Translators Wanted

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mdeweerd
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The Desktop version of BT747 can be easily translated in other languages. Even though I know four languages, this small list does not cover the entire world. In the mean time, thanks to volunteers, the development version has more or less complete implementations of the application in: - English, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Chinese, Italian and Russian. If you are interested in helping out to translate BT747 to your language, let me know. No coding is needed - simple editing of a text file only (Bundle.properties in particular).

For (partially done) translations, the table just below points to files indicating the missing translation strings (an empty file indicates nothing is missing).  To help, do a 'save as' of the link, edit the file and send me the translations (see email in 'about' of app or use the contact functionality of this site).

Catalan (ca)ca_missing.lst
German (de)de_missing.lst
Spanish (es)es_missing.lst
French (fr)fr_missing.lst
Italian (it)it_missing.lst
Dutch (nl)nl_missing.lst
Polish (pl)pl_missing.lst
Portuguese (pt, Brazilian)pt_missing.lst
Russian (ru)ru_missing.lst
Chinese (zh)zh_missing.lst

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To illustrate the usefullness of a translation, here is a list of the top 10 visiting countries (the percentage indicates the part of visitors from that area to this site). Even if the table lists volunteers, some are more active than others, so if you find the translations to be incomplete, do not hesitate to volunteer yourself for a few updates.

Country Percentage Status of translation
Germany (19.25 %) Done
United States (16.34 %) Native
France (11.15 %) Done
Unknown (4.81 %)
Spain (4.73 %) Done. Catalan: one volunteer (partially done)
Italy (4.38 %) 3 volunteers (1 for PDA version)
Poland (4.27 %) Mostly done.
Netherlands (3.92 %) Mostly done.
UK (3.92 %) Native
Japan (3.34 %) No volunteer
Russian Federation (2.15 %) Partially done.
Australia (1.85 %) Native
Austria (1.82 %) German - See Germany
Switzerland (1.74 %) No volunteer
Finland (1.14 %) 1 volunteer - No progress
Republic of Korea (1.11 %) 1 volunteer - No progress
Brazil (0.92 %) >1 volunteer - Done
Czech Republic (0.87 %) No volunteer
Canada (0.84 %) Native + French
Hungary (0.82 %) No volunteer
Taiwan (0.82 %) Chinese - 1 TW volunteer - Fairly complete
Indonesia (0.76 %) No volunteer
Hong Kong (0.76 %) No volunteer
Belgium (0.71 %) French / Dutch / German
Estonia (0.68 %) No volunteer
Ukraine (0.65 %) No volunteer
New Zealand (0.63 %) No volunteer
Sweden (0.63 %) No volunteer
Portugal (0.57 %) >1 volunteer (Brazil) - Done
Singapore (0.54 %) No volunteer
China (0.41 %) 1 volunteer - similar to Taiwan - could be more localized
Argentina (0.35 %) No volunteer
Lithuania (0.24 %) No volunteer
... (0. %) 1 volunteer
Latvia (0.14 %) 1 volunteer /Inactive?
Anonymous

Hi, i was reading the web and i saw you need translators. I live in Argentina so i can help with Spanish i you need help.
i saw there are serveral people helping but if you need something i could help you.
my e-mail is gastuslg@gmail.com if you are interested.
Thank you and good luck!

stukka (not verified)

hi,

i speak spanish also and could help if you are interested in translating the program.

have a nice day!

mdeweerd
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Hi

Thanks for the offer.  I just updated the initial post so that the missing translations can be seen immediately.

Those interested can translate all or part of these and send them to me: bt747 A*T* bt747.org .

I will add them and on the next build the lists will get automatically updated.

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