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OK, so it's an old joke and doesn't translate well to other languages, which is a shame as translating to other languages is what this post is about.

I've recently added UTF-8 support to GReader2X so that people can read texts in (almost) any language and one of the beta testers (sorry Fatih, I don't know the nick you use on here) has kindly translated all the on screen prompts, menu's etc. to Turkish.

It struck me that it would be good to have other translations available when I release the next version (fairly soon BTW).

The only problem is, I only speak English and I'd rather avoid the possible problems associated with using Google or such like to do the translations, besides, I don't know which languages would be most needed.

So I'd like to throw it open to the community, if any of you speak another language, and would like GReader2X to support it, please translate the following strings. It'd be best to post your translations here so there's no duplication of effort.

Language ( ) [French, German, Klingon etc.]

0 Select Doc ( )
1 Configure ( )
2 Quit ( )
3 Loading ( )
4 Edit Config Settings ( )
5 Select colour element ( )
6 change element ( )
7 change setting ( )
8 change size ( )
9 change rotation ( )
10 change speed ( )
11 choose option ( )
12 accept ( )
13 abandon ( )
14 No ( )
15 Yes ( )
16 Error ( )
17 Paused ( )
18 Playing ( )
19 Stopped ( )
20 Please wait ( )
21 select key ( )

Thanks,

Coder.
 
I can translate in Italian B) . Here it is:

Lingua () [Italiano]

0 Seleziona Documento ( )
1 Configura ( )
2 Abbandona ( )
3 Caricamento ( )
4 Modifica Impostazioni Config. ( )
5 Seleziona Colore Elemento ( )
6 cambia elemento ( )
7 cambia impostazione ( )
8 cambia dimensione ( )
9 cambia rotazione ( )
10 cambia velocità ( )
11 scegli opzione ( )
12 accetta ( )
13 abbandona ( )
14 No ( )
15 Si ( )
16 Errore ( )
17 Pausa ( )
18 Riproduzione ( )
19 Stop ( )
20 Attendere prego ( )
21 scegli tasto ( )
 
Here's for the french translation :

0 "Sélectionner document" or "Sélect. doc." if shorter text is needed
1 Configurer ( )
2 Quitter ( )
3 Chargement ( )
4 Editer paramètres config ( )
5 Choisir élément couleur i'm not sure about this one, i need to know to know what this menu item is about
6 Changer élément ( )
7 Change paramètre ( )
8 Changer taille ( )
9 Changer rotation ( )
10 change vitesse ( )
11 choisir option ( )
12 accepter ( )
13 abandonner ( )
14 Non ( )
15 Oui ( )
16 Erreur ( )
17 Pause ( )
18 Lecture ( )
19 Arrêt ( )
20 Veuillez patienter ( )
21 Choisir touche ( )

If you need to cut down long texts, you can replace "paramètres" with "param." and "sélectionner" with "sélect."
 
Here´s everything in German.
Hopefully I didnt misinterpret any of your words, as I dont know the exact context of these commands and stuff.

BTW: "Config Settings" - isnt that a tautology? Wouldnt either "Config" or "Settings" be perfectly sufficient? :)



Language (Sprache) : German (Deutsch)

0 Select Doc ( Dokument auswählen )
1 Configure ( Konfigurieren )
2 Quit ( Beenden )
3 Loading ( Lädt )
4 Edit Config Settings ( Konfig.-Einstellungen bearbeiten )
5 Select colour element ( Farbelement auswählen )
6 change element ( Element ändern )
7 change setting ( Einstellung ändern )
8 change size ( Größe ändern )
9 change rotation ( Rotation ändern)
10 change speed ( Geschwindigkeit ändern)
11 choose option ( Option auswählen )
12 accept ( Annehmen )
13 abandon ( Verwerfen )
14 No ( Nein )
15 Yes ( Ja )
16 Error ( Fehler )
17 Paused ( Pause )
18 Playing ( Spielt ab )
19 Stopped ( Angehalten )
20 Please wait ( Bitte warten )
21 select key ( Taste auswählen )
 
Hi everybody! This is my first post here so might as well make it a useful one. Here's a translation to finnish.

Kieli ( ) [Suomi]

0 "Valitse dokumentti" or "Valitse dok." ( )
1 Muokkaa ( )
2 Poistu ( )
3 Lataa ( )
4 Muokkaa asetuksia ( )
5 Valitse värielementti ( )
6 Vaihda elementti ( )
7 Vaihda asetus ( )
8 Vaihda koko ( )
9 Vaihda suuntaa ( )
10 Vaihda nopeus ( )
11 Valitse vaihtoehto ( )
12 Hyväksy ( )
13 Hylkää ( )
14 Ei ( )
15 Kyllä ( )
16 Virhe ( )
17 Tauko ( )
18 Toistaa ( )
19 Pysähtynyt ( )
20 Odota Hetki ( )
21 Valitse Näppäin ( )
 
MisterBrisby said:
Here´s everything in German.
Hopefully I didnt misinterpret any of your words, as I dont know the exact context of these commands and stuff.

BTW: "Config Settings" - isnt that a tautology? Wouldnt either "Config" or "Settings" be perfectly sufficient? :)
Most of these are prompts for keys "J-Right/J-Left = Select Colour Element" or "X-Key = change element" for example. (I should explain that colours are set using three elements (Red, Green & Blue) each of which can be from 0 to 255.

Config settings is not quite a tautology, it would be if Config was short for configuration rather than configure. ...or maybe not. I'm not sure any more :(

In any case, it's the title at the top of the screen that displays all the settings for you to change. The good news is that it's all configurable now. If you don't like "Config Settings", edit the .lng file and change it to something else :)

BTW: thanks for the translation
 
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ak_ said:
Here's for the french translation :

5 Choisir élément couleur i'm not sure about this one, i need to know to know what this menu item is about
This is instructions at the bottom of the screen where you set the font or background colours. Colours are broken down into red, green & blue elements, each of which you set separately, the left and right keys (whatever you've set them to) are used to highlight one of these elements and then up/down keys are used to cycle through the possible values.

So "select colour element" just means highlight the part (red, green or blue) of the colour you want to change.

Maybe a screenshot will explain it better than I can.

ss-cols.jpg
 
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Sorry for not updating you Coder with my testing results, got a little busy, please wait for a detailed feedback from me this weekend.

Arabic (Please take in consideration that Arabic is right to left)
اللغة ( ) [العربية]

0 اختيار المستند ( )
1 إعدادات ( )
2 خروج ( )
3 تحميل ( )
4 عدل الإعدادات ( )
5 إختر العنصر اللوني ( )
6 غير عنصر ( )
7 غير الإعدادات ( )
8 تغيير الحجم ( )
9 تغيير إتجاه العرض ( )
10 تغيير السرعة ( )
11 حدد الإختيار ( )
12 موافق ( )
13 لاتغيير ( )
14 لا ( )
15 نعم ( )
16 خطأ ( )
17 توقف مؤقت ( )
18 عرض ( )
19 متوقف ( )
20 الرجاء الإنتظار ( )
21 إختر مفتاح ( )
 
In case you need the translation for the GP2X's keys, here they are:
Key مفتاح
Keys مفاتيح
Up فوق
Down تحت
Left يسار
Right يمين
Select إختيار
Start بدء
Vol up رفع الصوت
Vol down خفض الصوت
Vol middle الصوت الأوسط

Other words that might be important:
Open فتح
Close إغلاق
File ملف
Text نص
Red أحمر
Green أخضر
Blue أزرق
Continue استمرار
Back to text رجوع للنص
Back رجوع
Default settings إسترجاع الإعدادات الأصلية
 
Here is an spanish translation:

CODE
Idioma ( ) [Español]

0 Elegir documento ( )
1 Configurar ( )
2 Salir ( )
3 Cargando ( )
4 Editar opciones de configuración ( )
5 Elegir color del elemento ( )
6 cambiar elemento ( )
7 cambiar opción ( )
8 cambiar tamaño ( )
9 cambiar rotación ( )
10 cambiar velocidad ( )
11 elegir opción ( )
12 aceptar ( )
13 cancelar ( )
14 No ( )
15 Si ( )
16 Error ( )
17 Pausado ( )
18 Reproduciendo ( )
19 Parado ( )
20 Por favor, espere ( )
21 seleccionar tecla ( )
 
Coder said:
This is instructions at the bottom of the screen where you set the font or background colours. Colours are broken down into red, green & blue elements, each of which you set separately, the left and right keys (whatever you've set them to) are used to highlight one of these elements and then up/down keys are used to cycle through the possible values.

So "select colour element" just means highlight the part (red, green or blue) of the colour you want to change.
Ok so that would be "Choisir couleur élément" (exact and complete sentence is "Choisir la couleur de l'élément" but it's still understandable when shortened).
 
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Swedish settings below


Språk (Svenska)

0 Select Doc (Välj Document)
1 Configure (Konfigurera)
2 Quit (Sluta)
3 Loading (Laddar)
4 Edit Config Settings (Ändra program inställningar)
5 Select colour element (Välj Färg element)
6 change element (Ändra element)
7 change setting (Ändra inställning)
8 change size (Storlek)
9 change rotation (Rotera)
10 change speed (Hastighet)
11 choose option (Välj inställning)
12 accept (acceptera)
13 abandon (Avbryt)
14 No (Nej)
15 Yes (Ja)
16 Error (All your base...)
17 Paused (Pausad)
18 Playing (Spelar)
19 Stopped (Stoppad)
20 Please wait (Var vänlig vänta)
21 select key (Välj Tangent)


i think we will need a breakdown, (short explaination)of what each menu option does to translate correctly. great app btw Coder
 
evol said:
i think we will need a breakdown, (short explaination)of what each menu option does to translate correctly.
I'll try to take a screenshot of each place these are used so you can see exactly how they are used.

evol said:
great app btw Coder
Thanks.
 
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Coder said:
I'll try to take a screenshot of each place these are used so you can see exactly how they are used.
OK, here they are, with explanations (king of)

ss1.jpg

This shows strings 0, 1 & 2 (the menu in the middle)

ss2.jpg

Shows string 4 (title at the top)

ss3.jpg

Shows strings 21, 7, 12 & 13 (instructions at the bottom) Strings 12 & 13 are shown on most config screens.

ss4.jpg

Shows strings 5 & 6 (at bottom)

More to come in another message :)


ss5.jpg

Shows strings 11 (at bottom), 14 & 15 (middle of screen)

ss6.jpg

Shows strings 8, 9 & 10 (actually only shows 8, but the screens for 9 & 10 are nearly identical)

ss7.jpg

Shows strings 17, 18 & 19 (actually only shows 19, but "stopped" is replaced by "Playing" or "Paused" depending on the state of the player.

The remaining strings 3, 16 & 20 pop up in a box when an error occurs, or when it may take time to do something and when loading a file.

Hope that helps, and I hope there aren't too many changes as I've just finished reformatting all the replies for GReader2X to handle.

Cheers,

Coder.
 
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Hehe, almost forgot I translated this just as it was posted, but forgot to post my translation :lol:

But here it is:
(this one is in Danish)

0 Vælg dokument
1 Indstillinger
2 Afslut
3 Loader
4 Konfigurationsindstillinger
5 Vælg farveelement
6 skift element
7 skift indstilling
8 skift størrelse
9 skift rotation
10 skift hastighed
11 vælg indstilling
12 accepter
13 afbryd
14 Nej
15 Ja
16 Fejl
17 Pause
18 Afspiller
19 Stoppet
20 Vent venligst
21 Vælg tast

I also took the liberty to translate the rest of the keys, in case they are needed. (Borrowed from sehs33, hope its alright ;) )
Key / Tast
Keys / Taster
Up / Op
Down / Ned
Left / Venstre
Right / Højre
Select / Vælg
Start / Start
Vol up / Vol. op
Vol down / Vol. ned
Vol middle / Vol. mellem

Other words that might be important:
Open / Åben
Close / Luk
File / Fil
Text / Tekst
Red / Rød
Green / Grøn
Blue / Blå
Continue / Fortsæt
Back to text / Tilbage til tekst
Back / Tilbage
Default settings / Standard indstillinger

Edit: found a minor mistake :rolleyes:
 
mes83 said:
I also took the liberty to translate the rest of the keys, in case they are needed. (Borrowed from sehs33, hope its alright ;) )
15 Ja ;)
 
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the context is not always clear to me (select key.. you mean a key as in password, or a key from a keyboard), but here is the Dutch translation.

Language ( ) [Dutch]

0 Open document ( )
1 Configureer ( )
2 Stop ( )
3 Bezig met laden ( )
4 Wijzig config instellingen ( )
5 Selecteer kleur element ( )
6 Verander element ( )
7 Verander instelling ( )
8 Verander grootte ( )
9 Verander rotatie ( )
10 Verander snelheid ( )
11 Kies optie ( )
12 Accepteer ( )
13 Annuleer ( )
14 Nee ( )
15 Ja ( )
16 Fout ( )
17 Gepauseerd ( )
18 Bezig met afspelen ( )
19 Gestopt ( )
20 Even geduld aub ( )
21 Selecteer toets ( )
 
evol said:
Swedish settings below
Språk (Svenska)

0 Select Doc (Välj Document)
1 Configure (Konfigurera)
2 Quit (Sluta)
3 Loading (Laddar)
4 Edit Config Settings (Ändra program inställningar)
5 Select colour element (Välj Färg element)
6 change element (Ändra element)
7 change setting (Ändra inställning)
8 change size (Storlek)
9 change rotation (Rotera)
10 change speed (Hastighet)
11 choose option (Välj inställning)
12 accept (acceptera)
13 abandon (Avbryt)
14 No (Nej)
15 Yes (Ja)
16 Error (All your base...)
17 Paused (Pausad)
18 Playing (Spelar)
19 Stopped (Stoppad)
20 Please wait (Var vänlig vänta)
21 select key (Välj Tangent)


i think we will need a breakdown, (short explaination)of what each menu option does to translate correctly. great app btw Coder

I'd like to suggest a few changes, for various reasons. Mainly minor grammatical stuff.

0 Välj dokument

2 Avsluta

4 Ändra programinställningar

5 Välj färgelement

11 Välj alternativ

16 Fel
 
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