I18N: are plugins translatable?

hakan42 · 05-29-2013, 03:23 AM

I want to present the GUI of my plugin(s) to be (optionally) available in multiple languages. Given they are mainly from a german-language series (and the shop for them), german would be my first choice, closely followed by what I can crowdsource

So far, I have not found any examples or documentation how to achieve this in the python code. This does not mean that I have looked at all the right or necessary places, so does anyone have a hint for me? The official documentation seems to consider only the core of calibre itself...

Regards,
Hakan

kovidgoyal · 05-29-2013, 03:35 AM

There is no infrastructure in calibre for plugin translations. You can however add translation resources to your plugin zip file and load them at plugin startup. See the documentation of the gettext python module. Just be careful not to use the _() global function, as that is used by calibre itself, use some other function for your translations.

05-29-2013, 03:23 AM	#1
hakan42 Zealot Posts: 136 Karma: 60 Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Munich, Germany Device: Nook Classic rooted; Galaxy S IV with Aldiko, other older devices	I18N: are plugins translatable? I want to present the GUI of my plugin(s) to be (optionally) available in multiple languages. Given they are mainly from a german-language series (and the shop for them), german would be my first choice, closely followed by what I can crowdsource So far, I have not found any examples or documentation how to achieve this in the python code. This does not mean that I have looked at all the right or necessary places, so does anyone have a hint for me? The official documentation seems to consider only the core of calibre itself... Regards, Hakan

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05-29-2013, 03:35 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,860 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There is no infrastructure in calibre for plugin translations. You can however add translation resources to your plugin zip file and load them at plugin startup. See the documentation of the gettext python module. Just be careful not to use the _() global function, as that is used by calibre itself, use some other function for your translations.

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