Help us to translate Foxit Reader into your language in another way

[william]

Foxit Software now invites you to become our volunteer UI translator to localize our popular Foxit Reader into your language. You will be able to make a difference. The translation process is simple, easy and fast. Foxit Software highly appreciate your contribution to our product.

Basically you have two choices.
You may either use our translation website at http://languages.foxitsoftware.com
Or you may simply follow the steps below to download and translate a xml file.

Following is the instruction on how to translate the UI xml file.

Step 1, download the English.xml which is attached to this topic. Please don't click on the attachment link directly because this will open the xml file in the browser window in a read-only mode. Instead, right click on the the attachment link and save it as a xml file.

Step 2, open the English.xml with Notepad.

Step 3, translate the file into your langeuage:

You only need to translate all those text attributes.
Here is an example:

English version:
<memuitem id="57601" text="&amp;Open... Ctrl+O" />

Simplified Chinese version:
<memuitem id="57601" text="打开(&amp;O)... Ctrl+O" />

Here, Ctrl+O means user can use shortcut key to open the file.
And &amp;O means when File menu get focus, user can use Alt+O to open the file.


Step 4, choose "Save As" from the File menu, name your file using following format: LanguageName_CountryName.xml. You may check the attached text file to find the proper file name.
Also, from the dropdown list of Encoding, choose UTF-8, then click on Save.

Step 5, download the Foxit Reader 2.0 from
Run the reader, from the menu choose the language you just translated.The reader's UI will immediately switch to your language.You may check the UI to make sure your translation is correct. If you want to swich back to English UI, simply choose menu "Language/Default".

Step 6, come to this forum and check whether a topic for your language has been created. If yes, then simply reply to this topic. Otherwise, create a new topic for your language. In either case, upload your translated xml file as an attachment.

You may comment on other people's translation.

By using the translation website or submitting the translate the xml file, you agree on following disclaimer:

DISCLAIMER OF COPYRIGHT IN TRANSLATIONS OF PARTS OF PROGRAMS

I, do hereby acknowledge to the Foxit Software Company (Foxit), that I disclaim all copyright interest in my works, which consist of translation of portions of Foxit software programs from one human language to another human language, that I have provided to the Foxit or that I will provide in the future. The programs to which this applies include all programs for which Foxit is the copyright holder.

The translations covered by this disclaimer include, without limitation, translations of textual messages, glossaries, command or option names, help files, user interface text, and the like, contained within or made for use via these programs.

[Klojum]

It would be nice to be able to personally check the language file in action, so unnecessary errors can be avoided, such as colliding ampersand characters. Could you add an 'import' option for XML language files to FoxitReader so checks can be made 'live'?

[william]

Hi Klojum,

Thank you for your suggestion.
We will post a testing reader here so that you may test your translation immediately.
However, please use this reader just for testing purpose and please do not circulate it because it is not a formal release version.

[Andreasm82]

Which languages are already complete? What about german?

[ditto]

not finished yet -c&p will take its time :(

[Andreasm82]

"We will post a testing reader here so that you may test your translation immediately."

When will that be ?

[silviaros]

Hi Klojum,

Thank you for your suggestion.
We will post a testing reader here so that you may test your translation immediately.
However, please use this reader just for testing purpose and please do not circulate it because it is not a formal release version.

Please also explain how to export xml file translated with translation website (I'm using it for my italian translation) so I can test it as well :)

Another suggestion for translation website:

please make it automatically translate all same words in all pages, for example if I translate "Print setup" in "Imposta stampante" (italian translation for print setup) it should translate "Print setup" with "Imposta stampante" in every page same expression is present.
This could be very useful optimization because there are a lot of repeating words/expressions translated always in the same way so there are no needs to write them manually every time

[william]

The reason why we don't merge duplicate words is because sometimes, translation of these words depends on the context. These words appear on different parts of the UI, and the translation might be different.

[ditto]

oh ****...
no german umlaute and when | used as tab-format it shows a box (english_us.xml original).
it still must be a hex <09>

additional some strings are not use eg. "page layout" - they are not in the xml file (again hardcoded)

the language is not stored.

build 1621 pro had still hardcoded stuff - i cant count it no longer.

[william]

Hi ditto,
When you use "save as" to save your translation, have you chosen UTF-8from the dropdown list of Encoding?

[william]

Here is the reader for testing translation.

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http://www.foxitsoftware.com/foxitreader/FoxitReader_TestLanguage.rar
After you translate the XML file into your language, you may use this reader to test your translation.
Simply run the reader, choose menu "Language/Load", and locate the xml file for your language.
The reader's UI will immediately switch to your language.
You may check the UI to make sure your translation is correct.
If you want to swich back to English UI, simply choose menu "Language/Default".
Please use this reader for testing purpose only and do not circulate it as a generic PDF reader.
Thanks.

[ditto]

well william - your original is coded in ANSI, why should i change that?
(textpad doesn't change that too)

>> UTF-8

Umlaute are proper now, thx
But not the Tab sign |

[william]

Hi ditto,
Our original English.xml is a utf-8 encoded file, not a ANSI file.
Since we need to handle the file in different languages, utf-8 is necessary.

[ditto]

definitly not - the attached file from first posting is in ansi/pc
the encoding defined in text may utf-8, but the file itself is ansi.
tried with two browsers...

[william]

Hi ditto,
Yes, you are right. I have just updated the English_US.xml and it is now encoded in UTF-8.
Nevertheless, after you translate the xml, you have to use Save As and make sure UTF-8 is selected.

[eagleman]

I can translate it in italian if you want

[Freeman]

I try to translate English_Us.XML on Russian.
Has translated "Menu", I open the program and half all equally English.
If I open any document, language in general is dumped on English!!!
What to do?

[ditto]

the prefered and chosen language is not stored yet - really annoying...

[Freeman]

Dialogue ID 9022 is not translated, and all that follows it accordingly too?!
What to do?

[silviaros]

I'm already working on italian translation (I'm going to complete it in a few days)...

thanks anyway :)

[ro_beri]

I've uploaded the Polish file yesterday, but like Dutch in oder posts notice, some of the task bar are not allowed to translate. With not fitting texts we can somehow live...

Anyway, thanks for very fast PDF reader, and ofcourse possibilty of translating Foxit Reader to our native language. Good work, and keep on movin...

[william]

Hi all,

We have just improved the testing reader.
Now when you close the reader, it will remember the language xml you have been testing.
And next time when you run reader again, it will automatically load the xml file you tested last time.
You don't have to specify the xml file again.
Hope you enjoy it.

[Bruno_BE]

I can do french translation :1_12: well it's already done. sorry for this post

[sergio]

I can translate to spanish!!!!

[H S]

We need a new UI xml file! The old one is very out of date.

[Andreasm82]

You are right... there are lots of strings who need to be translated... e.g. there's a new tab in options.

[Adept]

Please, update the English_US.xml posted here to provide all of the strings, that were added in final version. It's easier for me to translate XML file directly.

[vic4ever]

i can tranlate into vietnamese

[Majomo]

Please, update the English_US.xml posted here to provide all of the strings, that were added in final version. It's easier for me to translate XML file directly.

Good! The newest update. We need this!

[Andreasm82]

new .xml file will be released when it's done :-)

So please no new posts about that to keep forum clean ;-)

[vitalis]

Or you may simply follow the steps below to download and translate a xml file.
...
Step 1, download the English.xml which is attached to this topic.
Where is the file? I don't like to translate into web-interface - only in Notepad2!
Where I can get latest lang_en_us.xml?

P.S. Can translator (for is work) get a free license for PDF Editor and/or Foxit Reader Pro Pack?

[ras_monteiro]

Hi, everyone,
I´m translating to brazilian portuguese and by tomorrow I am sending it.

[Jacen]

Hi,
I´m translating Foxit PDF 2.0 to the slovak (sk)

[ace6vel]

I want to translate it on Macedonian is anybody translating it already?

[djoshav]

I can translate Foxit Reader to Serbian.Great work.Your program is small, fast in one world excellent.This is not done yet but it will be in just a few days.

[gocem]

I'm nearly finished with the Macedonian language translation of Foxit Reader. I suppose I'll post the xml tomorrow. Great software btw. I love it. :1_01:

[gocem]

Here is the full Macedonian translation of Foxit Reader. I said I'll post tomorrow, but here it is a little earlier. Hope you find it handy and integrate in the official language list.

Cheers,

[Jacen]

Here is the new full Slovak translation of Foxit Reader - some little mistakes was corrected. I hope that you integrate it in the official language list.

[anglerdk]

Danish is translated (I cannot get to work - called the file lang_da_dk.xml copied the output from the translation page)

[Perka]

My swedish translation

[Ytsmabeer]

Frisian Translation

[DAC324]

This translation into German is based on the lang_en_us.xml file that is available at the beginning of this thread.

Unfortunately, it does not perfectly fit to Foxit Reader 2.0 Build 1312 (there are some strings missing in the lang_en_us.xml file I guess).

Anyway, here it is, enjoy!

[Ibrahim]

Please upload the latest version of the translating xml i.e. for version 2.0 b1312
The one that is here is b0912

Thanks

[cool]

Hello !

I translate Foxit in french.

But in the xml file, I couldn't find all text !

Exemple :

-All the menu advanced
-The preference : Forms

Where are this texts ? :1_31:

Thanks for your help


Cool

[Majomo]

Hi,

You can find some of the items. In the "Advanced" and "Forms" (some items no...) you can.

P.S.: The file needs to be update... We are waiting... Check please if you are the latest here (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/bbs/showpost.php?p=3159&postcount=1).

[makeijan]

Hi! I'm going to continue Galician Translation.
I hope to finish soon.

[Andreasm82]

Important Information about language files:

Internally we are developing a new version of Foxit Reader.
The interface of this new version will require translating a new xml file.
So we will publish the new xml when it is ready.

[provolino]

Important Information about language files:

Internally we are developing a new version of Foxit Reader.
The interface of this new version will require translating a new xml file.
So we will publish the new xml when it is ready.

Is it ready? Your post is from February :(

[cool]

Hello !

I translate Foxit in french.

But in the xml file, I couldn't find all text !

Exemple :

-All the menu advanced
-The preference : Forms

Where are this texts ? :1_31:

Thanks for your help


Cool

Hello !

Where is the last english xml.file ?

It is to translate the last string...

Thanks

[elisha]

Hi,

The new packages for Foxit Reader 2.1 will be available soon.

[ro_beri]

Ok.
So we are wainting "patiently" :P

[provolino]

Waiting :)

[provolino]

If someone needs an updated italian translation, here is it

:1_30:

Grazie Squalo :D

Teniamoci in contatto per la traduzione della 2.1.

Puoi scrivermi quando vuoi a provolino@gmail.com

Ciauz,
Gigi

[cool]

Hello !

Where is the last english xml.file ?

It is to translate the last string...

Thanks

:1_31:

We must wait the last release ?!!

[fang5566]

what about the xml file to be translated in the recent version 2129?Our locale seems long time not to be update!:1_32:

[BenHer]

If you know another language besides english & the language you want to translate to...you can do the following.

a. Start Foxit
b. Change language to some non-english language you also know.
c. Look in your foxit install directory (usually \Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader)
d. You will see the newly selected language .xml file.
e. This file will have all the latest updated strings for all menus & dialogs, which you can then translate to the language you want to submit.

Note: Even the already translated .xml files have several un-translated strings...often because the developers used the older translations but added new functions/menus/dialogs and used the english strings for those. You could download one of these and complete the translation for remaining english strings.

[jhma1]

This instruction has leed to misunderstanding by translators not fully understanding the functionality.

English version:
<memuitem id="57601" text="&amp;Open... Ctrl+O" />

Simplified Chinese version:
<memuitem id="57601" text="打开(&amp;O)... Ctrl+O" />

The swedish translations has a lot of menuitems like

<popup id="|8" text="Hjälp(&amp;H)">
<menuitem id="33043" text="Arkiv(&amp;F)"/>


while the correct translation would be something like

<popup id="|8" text="&amp;Hjälp">
<menuitem id="33043" text="&amp;Arkiv"/>


Kind regards
jhma1

[Kadir]

It is more easier for me to translate Foxit Reader.exe file in
C:\Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader directory.

But I can not see some commands in source file:

http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4143/viewda1.jpg

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/4476/toolbarsib9.jpg

XML file has the same content.

[gjokomk]

Here is the new full Slovak translation of Foxit Reader - some little mistakes was corrected. I hope that you integrate it in the official language list.

XML Error: junk after document element at Line 1180

[diamondblast]

If you know another language besides english & the language you want to translate to...you can do the following.

a. Start Foxit
b. Change language to some non-english language you also know.
c. Look in your foxit install directory (usually \Program Files\Foxit Software\Foxit Reader)
d. You will see the newly selected language .xml file.
e. This file will have all the latest updated strings for all menus & dialogs, which you can then translate to the language you want to submit.

Note: Even the already translated .xml files have several un-translated strings...often because the developers used the older translations but added new functions/menus/dialogs and used the english strings for those. You could download one of these and complete the translation for remaining english strings.

hi all.
I know hebrew, and I want to help
can I simply translate it into hebrew :) or I need some special fitures becase hebrew is written from left to right
thanx, good work

[memyz]

P.S. Can translator (for is work) get a free license for PDF Editor and/or Foxit Reader Pro Pack?

+100

Why everybody wants to translate for free? Foxit is a commercial company, it can grant a licence for Pro Pack to its translators - but you people want to be used I guess. BTW it would stimulate the process, I guess.

[christina]

Help to translate in our website translation system http://languages.foxitsoftware.com/login.php, when you have enough scores, you will get rewards.

[ScB1980]

I started to translate Foxit into Spanish today, hope to finish tomorrow...:1_11:

[Wrilliorn]

Hi Shaggy

Just noticed that some ebooks remember last page read and others do not. I cannot determine why some work and others do not but just thought I would give this info in case anyone else has same problem.

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[kotarak]

Help to translate in our website translation system http://languages.foxitsoftware.com/login.php, when you have enough scores, you will get rewards.

No entry there for Foxit Reader 3.1.0.824. Don't you want this version to be translated into other languages?

Just asking...

[skrebic]

Umh. I am experienced in localization, but this here is one of less translator-friendly systems I have used.

OK, I want to help. I am willing to translate the interface into Serbian. But, I can neither choose my preferred language nor add it here: http://languages.foxitsoftware.com/register.php.

How do I start?

Also, I really don´t think it is necessary for new translators to read all several year-old threads just to (not) find out how to contribute. :( That information could be added in FAQ section.

[DKDIB]

I found everything just typing <<"foxit reader" translation>> in Google. :)