing language and for any other related questions, please contact him or Otto Dassau using the qgis-community-team mailing list.
If you are interested to translate or update and extend the "User and Installation Guide", please get information from the DocumentationWritersCorner.
Mailing List
A (currently low volume) mailing list is available for discussion of both, translation of the QGIS user interface and documentation (User and Installation Guide) issues. We strongly encourage anyone joining the documentation effort to join this list!
Becoming the official translator for a new language
The QGIS project is always looking for people who are willing to invest some more time translating QGIS into a foreign language - even perhaps to coordinate the translation effort. We are trying to improve our project management process and spread the load more evenly between people who each have a specific area of resposibility, so any contribution you have to make will be greately appreciated.
If you would like to nominate yourself as a coordinator for a new language please go ahead. If more than one person nominates themselves as coordinator for the same language, please contact each other and resolve how you will manage your efforts. Please add your details to the Translators List below and also contact the Community Assistant and GUI translation team lead Werner Macho via the qgis-community-team mailing list.
Helping with an existing translation
If you like to help translating QGIS into a foreign language please contact the coordinator and additional contributors for that language and add your details to the Translators List below so you can manage your efforts.
To start QGIS with the appropriate localization run qgis with the option --lang=<language code> or change localization in QGIS under 'Settings -> Options -> Locale'.
Currently we have two versions of QGIS to look after: The LTS-Version (Long Term Support Version) and the Current-Version. As the LTS is mostly the first contact for new users for the next time we should try to bring LTS up to 100% translation. To help with the translation you have to get the sources. Depending on your operating system all you have to do is check out the "development part" of the stable 1.0 Version with: (assuming you have some kind of *NIX with a command line - for windows you have to use something like TortoiseSVN)
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/branches/Version-1_0/ qgis_1.0
To be up to date with the development version do a:
svn co https://svn.osgeo.org/qgis/trunk/qgis/ qgis_trunk
There you'll find all translation files in the i18n subdirectory.
The translation process explained
We use Qt4's translation system for managing translation of the text you see in the QGIS user interface. Instead of rewriting the Qt4 documentation again, its better to point you to the Qt Linguist documentation and then explain the nuances pertinent to QGIS. See also HowToTranslateQGIS page.
