translation_contribution.md

How to add a new language to LibreChat 🌍

Minimum Requirements:

1. Good knowledge of the language (some terms may undergo significant changes during translation)
2. A text editor is required. While options like Notepad or Notepad++ are available, it is recommended to use VSCode as it is more suitable for this task..

Language Translation

Preparation

Fork the LibreChat repository and download it using git clone

Add your language to Translation.tsx:

• Navigate to the client\src\localization folder and open the Translation.tsx file

• At the beginning of the code, add your language below all the others in this format:

  import Language-name from './languages/** ';

  Example (English):import English from './languages/Eng';

• Further down in the code, add in the language mapping, the following:

  '**-**': LanguageName,

Replace **-** with the local identifier of your language (ask ChatGPT or search it on Google).

Replace LanguageName with the name of your language.

Example (English): 'en-US': English,

Create your new language file

• Go into the client\src\localization\languages folder and create a file named as follows: **.tsx

  Example: Eng.tsx

• Copy all the content from Eng.tsx into your file and modify it as follows:

  // your-language-name phrases
  
  export default {
    com_ui_examples: 'Examples',
    // more translations here...

  Translate only the part after the :. Example:

  // my-language phrases
  
  export default {
    com_ui_examples: 'This is a translated example',
    // Add more translations here
  };

  ⚠️ Do not modify the com_... part ⚠️

Delete the Language list after com_nav_setting_general: 'General', near the bottom of the file (You do not need to translate the individual language names), except for com_nav_setting_data: 'Data controls' (you need to translate it)

Add your language to Eng.tsx

Open Eng.tsx and add your language to the language list in the bottom of the document.

Add your language to the menu

To add your language to the menu, open the file client\src\components\Nav\SettingsTabs\General.tsx. Add your language to the LangSelector variable in the following way:

export const LangSelector = ({
  //other code
        <option value="en-US">{localize(lang, 'com_nav_lang_english')}</option>
        //other languages...
        <option value="**">{localize(lang, 'com_nav_lang_your-language-name')}</option>
      </select>
    </div>
  );
};

Where **-** is the local identifier of your language and com_nav_lang_your-language-name stands for the name of your language. Example: com_nav_lang_english or com_nav_lang_italian

You should only need to add one line of code:

<option value="**-**">{localize(lang, 'com_nav_lang_your-language-name')}</option>

Summary

If you followed everything you should have one new file and 3 files with modifications:

        new file:   client/src/localization/languages/**.tsx            <-----new language
        modified:   client/src/components/Nav/SettingsTabs/General.tsx
        modified:   client/src/localization/Translation.tsx
        modified:   client/src/localization/languages/Eng.tsx

You can confirm this by using the following command: git status

Commit and create a new PR

• Commit your changes using:

  • git add *
  • git commit -m "Language translation: your-language translation"
  • git push

• Open your repository in a browser and click on "Contribute"

• Answer all the questions, and in the "Type of Change" section, add - [x] Translation support
• Delete irrelevant comments from the template
• Create a pull request 🎉