EmulationStation localization (translation)

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.

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