Feature Request: i18n Support about webplotdigitizer HOT 7 OPEN

It's my fault. This software will support i18n in 4.8. I did not find it because I am using old version. Sorry, I'll close this issue.

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By the way, I don't know how to change the language. Where is the settings button?

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Hi, i18n support has been part of WPD for years, but not advertised on the website much because the translations are not complete/verified. To access WPD in different languages, you can open the translated versions directly:

• https://apps.automeris.io/wpd/index.zh_CN.html for Simplified Chinese
• https://apps.automeris.io/wpd/index.de_DE.html for German
• https://apps.automeris.io/wpd/index.fr_FR.html for French

It's easy to add more languages if you are interested.

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Thanks for your early reply. I am using the downloaded (offline) version, so I did not find the entrance of translated version before.
I have gone through the Simplified Chinese version, every thing is fine, and the translation is almost complete. I think we're ready to release a version that includes translations! Just add an option to switch languages in the settings.

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@ankitrohatgi Avogadro manages translations with instances on weblate. (Because of the size of the project, it is organized in separate sub folders, hence there is avogadroapp about the core GUI, and avogadrolibs for some of the auxiliaries.) Whenever there are enough edits on weblate, weblate prepares a PR to the corresponding repositories on GitHub (app and libs). After manual approval and merge, the edits then enter the daily builds (this then equally runs automatically).

The Python editor thonny uses a slightly different route where translations can be prepared in an instance of poeditor. For this project, work on this platform enters GitHub whenever Aivar Annamaa compiles a new release of the program.

I consider these a useful complementary approach to amend translations managed with .po files: both developers and interested can recognize quickly for instance how much work is required to complete the work in one language, or if there are recent edits in the reference language not yet reflected in the other languages without need to fork and check-out the corresponding files. It is relatively easy to compare how a string was translated in an other language, or to help by a suggestion / discussion of a translation of a particular string with other translators -- all while the underlying syntax is managed e.g., by weblate (the files still can be fetched and edited "the standard way"). Hence this approach might be worth a consideration here.

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@nbehrnd - thanks for the suggestions. I was using poedit for the po files until now.

(reopening this issue for now)

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@ankitrohatgi Maybe

• Thonny's notes about how to translate, and
• Avogadro's notes

then can provide a source of inspiration how to attract contributors for this task with a brief paragraph.

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