EmulationStation localization (translation)

[Doriann]

@darknior how to compile your emulationstation in retropie? Please help me, I do not have great knowledge.

[darknior]

@doriann I can't explain all to you, you must know a little linux, git, and ssh.

You must connect your PI with SSH.
Use PI user, go to /home/pi create a /src/ directory
And :

git clone --recursive https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation.git
cd EmulationStation
mkdir src
cd src
cmake . .
make
cd ..

Launch it with LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation
Or replace the real one in /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation
And don't forgot the locale directory.

[Doriann]

@darknior thanks for reply. I'll try to change the language and tell you if I can. Who knows later you do not create a step-by-step tutorial. Thank you very much

[nofxman]

Hi everybody,

Thanks for the tutorial.
I launch the translation with LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation
But if I close Putty, ES returns to English.
I did not understand the last step for ES to stay in French.
Can you explain how to fix it?

thank you in advance

[thelostsoul]

@a12c4 I am personally not really interested, but I think this is a really good idea and would be good for many players.

[darknior]

@nofxman You only have to replace the original ES file by the new you have compiled.
And add this directory with french files : /tree/master/locale/lang/fr/LC_MESSAGES

Thanks @Flyinghead to update your fork yesterday ;)

[Neoskyriper]

it would be nice to choose the language that you want in emulationstation configurations would be huge

[djuanes]

hi

Yes, I'm interested and I'm willing to help with Catalan translation.

[Neoskyriper]

nice

[A12C4]

@neoskyriper He is just answering to my original message, which asked if people were interested if I add official localization support to ES.

Before you ask anything related, I have nothing to do with the unofficial localization support which were posted some messages ago. Ask the author directly if you want some kind of support.

[Flyinghead]

@a12c4 Needless to say, I'm interested in having official localization support in ES, and I'm willing to help.

[HarioH]

@darknior said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

You only have to replace the original ES file by the new you have compiled.
And add this directory with french files : /tree/master/locale/lang/fr/LC_MESSAGES

@darknior Hi, i'm stuck as @nofxman , working fine when i manually launch ES with LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation
but when i replace emulationstation by my freshly compiled one, i got an error and it won't launch :-(

The error :
lvl0: Error - File type unknown! emulationstation: /src/EmulationStation/es-core/src/resources/Font.cpp:17: Font::FontFace::FontFace(ResourceData&&, int): Assertion `!err' failed. Aborted

Any idea ?
Can't i just script launch "LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation" ?

And a big thank for your job @Flyinghead , i love it ;-)

[mitu]

@harioh said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

Can't i just script launch "LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation" ?

You can modify the autostart.sh script and replace the default emulationstation program execution with the line above.

[Flyinghead]

@harioh You also need to copy the entire "resources" directory to /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation

[HarioH]

@mitu @Flyinghead Perfect, combining you're tips, i got it working ^^

An other question, what if i want to change some word on the translation table ? do i need to re-compile again ?

I tryied to manually change the .po files with no luck

[Flyinghead]

@harioh Excellent! If you want to change some translation, you need to recompile. The .po is compiled into a .mo that's used by the app at runtime.

[HarioH]

@flyinghead I'll give it a try tomorrow so ! thanks

Edit : Recompiled the new .po file, copy/paste, working perfect ^^ GG

[heloisa]

@Flyinghead @darknior Hi. I translated emulationstation2.po to Portuguese Brazil, but I didn't understand how to apply translation. Help me. Tks

[darknior]

@heloisa Woaw cool :)
So bad we can't pull request it or open an issue on the @Flyinghead GIT.
Watch on the git where is the french file and make same for your file. Think your system must be in Portugese too, because this ES use it to choose the language.

[Flyinghead]

@heloisa You should be able to create a pull request on my fork. I also added the Issues list.
Or if you post your translation file here, I will commit it to the repository.