Sunshine/docs/source/contributing/localization.rst
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Localization
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Sunshine and related LizardByte projects are being localized into various languages. The default language is
`en` (English).
.. image:: https://app.lizardbyte.dev/uno/crowdin/LizardByte_graph.svg
CrowdIn
-------
The translations occur on `CrowdIn <https://translate.lizardbyte.dev/>`__. Anyone is free to contribute to
localization there.
**Translations Basics**
- The brand names `LizardByte` and `Sunshine` should never be translated.
- Other brand names should never be translated.
Examples:
- AMD
- Nvidia
**CrowdIn Integration**
How does it work?
When a change is made to sunshine source code, a workflow generates new translation templates
that get pushed to CrowdIn automatically.
When translations are updated on CrowdIn, a push gets made to the `l10n_nightly` branch and a PR is made against the
`nightly` branch. Once PR is merged, all updated translations are part of the project and will be included in the
next release.
Extraction
----------
There should be minimal cases where strings need to be extracted from source code; however it may be necessary in some
situations. For example if a system tray icon is added it should be localized as it is user interfacing.
- Wrap the string to be extracted in a function as shown.
.. code-block:: cpp
#include <boost/locale.hpp>
#include <string>
std::string msg = boost::locale::translate("Hello world!");
.. tip:: More examples can be found in the documentation for
`boost locale <https://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_70_0/libs/locale/doc/html/messages_formatting.html>`__.
.. warning:: This is for information only. Contributors should never include manually updated template files, or
manually compiled language files in Pull Requests.
Strings are automatically extracted from the code to the `locale/sunshine.po` template file. The generated file is
used by CrowdIn to generate language specific template files. The file is generated using the
`.github/workflows/localize.yml` workflow and is run on any push event into the `nightly` branch. Jobs are only run if
any of the following paths are modified.
.. code-block:: yaml
- 'src/**'
When testing locally it may be desirable to manually extract, initialize, update, and compile strings. Python is
required for this, along with the python dependencies in the `./scripts/requirements.txt` file. Additionally,
`xgettext <https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/>`__ must be installed.
**Extract, initialize, and update**
.. code-block:: bash
python ./scripts/_locale.py --extract --init --update
**Compile**
.. code-block:: bash
python ./scripts/_locale.py --compile