Translations - Adding a New Language

elimutek · Today, 05:49 AM

Hello all,

I just signed up for Transifex open source and submitted a language request for Swahili. I can see there is already a request open for Swahili (Tanzania), which is definitely interchangeable. I was wondering:

1) Who is in change of granting requests to join and requests for new languages on Transifex, and how long I can expect to wait before I can get started translating?
2) How complete does a language need to be to get added to the welcome wizard and how does that process work?
3) Does Calibre have a "philosophy" or guidelines for translation? I tend to try to avoid over-translation and leave any jargon in English.

Hope I'm posting in the right place. Thanks!

kovidgoyal · Today, 07:51 AM

It should already be approved. There is no philosophy as such, instructions for translators are at https://calibre-ebook.com/get-involved A language gets included automatically once the fraction of translated strings crosses a threshold, cant remember what the threshold is off the top off my head, will have to look it up later.

Today, 05:49 AM	#1
elimutek Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 39656 Join Date: Nov 2025 Location: Arusha, Tanzania Device: none	Translations - Adding a New Language Hello all, I just signed up for Transifex open source and submitted a language request for Swahili. I can see there is already a request open for Swahili (Tanzania), which is definitely interchangeable. I was wondering: 1) Who is in change of granting requests to join and requests for new languages on Transifex, and how long I can expect to wait before I can get started translating? 2) How complete does a language need to be to get added to the welcome wizard and how does that process work? 3) Does Calibre have a "philosophy" or guidelines for translation? I tend to try to avoid over-translation and leave any jargon in English. Hope I'm posting in the right place. Thanks!

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Today, 07:51 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,654 Karma: 28549046 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It should already be approved. There is no philosophy as such, instructions for translators are at https://calibre-ebook.com/get-involved A language gets included automatically once the fraction of translated strings crosses a threshold, cant remember what the threshold is off the top off my head, will have to look it up later.

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