Translations

Q:I would like to help translate Workrave, where do I start?

A:Workrave uses GNU gettext for dealing with translations. Translating Workrave boils down to providing a translated text for each and every English text used in Workrave. All of the texts to be translated are listed in one file (.po). For each text you need to provide the translation by inserting it in that very same .po file. Translating can be a very tedious job. Luckily there is tooling available to help you. For example, for GNU/Linux, there is kbabel, gtranslator and many others. For Windows, there is poEdit. And for GNU/Emacs, there is the excellent M-x po-mode. So first, ’ll have to pick any of the above tools, depending on the platform you are working on. Install that tool first, and get acquainted with it. From that point on, you can start translating using the .po files. The .po files can be found in our git repository