Want ExpanDrive in Your Favorite Language?
September 9th, 2008Then send us a translation!
As Jeff mentioned previously, ExpanDrive 1.2.11 is ready for localization. There is a folder called ExampleLanguage.lproj in the Resources folder of the ExpanDrive bundle that contains the all the relevant .string files in English. All told, there are probably less than 1000 words.
At Magnetk, we love languages. Unfortunately, the only language that Jeff and I have studied formally is Latin, and Latin doesn’t even have words for most of the the things in ExpanDrive. So we’re going to have to depend on volunteers to help us make translations. We’ll happily send a 5-pack of licenses to anyone that donates a translation.
Additionally, inspired by Mike Lee, we’ll give a free site license to any reasonably sized not-for-profit or academic institution that would like to translate ExpanDrive.
Special thanks to Jannis Leidel for translating ExpanDrive into German translation.
Tags: localization ExpanDrive
September 15th, 2008 at 6:22 am
Danish version: http://www.mediafire.com/?blbacpadz1a
October 20th, 2008 at 5:28 am
Hi! Very nice tool — using it everyday.
I’ve translated it into Russian several weeks ago and going to sent you a Russian strings-file.
Also I’m using another icon for status bar (magnet in Resources folder), do you think to use this icon by default?
Many-many thanks for ExpanDrive.
October 20th, 2008 at 7:03 am
Gleb - Please send us the strings file, we’d love to have a Russian translation!
-Jeff
October 21st, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Hi,
Would you give me more details of creating a new localization? I tried copying ExampleLanguage.lproj to “Canadian English.lproj”, revising a few letters in the Localizable.strings, changing my International to Canadian English, logging out and logging in again. The expandrive, however, didn’t change at all. (I’m using “Canadian English” just as an example.)
Thanks, Yingbo Miao
October 28th, 2008 at 9:42 am
I made a simplified Chinese localization, by copying the ExampleLanguage.lproj to zh_CN.lproj.
November 5th, 2008 at 9:52 am
I writing an Italian translation, once it’s done, I’ll send it to you…
November 5th, 2008 at 10:06 am
Awesome, Thanks Elia.
January 6th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
I sent you my Vietnamese translation last week, but haven’t yet received a reply. Have you had a look at it?