1.5. Language Support
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1.5. Language Support

Starting with version 2.1, Fanurio can be used in other languages than English. Although the application comes with a set of translations, it doesn't cover all languages. This section shows you how to translate Fanurio to a certain language and how to use that translation. Fanurio is available officially in these languages:

  • English

  • German

  • Romanian

  • Spanish

We also have translations for other languages but they are not finished yet. An unfinished translation becomes official when all texts are translated and at least three native speakers check the translation. The unfinished languages are:

  • Danish

  • Dutch

  • French

  • Italian

  • Swedish

Note: Support for other languages only refers to the user interface texts. The user manual and technical support are available only in English.

1.5.1. Location of Translation Files

Fanurio keeps all translations (finished and unfinished) in an archive called fanurio-i18n.zip. This file is bundled with the application but can also be downloaded from the website.

You need this even if you create a brand new translation. The file fanurio_i18n.properties is the main file that contains the English translation of the application. The others contain translations of other languages and have a suffix of the form _ll_CC where ll is the language code and CC is the country code.

For instance, fanurio_i18n_fr_CA.properties represents the French translation for Canada while fanurio_i18n_en_CA.properties represents the English translation for Canada.

1.5.2. Translating to other Languages

  1. Download fanurio-i18n.zip

  2. Extract the contents of the .zip archive somewhere on your computer (e.g. Desktop)

  3. Start PRBEditor online or download it and start it offline from your computer

    PRBEditor is an application that can help you translate Fanurio easier. Just in case you are wondering what PRB stands for, it means Property Resource Bundle and is a technical term that Java uses when dealing with *.properties files like the ones found in fanurio-i18n.zip.

    A *.properties file can also be edited using a plain text editor but it's a lot more work.

  4. Once PRBEditor starts, select Open resource file from the Welcome Form

  5. Locate fanurio_i18n.properties in the folder created at step 2

  6. Check the languages that you want to see in the Select Locales to Open dialog.

    If you want to translate to a language that's not displayed there, don't select anything.

  7. Select Locale > New Locale from the menu to add a new language.

    You don't have to do this if the language you want to translate to already exists. When adding a new locale, make sure you select one that includes both the language and the country, Greek (Greece) for instance and not just Greek.

  8. Click on a cell from your language column and type the translation to translate a key.

  9. When you're done, go to File > Save. It will save the language file in the folder created at step 2.

While using PRBEditor, you can press F4 to display the Statistics Form. It shows how many keys are translated.

If you choose to share your translation with other users, please send it to us so that we can make it public.

1.5.3. Installing a Language File

Follow these steps to install an unfinished language file or to test a translation file that you created:

  1. Locate the user translations folder:

    • C:\Users\USER_NAME\AppData\Roaming\Fanurio\i18n on Vista

    • C:\Documents and Settings\USER_NAME\Application Data\Fanurio\i18n on Windows

    • ~/.fanurio/i18n on Linux

    • ~/Library/Application Support/Fanurio/i18n on Mac OS X

  2. Copy the language file to the translations folder. It can be the language file created above or any other language file from fanurio-i18n.zip.

  3. Start Fanurio

  4. Go to the Options/Preferences dialog

  5. Go to the Locale section

  6. Change the language and press Done

  7. Restart Fanurio

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