FrontAccounting forum — How to make new language .po and .mo files

Re: How to make new language .po and .mo files

2012-05-15T20:17:00Z

Translation prepared by Thornbjorn is already available from FA repository as es_NI language package. Thank you very much for your support .
Janusz

Re: How to make new language .po and .mo files

2012-05-15T16:22:22Z

I have sent you the updated translation files to contributions@frontaccounting.com. They are in principle 100% translated and updated to FA version 2.3.10, but they are still defined as es_AR-2.3.0-1, as I am not smart enough to find out how to save them as es_NI-2.3.10 - but it would be nice if you can do that and post them on your site so other Latin Americans can use them and adapt them locally.

Re: How to make new language .po and .mo files

2012-05-13T20:37:03Z

Also you have to install proper locales on your ubuntu server. See here for more info.

Re: How to make new language .po and .mo files

2012-05-13T19:09:11Z

Ah, you must do a merge before you do the translations.

Look in the sticky topics about how to update the .po file with the latest empty.po file

Joe

Re: How to make new language .po and .mo files

2012-05-13T17:16:00Z

I shall of course send you the files, if I succeed. I have done as you suggested, added the language (.po and .mo files) manually in FA, however FA continues to mark the language as not installed. Just in case, I tried to open your "empty.po" and save it as es_NI and then install it, but that does not work either. I must obviously be missing something. So I guess I will have to revert to the Argentinean one and edit on that one.

Another thing is that there is quite a lot of text in English that can't be edited in POedit. I guess it is because I am working in FA 2.3.10 and the translations are from 2.3.0-1.

Re: How to make new language .po and .mo files

2012-05-13T07:50:32Z

Inside poEdit, you can change the catalog setting for the project. Select 'Catalog' on the menu. Then select 'Settings'.... Change the project to fit your new es_NI. Save your project back with updated .po and .mo file.

I guess this should do it.

When you are ready, please share the project with us. We will then upload it to the global repository.

7Joe

Re: How to make new language .po and .mo files

2012-05-12T17:07:40Z

That link works, but it does not explain how to create a new language from an existing one. The link that is broken is this one (On the fawiki page:https://frontaccounting.com/fawiki/index.php?n=Help.InstallUpdateLanugages) :

"If the language file you require doesn't exist on the Sourceforge server you can create your own .po and .mo files using Poedit as indicated here: https://frontaccounting.com/wbt/pages/download/download-languages.php Simply use Poedit to alter an existing .po language file where you wish to change it and save to your new language folder. Then update the language as above. "

What I have done, but I am not sure it is the right way, is simply to open the es_AR .po file in POedit and save it as es_NI. Then install the es_NI locale and make it default. FA seems now to use the es_NI file, even if it says that it is not installed (it is actually there in var/www/frontaccounting/lang and seems to be updated when I add new translation with POedit).

Re: How to make new language .po and .mo files

2012-05-12T06:59:39Z

Is this the correct link?

https://frontaccounting.com/wbt/pages/download/language-translation.php

Joe

How to make new language .po and .mo files

2012-05-12T01:26:05Z

I have been trying out FA for a small hotel in Nicaragua (in Ubuntu 11.10). As it is a requirement here that the accounts be in Spanish, I tried first the Mexican version, but as the translation was quite bad, I changed to the Argentinian one, which turns out to be much better. I have worked with that one and made changes and additions to the translation with POedit. I had a lot of difficulties getting the language to actually change, so I had to make Argentinian Spanish the default locale to make it work, but that creates a series of problems for my other programmes (plus that there are idiomatic differences too). I would therefore like to contribute with a Nicaraguan version of the translation (es_NI), but I am not sure how I can do that based on the Argentinian version (es_AR). I found out, I can't simply change the name of the .po file, but the link on the FA website explaining how to proceed seems to be broken. Could you give me a link to an explanation on how to contribute with a new translation based on a similar one?