EmulationStation localization (translation)

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.

darknior

@flyinghead said in EmulationStation localization (translation):

I used boost::locale for this implementation, although it seems the current trend is to get rid of it.

Really thanks a lot for it :)
But like you write you use BOOST and they try to remove it from ES source code :(
Can you found an other solution to be sure your work will be add to the official ES ?
Thanks

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.