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Translate on the Launchpad.
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Use Launchpad for the translations. Browse to https://translations.launchpad.net/audio-recorder
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Login and open a new language file.
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Login and open/update the translations.
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Important: The translations from the Launchpad are automatically copied/synchronized to the source code's po/ directory.
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Launchpad does this transfer once a day.
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It creates binary language file (*.gmo) of each *.po.
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Testing the program with new languages:
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You can easily test the program with various languages (language files).
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Simply set the LANG= variable before starting the program.
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Eg. this will start the audio recorder with Dutch (nl) language setting.
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$ LANG=nl_NL.UTF-8 audio-recorder
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This will start it with Norwegian Bokmål. Put all this on one line.
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LANG=nb_NO.UTF-8 audio-recorder
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LANG=fi_FI.UTF-8 audio-recorder
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Of course you must generate and install the language files with
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Notice: You must also install the same language in system settings!
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Look for the "Language support" dialog. Install all necessary languages there.
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You can set the current language in the login-screen (at least in the earlier version of GNOME).
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Testing the program with various languages:
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First, you must install the global language packages in the System Settings -> Languages Dialog !
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Press the [Install/Remove languages] button and choose/install the appropriate languages.
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Use the "locale -a" command to list all supported languages in your system.
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Please check if your target language appears in the list.
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Now you can test Audio-recorder with the supported languages.
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You simply set the tonque before starting the recorder.
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# Changing language of audio-recorder to Norwegian Bookmål
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$ export L=nb_NO.UTF-8
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$ LANG=$L; LC_ALL=$L; LANGUAGE=$L audio-recorder
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# Changing language to German
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$ export L=de_DE.UTF-8
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$ LANG=$L; LC_ALL=$L; LANGUAGE=$L audio-recorder
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# Changing lingo to English GB
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$ export L=en_GB.UTF-8
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$ LANG=$L; LC_ALL=$L; LANGUAGE=$L audio-recorder
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You may also set the language for the ENTIRE DESKTOP in the System-Settings, User Definition dialog.
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Some (not Ubuntu/Unity) systems may let you set the language in the login-screen (Log-out / Log-in).
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Of course, the above commands require that audio-recorder has been translated and packaged with the actual tonques.
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Please see: https://translations.launchpad.net/audio-recorder
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4) You may also translate the HTML-files (help files) in the audio-recorder/data directory.
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If not translated, the program will show the original english text.