Participating to translation

[skrilax91]

I wonder if there is documentation on how to help with the translation of the project?
I would like to propose a French translation but I don't know how to proceed

[Hintay]

Hi there! Thank you for your interest in helping with the translation of the project and for considering proposing a French translation.

I apologies for not having a document to help you start the translation process, I will add this section to the documentation later. First, the language files are located in the frontend/src/language directory. You will need to use a po file editor (I recommend using Poedit) to translate the language.

Here are the steps you can follow:

1. Create a folder with the name of the language code in the language directory. In your case, it should be fr (or fr_FR, depend on your choice).
2. Generate your own app.po file for the language you want to translate by po file editor based on the translation template messages.pot, and place it in the fr folder.
3. Add the fr code to the LINGUAS file, and add the available language code in frontend/src/gettext.ts.
4. Finally, return to the frontend directory and run yarn gettext:compile to generate the required json files for the frontend.

If you are not familiar with programming, you can simply follow the first two steps. After completing these steps, you can propose a pull request for the project according to the guide.

I hope this helps! Thank you for your contribution to the project.

[Hintay]

Also, we are considering using weblate to simplify the translation process in the future.

[skrilax91]

Thanks for your reply !