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Contributions => Localizations => Topic started by: Inspirer on January 15, 2009, 12:38:16 PM

Title: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: Inspirer on January 15, 2009, 12:38:16 PM
Mibew Messenger 2.x

The second version of Mibew Messenger utilizes gettext (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettext) for internationalization and localization.

To create your own translation of Mibew Messenger 2.x you'll have to download the POT file (the latest version is always available here: http://mibew.org/download2) and translate it using your favorit gettext editor.

And there is also a special repository for translations: https://github.com/Mibew/i18n



Mibew Messenger 1.6.x

How to translate:

a) Do it on your web server:

1. Install Mibew Messenger 1.6.x (the lastest version is always available here: http://mibew.org/download)
2. Download newlocale.zip (http://mibew.org/download/newlocale.zip) (webim_newlocale151.zip) and unpack it into /locales/ folder on your server.
3. Rename locales/CC folder according to your language code
4. Edit locales/<yourlocale>/properties, last line: update localeid of your locale (ex: English)
5. Make sure /locales/<yourlocale>/properties has write attribute (on the server)
6. Navigate to /mibew/operator/translate.php on your server (translation UI)

-OR-

b) Ask us to setup it for you:

1. Tell us the language you'd like to translate
2. We'll provide the link to translation UI

Next step is to translate the images. You can do it by yourself, or post the translation of all phrases in this forum.
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: jorge_melo on January 20, 2009, 10:29:22 PM
Edit config.php file directory libs to me in Spanish to amend the following lines where you want the language:
/*
 *   Inbox for left messages encoding
 */
$webim_messages_locale = "sp";

/*
 *   Locales
 */
$home_locale = "en,fr,ru,sp,zh-tw";         /* native name will be used in this locale */
$default_locale = "sp";            /* if user does not provide known lang */
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: jorge_melo on January 21, 2009, 09:05:36 PM
Disculpen mi olvido, pero hay que hacer un cambio en el archivo /locales/names/properties y confirmar si tiene la siguiente informacion, en caso de no adicionarle:

encoding=utf-8

bg=Bulgarian
cs=Čeština
da=Dansk
de=Deutsch
en=English
fi=Finnish
fr=Français
he=Hebrew
hr=Hrvatski
it=Italiano
lv=Latviešu
no=Norsk
pl=Polski
pt=Português
pt-br=Português Brasil
ru=Russian
sk=Slovenčina
sp=Español
sv=Svenska
tr=Turkish
zh-tw=Traditional Chinese
ua=Ukrainian
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: jorge_melo on January 22, 2009, 05:46:59 PM
Para zh-cn por favor enviarnos las imagenes y el propertiez, para iniciar la recopilacion de lenguajes
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: Fabiano on February 20, 2009, 05:58:33 PM
Hi, I would like the translation into Portuguese-Brazil. How can I do this, or how can I get this??

thank's
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: gogz on July 07, 2009, 12:38:14 PM
Hi!

I have renamed CC folder to hr (hrvatski - croatian language), uploaded it to server in locales folder and gave it 777 chmod. However, when I go to Localize, there is only English language - twice.

Thanks in advance!

GoGz
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: Inspirer on July 07, 2009, 08:37:26 PM
edit locales/hr/properties, replace localeid=English => localeid=Hrvatski.

By default, not-localized strings are taken from locales/en/properties.
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: gogz on July 08, 2009, 07:07:21 AM
Thank you for your fast reply!
I had to add that line - localeid=Hrvatski (hr), because no localeid=English existed in properties file.

GoGz
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: Ress on July 08, 2009, 05:43:57 PM
I'm sorry. Russian language include in latest version?
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: fragl on August 12, 2009, 12:28:59 PM
Dear all, can you kindly advise the localisation for Russian language based on 1.6.2 edition.

Thank you in advanced,

Sergey
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: Inspirer on August 13, 2009, 09:35:20 AM
Dear all, can you kindly advise the localisation for Russian language based on 1.6.2 edition.

Sure! Here:
http://mibew.org/forums/index.php?topic=259.0
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: ruangweb on September 14, 2009, 06:45:54 PM
2. Download http: //mibew.org/download/locales/webim_newlocale151.zip and unpack it into /locales/ folder on your server.

404 error
file not found
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: dansve on January 11, 2010, 08:20:14 PM
2. Download http: //mibew/download/locales/webim_newlocale151.zip and unpack it into /locales/ folder on your server.

404 error
file not found

*bump*
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: Inspirer on January 12, 2010, 10:00:42 PM
Updated!
New link is http://mibew.org/download/newlocale.zip
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: Berasneu on April 20, 2011, 09:39:21 AM
Where can I get a picture with layers of directories "button" and "images"?
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: Inspirer on April 20, 2011, 08:01:41 PM
Here:
https://github.com/Mibew/design/tree/master/design
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: Srinidhi on September 04, 2012, 11:53:45 AM
I would like to translate mibew to KANNADA. How do i get started?
Title: Please make any one in hindi language too
Post by: Shiv Singh on November 11, 2013, 05:52:17 PM
i am from India so i am want it on hindi language too by which our country user can also use it easily.
 :) :) 
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: faf on November 11, 2013, 06:40:51 PM
i am from India so i am want it on hindi language too by which our country user can also use it easily.

Do you want to translate it yourself?  ;)
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: disenowebmurcia on May 27, 2015, 03:04:52 PM
Hi, I like to traslate it to spanish, is strange that there is not a spanish thread... :(
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: faf on May 27, 2015, 03:13:54 PM
Hi, I like to traslate it to spanish, is strange that there is not a spanish thread... :(

The Spanish translation is already exists (actually it does for a long long time).

If you think that it's invalid or incomplete, you can send us your version, so we'll be able to check it and (maybe) replace the old translation. Alternatively, one can send us a pull request using our official i18n repository: https://github.com/Mibew/i18n/
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: disenowebmurcia on May 27, 2015, 03:21:26 PM
I'll check it.  I'm in Spain and it is possible that the Spanish Variations are from South America.
Title: Re: Help us to translate Web Messenger into your language!
Post by: faf on May 27, 2015, 04:21:03 PM
Fine. We'll wait to hear from you.