2 <title>Internationalization</title>
4 <sect1 id="adding-languages">
5 <title>Adding New Languages</title>
8 This file documents the necessary procedure for adding a new
9 language to the list of languages that Wine can display system
10 menus and forms in. Adding new translations is not hard as
11 it requires no programming knowledge or special skills.
15 Language dependent resources reside in files
16 named <filename>somefile_Xx.rc</filename> or
17 <filename>Xx.rc</filename>, where <literal>Xx</literal>
18 is your language abbreviation (look for it in
19 <filename>include/winnls.h</filename>). These are included
20 in a master file named <filename>somefile.rc</filename> or
21 <filename>rsrc.rc</filename>, located in the same
22 directory as the language files.
26 To add a new language to one of these resources you
27 need to make a copy of the English resource (located
28 in the <filename>somefile_En.rc</filename> file) over to
29 your <filename>somefile_Xx.rc</filename> file, include this
30 file in the master <filename>somefile.rc</filename> file,
31 and edit the new file to translate the English text.
32 You may also need to rearrange some of the controls
33 to better fit the newly translated strings. Test your changes
34 to make sure they properly layout on the screen.
38 In menus, the character "&" means that the next
39 character will be highlighted and that pressing that
40 letter will select the item. You should place these
41 "&" characters suitably for your language, not just
42 copy the positions from English. In particular,
43 items within one menu should have different highlighted
48 To get a list of the files that need translating,
49 run the following command in the root of your Wine tree:
50 <command>find -name "*En.rc"</command>.
54 When adding a new language, also make sure the parameters
55 defined in <filename>./dlls/kernel/nls/*.nls</filename>
56 fit your local habits and language.
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