How to make a translation

How to make a translation

Already translated languages

• English (Fully translated)
• German (Fully translated)
• Italian (Some translation is missing)
• Dutch (Some translation is missing)
• Spanish (Some translation is missing)
• Danish (Some translation is missing)
• French (Some translation is missing)
• Portuguese (Brazilian) (Some translation is missing)
• Polish
• Greek
• Norwegian
• Czech

Translation the old way

If you use this method, please take care of the file encodings! The method with MPLanguageTool (second method) will take care automatically about that.

1. Open folder: Vista/7: C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\language\InfoService or 2000/XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\language\InfoService
2. Create a new file called strings_XX.xml where XX is your short country name.
3. Open that file with a text editor.
4. Copy and paste the template below into that file.
5. Locate the line and change XX to your language. For example: English, German.
6. Now you can translate all the strings.
7. At last you can send me the file and i will add the language into the next release.
8. Contact me via e-mail: edgi@arcor.de
9. Or via forum thread/private message: MediaPortal Forum - InfoService Thread

Translation the new and better way (recommended)

1. Download the MPLanguageTool here: MPLanguageTool
2. Start MPLanguageTool.exe
3. Press "Load language file" and choose "MediaPortal 1". A browser folder dialog will open.
4. Choose the folder: Vista/7: C:\ProgramData\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\language\InfoService or 2000/XP: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Team MediaPortal\MediaPortal\language\InfoService
5. Choose the language you want to create
6. Now you can start creating a language file for InfoService!

Template

Template updated: 27.12.2015