EmulationStation localization (translation)

Robotechvfx

@meleu Glad you like the idea of translating Retropie to Portuguese.
The only thing we need to do know is start.
If this Idea moves towards fruition, like I said I can do the portuguese - Portugal because I am a native and my girlfriend, if she agrees she can do the Portuguese Brazil because she is native in that.
Now you know, if this moves forward you only need to contact me with the details for us to start.

meleu

@robotechvfx I hope @A12C4 has some instructions on how we can start the translation.

A12C4

Thanks all for your enthousiasm, unfortunally I'm really busy until the end of next week, so I don't have much time to continue my work on the gridview or localization until then.

@meleu I first need to finish the implementation of localization in EmulationStation, then do some research about what is the best process to work with traduction files. Actually there is so many software and websites to do that, some are very basics, some are really advanced and have features like you register as a translator for a particular langage and you get a notification each time a new string is added asking you to update the translation you are in charge ... I need to do a more in depth research but I don't have time for that now.

Sorry if I'm not really active on this topic at the moment I hope you understand.

darknior

HI @A12C4 :)
Some news about your localisation option for ES ?
I know it is so many work to release ... nut i dream to see it for my little children :p

"Comme tu le sais en France on est pas des crack en Anglais, et surtout pas en école maternelle et primaire lol
Et ça les Anglais et Ricain ont un peu du mal à le comprendre je crois ... évidement que pour les adultes c'est différent :)"

A12C4

@darknior I don't know when or even if I will finish this feature. I don't really have time atm, and I first need to finish the GridView.

If someone is willing to work on it, he is welcome.

Matbog

@a12c4 said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

Yes, I'm interested and I'm willing to help with translations

For Italian.

A12C4

@BuZz So what is your final opinion on this feature ? People look interested so I wonder if I can start working on it.

darknior

Yes please make it ...
For the moment i must trick and translate my skin to have a FRENCH ES, but it is impossible for the menu :(

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I also work a lot on the Webtropie project.
Now this excellent program is 100% US and FR and near finished for the version 1.0
Like for it you can be sure i will help you here ;)

A Former User

I'd help, but I don't know many languages. I'm learning french right now, but I don't think it would help me out. The other languages are some indian languages that I can't read or write at all, but can speak. I can ask some people to help me out with the translations though.

Flyinghead

Hello,

I took the liberty to do a localisation of EmulationStation based on the Retropie fork. It's available here: https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation
I took inspiration from the work done in the recalbox fork. It currently supports English and French but other languages can be added with a new message file.

I used boost::locale for this implementation, although it seems the current trend is to get rid of it.
It was the easiest and shortest route for me...

darknior

@flyinghead WOAW excellent if it is merged you have released one of my ES dream :p
I have download and compile it on my PI, replace the file on the directory if i understand fine :

/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation-dev

I don't found emulationstation on an other place ...
Restart my PI, and nothing :(
I can't found any option in MENU to change ENGLISH to FRENCH to try your work.
I think i have not replacing the good file or i miss something :(

I have read your french translation on GIT and it is perfect :)

Flyinghead

@darknior It uses the current environment language. You can change it systemwide by editing /etc/default/locale:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8

darknior

@flyinghead said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

@darknior It uses the current environment language. You can change it systemwide by editing /etc/default/locale:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8

Thanks a lot.
It is already in FRENCH, all is in french on my PI lol
But ES is always in english.
Where is your emulationstation exe ?
Maybe i don't change the good one.

Flyinghead

It should go into /opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation but there's a new folder "locale" that must be copied as well.

darknior

@flyinghead Yes i have try it too ...

/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation
/opt/retropie/supplementary/emulationstation-dev

In the two directories because for my part i use the dev version.
And i create :

locale/emulationstation2.pot
locale>lang
locale>lang>fr
locale>lang>fr>emulationstation2.po
locale>lang>fr>LC_MESSAGES>emulationstation2.po

Two time the file "emulationstation2.po" to be sure ... but same all is always in english for me :(

Flyinghead

Try to run it directly from the build directory:
LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation

darknior

@flyinghead said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8 ./emulationstation

I try to do it and WOAW it works really fine, so excellent to see ES in french lol

After i close it, copy the LOCALE dir from build directory and now it works fine too.
Your work is really perfect, i really wish it will be add as official on the Es-DEV git.

I think it can ba a good idea to add a langage selection in UI SETTINGS to let the user force what he want. But using linux locale LANG by default is really a good idea :)

Will you make a pull request on git ?

hiulit

@flyinghead How can we add other languages?

darknior

@hiulit I tink by adding some new .po files like here https://github.com/flyinghead/EmulationStation/tree/master/locale/lang/fr/LC_MESSAGES

And change "fr" to "de", "it", "es", "ru" ...

In action :

Flyinghead

@hiulit @darknior is right: create a new directory for the language, for example locale/lang/de/LC_MESSAGES then create a new emulationstation2.po file in it with the new language. Compile and you're done.