Language files issues

lol2121 · 2017-11-21T19:55:07.181Z

I want to make a British translation of the game (because reasons). The problem is, I can’t do it. I’ve tried editing the cataclysm-dda.pot file, making a new en_GB.po file among some other stuff. I’ve requested the translation on Transifex. The question is, is there any way I can manually add a language to the game?

kevin.granade · 2017-11-22T01:07:42.738Z

Sounds like you found it, but just in case here’s the main documentation:

github.com

CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/doc/TRANSLATING.md

# Translating Cataclysm: DDA

## Translators

The official location for translating Cataclysm: DDA is the
[Transifex translations project][1].

Some of the currently supported languages are:

* Arabic
* Bulgarian
* Chinese (Simplified)
* Chinese (Traditional)
* Dutch
* Esperanto
* French
* German
* Italian (Italy)
* Japanese
* Korean

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The project uses gettext, here are the gettext instructions for creating a new language file:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#Creating

lol2121 · 2017-11-22T18:15:22.964Z

Do I need to recompile the game in order to see the new language?

kevin.granade · 2017-11-22T18:25:25.040Z

I can’t recall for sure if the config for languages used is present in a json file or hard-coded somewhere. If it’s pulled from config updating that should be sufficient, if it’s hardcoded it will require a compile.

Edit: looks like it’s hard-coded here: https://github.com/CleverRaven/Cataclysm-DDA/blob/master/src/options.cpp#L932

But if you can arrange for it to recognize your system language as en_GB it should pick it up. I have to warn you that bit is fragile and system-dependent, which is why we have the options there in the first place.

lol2121 · 2017-11-23T15:17:42.263Z

Will adding ‘en_GB (English (UK)’ entry to /src/options.cpp, making the .po file, compiling the .mo files and then the game prove enough?

kevin.granade · 2017-11-23T17:54:42.178Z

I think that’s it, but I’m notc100% sure. All you need to do to certify it is change one word in the interface in your .po file.

lol2121 · 2017-11-25T17:37:03.889Z

BTW, is there any tool for .po file editing for Ubuntu? As in, I want to edit the translated text only, but I don’t want to manually replace every instance of the stuff that I want to translate.

lol2121 · 2017-11-27T19:08:21.302Z

This stubborn piece of… whatever still doesn’t want to translate! I’ve updated the .pot, compiled .mo, what am I doing wrong?

lol2121 · 2017-11-28T17:54:08.378Z

You know what? I’m just going to leave it as-is and finally get to the darn game!