Edit a Language File

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Edit a Language File

If you noticed some translation error or would like to change the translation for the language you have selected, you can update the translation by editing the language file.

A. Export the Language File

  1. To edit a language file, you must select the language first, and then export it for editing.
  2. Select Menu->File->Select Interface Language, or click on the top right label which is display the name of the current selected language.
  3. Click on the language you want to export and press OK (or double click on it).
  4. The language you want is now selected and the easyslides user interface will now show the language you have selected.
  5. To export the current selected language, select Menu->Tools->Export Language File.
  6. The “Export Language File” window will open.
  7. Change the output folder if so desired
  8. Click “Export”.
  9. When the export is completed:-
    • The name of the exported language file will be displayed in the “Select Interface Language” window
    • The folder containing the exported language file will open in a new window
    • The exported language file will be open as a text file for you to view and/or edit
    • Note that exported language file is a double-byte tab-delimited text file which can hold double-byte Chinese, Japanese and Korean (CJK) characters.
  10. Close the “Export Language File” window and the exported language file.

B. Edit the Language File

  1. At the folder containing the newly exported language file, rename the file to the language name so that it is not confused with the current language file.
  2. Start Excel and create a new blank spreadsheet (You can use a different spreadsheet software but these instructions will only apply to Excel).
  3. Drag and drop thew renamed language file into the blank Excel spreadsheet you had just opened. This effectively means you are editing the renamed language file.
  4. There will now be 3 columns of text in the spreadsheet:-
    1. Column 1 is the index key used by easyslides to map the language – Do Not Change any data in this column
    2. Column 2 is the English interface language which you will translate from
    3. Column 3 is the translated text.
  5. The first 5 rows are used by Easyslides and you must not delete any these 5 rows:-
    1. First row identifies the file for easyslides. Don’t adjust the Column 3 value for this row.
    2. Second row is the version of the translation. Don’t adjust the Column 3 value for this row.
    3. Third row is the language. Column 3 will be the text of the translated language displayed for a user to select, eg. if it is Simplified Chinese for v5.1 you should change the text in Colum 3 for this row to “中文”.
    4. Fourth row Column 3 is optional and is used to acknowledge the people who provided the translation.
    5. Fifth row Column 3 is the date of the translation in DD-MM=YYYY format, eg 15-03-2023.
  6. After the first five rows, look for the translation in Column 3 for the text you would like to change, but taking these into account:-
    1. If there is a colon at the end of the English, do the same for your translation
    2. If there is a “&” you can ignore them as they might not be applicable in your language, just simple do your translation without the “&” in it.
    3. If there is a “%” please keep it in the same position in your translation. The “%” is used as a replacement. For example if the text was “The filename is %”, then easyslides will replace the % to something like: “The filename is sample.txt”.
  7. After you have located the text you want to change under Column 3, edit it as desired.
  8. When you have completed all your changes, save it and exit Excel.

C. Use the Updated Language File

  1. To use the updated language file:
    1. Copy it to the easyslides language folder at EasyslidesData\Admin\Languages
    2. Select Menu->File->Select Interface Language, or click on the top right label which is displaying the name of the current language.
    3. Your new language file should be listed but if not, click the refresh button.
    4. Click on your new language and press OK (or double click on it).
    5. Your language is now selected and the easyslides user interface will now display the language you have selected.

D. Let other users use your translation

  1. You can help easyslides users around the world by letting them use the translation you have updated.
  2. You can do this by emailing it to others who can make use of it by following the above steps in “C. Use the Updated Language File”.
  3. Alternatively, you can email the file to info@easyslides.com and after some compatibility checks, it will be available for users to download within easyslides.
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