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Would you like to see smplayer translated to your own language?
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Making a translation is easy.
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You need a tool called "Linguist".
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In linux it should be in qt-devel, libqt-dev (or similar) or in its own
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package (maybe as qt-linguist).
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In windows it's included in the Qt opensource edition. But this package
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is very large, about ~50 MB size (it includes all necessary to compile
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Qt applications). To make things easier I created a small zip which
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contains Linguist only (~ 4 MB). You can get it
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[url=http://downloads.sourceforge.net/smplayer/Linguist.zip?use_mirror=osdn]here[/url].
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This package doesn't include the documentation, but you can consult it
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on-line, [url=http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/linguist-translators.html]here[/url].
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[img]http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/screenshots2/linguist2.jpg[/img]
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Now run linguist, and open one of the *.ts files included in the source
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code of smplayer, for instance smplayer_es.ts.
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You will see the original source text in English and the translated one.
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Just make the translation to your language.
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If you prefer to start with an empty file (no translations) you can get this
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file (http://smplayer.sourceforge.net/linux/download/smplayer_empty_0.4.15.zip)
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You'll have to press Ctrl+Enter in every translation to check it as
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"done" (it will appear with a green check mark). Phrases not marked as
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"done" will appear with a yellow question mark, and the translation
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Just remember to save it later with a different name. If you translate
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to italian, save it as smplayer_it.ts.
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Two important things to know:
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* Some strings have variables: %1, %2 and so on. Examples: "The file %1
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already exists", "Copying %1 to %2". Those variables will be replaced
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at runtime with a filename, a number or something else (you'll know from
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the context). You may change the order of the variables if your language
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* Accelerators: in some texts you will see something like this:
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"&Open". At runtime it will appear with the O underlined:
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[b][u]O[/u]pen[/b]. That means that the O key will be used as a key
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accelerator. But probably in your language the "open" word doesn't have
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a O. In Spanish for instance "open" is "abrir". So you will have to
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choose a new letter for the accelerator: &Abrir, but it can also be
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A&brir or Ab&rir, or whatever you want. But you have to take care of not
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repeating the same accel for different options in the same menu
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(Linguist will warn you with a red exclamation mark)
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Once you have finished the translation you'll probably want it to see in
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smplayer. In linguist select Open->Release and that will create a *.qm
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file. Copy it to wherever you have the smplayer executable and that's
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The last step is to send me the translation (the *.ts file). I will add
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to the source code and your translation will available for everyone.
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If you later want to update your translation, just get from time to time
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the smplayer sources, open the ts file in linguist and translate the new
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It seems a lot of people is having problems to find my e-mail address...
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(it's on the about dialog).
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You can send your translations to: rvm@escomposlinux.org
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By the way, if you're planning to make a translation maybe it's a good
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idea if you first tell me or announce it here, to avoid duplications.
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And something else: I'm releasing new versions almost every day (maybe
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because I don't know how to use a svn), but of course it's not necessary
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that you update your translation so often. Maybe once a week, or once
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every two weeks or once a month... as you like :)
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