I am running Windows 32 (But have AMD64 dual core machine), but could, if required have a version of Linux using virtualisation(I must install this).

The most simple way at present is to have different language binaries(e.g. bitcoin_en.exe, bitcoin_zh.exe etc.). Please post when you want this translated, this would mean there could be a dual language release for the next version (Why not a tri-language release, you do speak Japanese no?).

I'm willing to help you translate to Dutch. Just let us know, when it's possible!

You can send me translations of the bitcoin.org site as private messages (or if it's too long, I'll pm you my e-mail address). If you can translate only the front page, it's ok too.

Do you want it as plain-text or a .html or .php file ?

It looks like the Bitcoin Wikipedia article is only available in English. How about some of you either translate or write a new article in your language.

I updated the SVN with changes to support translation.  Translatable strings are all enclosed in _(""), and we're using UTF-8 on all platforms.

When the program runs, it looks in the directory of the EXE for the file: locale\<langcode>\LC_MESSAGES\bitcoin.mo

<langcode> is the two letter code of the language your OS is set to, like "de" or "nl".

On Linux, it also looks for:
/usr/share/locale/<langcode>/LC_MESSAGES/bitcoin.mo
/usr/local/share/locale/<langcode>/LC_MESSAGES/bitcoin.mo
(are there other standard places it should look on linux?)

Here's a quick walkthrough using poedit to make a .po and .mo file:

- Download the bitcoin sourcecode from SVN
- In the trunk directory, mkdir locale\<lang>\LC_MESSAGES
- In poedit, File->New catalog->Paths tab
- Click the "New item" dotted rectangle button
- Put "../../.." and MAKE SURE TO PRESS ENTER to add the path
- Click OK
- Save the file as "bitcoin.po" in the LC_MESSAGES directory you made
- It should then scan the sourcecode and find about 170 strings
- If it didn't find anything, check Catalog->Settings->Path tab, make sure the "../../.." was added

When you're done translating, commit both bitcoin.po (the editable catalog file) and bitcoin.mo (compiled data used by the program).

I realize that this thread is a tad old, but the OP is a pretty cool cat so perhaps the membership will let it slide.

How might I go about contributing to the translation of the Bitcoin-QT client?


Bitmono meritas esperantan tradukon!

Thanks!

However, I have managed to become part of the team here: https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/bitcoinorg/ (as a matter of fact, for bitcoin.org, I *am* the Esperanto translation team, do, helpu min esperantistoj!)

I am also the only one on https://www.transifex.com/organizations/dashboard/bitcoin-wallet
so help is needed there as well to review my translations for the Android bitcoin client.

I'm also helping those who were already working on the Esperanto translation of the Satoshi client, but I am sure, ke samideanoj estus bonvenaj.
https://www.transifex.com/organizations/dashboard/bitcoin