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Erwin Scheuch-Heilig edited this page Sep 11, 2022 · 1 revision

AndrOBD language translation

AndrOBD can be translated into all languages, and even dialects, which are supported and selectable by the Android native language system.

Translations may be performed in 2 different ways:

  1. Web based translation system using Weblate platform
  2. Local editing of language source files

Translatable text components

The translatable text messages are split into 5 different components:

Component Strings Source location Description Comment
AndrOBD 485 Weblate only Glossary of automotive terms For Weblate automated suggestions - OBD/automotive knowledge helpful
Strings 171 androbd/src/main/res/values-xx/ strings.xml Messages of the AndrOBD app Common AndrOBD app messages
AndrOBD plugin framework 9 AndrOBD-libplugin src/main/res/values-xx/ strings.xml Messages of AndrOBD-libplugin plugin framework Common app messages
OBD data descriptions 499 library/src/main/java/com/fr3ts0n/ecu/prot/obd/res/ messages_xx.properties Textual description of OBD data items OBD/automotive knowledge helpful
OBD fault codes 2635 library/src/main/java/com/fr3ts0n/ecu/prot/obd/res/ codes_xx.properties Textual description of OBD trouble codes OBD/automotive knowledge needed

Translate on Weblate

The Weblate platform does handle all needed versioning commands, commits, pull requests automatically, so there is no need to care about the change management. As a translator you can just focus on the text translations.

Translation steps

  • Open Weblate
  • Login / create a free translator account.
  • Select desired component to translate
  • Select- or create preferred language
  • Translate strings

For more details of how to do translations on Weblate, please check the Weblate help pages.

Translate locally

In order to do local translation by editing source files you will need at least following tools installed on your PC:

  • GIT
  • Text Editor
  • (optionally) Android Studio, which does offer a rather good translation editor.

Translation steps

  • Clone / fork AndrOBD repository
  • Create / Edit corresponding source files
  • Commit your changes
  • Push to GitHub
  • Create Pull Request with your changes

Credits

Thank you to everybody who volunteers and invest personal time and effort to translate this app into any other language. I always try to include your names into the corresponding release notes.

You all do a wonderful job. Me, and most likely all other users appreciate your work. 👍

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