Create translations for VLC media player
==============
Edit the appropriate file (for instance fr.po for French translation).
Write the translation of "msgid" strings into the "msgstr" field.
You can always ask vlc-devel@videolan.org for assistance.


Writing a new localization
==========================
If there is no localization file for your language, send a mail to
vlc-devel@videolan.org. In return we will send you a localization file,
along with a special VLC binary for your tests.


Testing your localization on UNIX
=================================
You must install the gettext package. See your UNIX distribution, or
  http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext
Use the convert-po.sh script attached :
  ./convert-po.sh <LANG>.po
Copy the resulting vlc.mo file to
  /usr/local/share/locale/<LANG>/LC_MESSAGES


Testing your localization on Mac OS X
=====================================
If you do not have GNU gettext installed (you'd probably know if you had
it :), you must download its binaries from our website :
  http://download.videolan.org/pub/videolan/devtools/gettext-macosx.tar.gz
and extract them into the current directory :
  tar xvzf gettext-macosx.tar.gz

Use the convert-po.sh script attached :
  setenv PATH gettext-macosx:$PATH
  setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH=gettext-macosx
  ./convert-po.sh <LANG>.po
[*]

Copy the resulting vlc.mo file to
  VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/locale/<LANG>/LC_MESSAGES


"fuzzy" translations
====================
A fuzzy translation is an untranslated string for which gettext did an
automatic suggestion, but needs your confirmation. They are marked with
the "#, fuzzy" comment. If you think the suggestion is OK, or if you
fixed the suggestion, do not forget to remove the "#, fuzzy" comment.


[*] Step by step process to localize under Mac OS X (excerpt from a mail) :
cd ~/Desktop
curl -O http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/devtools/vlc-po-files.tar.gz
tar xzf vlc-po-files.tar.gz
cd vlc-po-files
curl -O http://www.videolan.org/pub/videolan/devtools/gettext-macosx.tar.gz
tar xzf gettext-macosx.tar.gz
setenv PATH ./gettext-macosx:$PATH
setenv DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH ./gettext-macosx
[here you copy your it.po file to the vlc-po-files folder on your Desktop]
./convert-po.sh it.po
[here you copy the vlc.mo file to your
VLC.app/Contents/MacOS/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES]

-- 
Christophe Massiot <massiot@via.ecp.fr>
Derk-Jan Hartman <hartman at videolan dot org>
$Id: translations.txt,v 1.1 2004/02/04 03:23:25 hartman Exp $