Version 2026.1.1

[vkbo]

Release Notes

This is a patch release that adds Catalan language to the app, and updates translation files for other languages. Some user interface labels for the Manuscript tool have been improved, and the documentation updated. A small fix resolves an error message printed to the log when launching the app on Linux.

Detailed Changelog

Bugfixes

• Fixed a DBus error message from Qt on Linux. PR Fix QDBusError on Linux #2790.

Improvements

• Clarified some of the GUI labels on the Manuscript tool. Issue Rename "Builds" label in Manuscript Tool #2762. PR Build tool improvements #2768.

Internationalisation

• Catalan translations added by @jaumeplanas. PR Update translations #2793.
• Norwegian and US English translations updated by @vkbo. PR Update translations #2793.
• Japanese translation updated bu @hebekeg. PR Update translations #2793.
• German translation updated by @HeyMyian. PR Update translations #2793.
• Polish translation updated by @Nauthizz. PR Update translations #2793.
• Dutch translation updated by @risingphoenix73. PR Update translations #2793.
• Italian translation updated by Lou Cyper. PR Update translations #2793.
• Chinese translation updated by wcxu21 and @longqzh. PR Update translations #2793.

Documentation

• Fixed some typos in the documentation. PR Fix docs typos, ported from main branch #2773.
• Improved the documentation for the Manuscript tool. Issue Update manuscript build docs #2763. PR Build tool improvements #2768.
• Switched the documentation back to using uv for examples. PR Repo maintenance and UV tooling #2766.

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This discussion was created from the release Version 2026.1.1.

[BigKuroRyuu]

Было бы хорошо ещё Русский перевод подправить, а то многие настройки тут и там, на Английском.

[vkbo]

It would be good to also correct the Russian translation, because many settings here and there are in English.

Yes, the Russian translation is quite out of date. 843 words currently need translation. If you wish to help with this, the translation pages are here: https://crowdin.com/project/novelwriter

[BigKuroRyuu]

Внёс перевод до конца, и предложил некоторые правки уже переведенных слов.
Надеюсь это поможет)

[vkbo]

I completed the translation and suggested some edits to the already translated words.
Hope this helps.

Thanks. I've alerted the proofreader for Russian who will look through it and approve.

I would appreciate it if you used English when posting here and on Crowdin. You can translate it yourself using an online translator if you need to. When you post in Russian, most people reading it will not bother translating it themselves and everyone who don't speak Russian will have to do it every time. I saw you left a number of comments on Crowdin too.

[k1kimosha]

Внёс перевод до конца, и предложил некоторые правки уже переведенных слов. Надеюсь это поможет)

In general, it's not bad, but there is something else to work on, we would like a couple more people to translate, and a collective decision, otherwise it happens that you are either the third or the fourth who has reached the translation of this software.

[k1kimosha]

@vkbo What do you think about documentation localization?

[vkbo]

That is a big job, and has to be done in the code base by translating po files. It's already been done for French:
https://github.com/vkbo/novelWriter/tree/main/docs/source/locales/fr/LC_MESSAGES

Keep in mind that translating the docs is not a one time job. The translations must be maintained, otherwise I will have to stop releasing the translated docs once they grow stale. The person who translated the French docs maintained it for a couple of releases, then seems to have abandoned the task, so next release I will no longer include the French docs.