If you are here, it is probably because VideoPsalm is not available in your language.
The good news is, it is very easy to translate VideoPsalm into your own language!
The translation process takes place directly from within VideoPsalm.
No specific tool is required, all you need is your own language knowledge, which is very precious, thanks!
HUGE thank you to all our contributors!
1. Contact us first
If you know someone who is ready to help get VideoPsalm into your own language, please contact us.
This will help organize and synchronize the translation work.
2. Check if your language is in the list
VideoPsalm is available in around 50 languages:
The good news is, it is very easy to translate VideoPsalm into your own language!
The translation process takes place directly from within VideoPsalm.
No specific tool is required, all you need is your own language knowledge, which is very precious, thanks!
HUGE thank you to all our contributors!
1. Contact us first
If you know someone who is ready to help get VideoPsalm into your own language, please contact us.
This will help organize and synchronize the translation work.
2. Check if your language is in the list
VideoPsalm is available in around 50 languages:
Note Several translations have been done by an automatic translation tool and need native speakers help.
VideoPsalm language files are named with their international abbreviations.
For example, for United States English, the file is called “en-US.json”.
In case your language is already in the list, Ukrainian, follow the instructions from point 5.
3. In case your language is not at all translated (= you don't see it in the provided list)
Examples: Telugu (India) and Swahili are not in the list.
You can still translate VideoPsalm into your language:
For example, for United States English, the file is called “en-US.json”.
In case your language is already in the list, Ukrainian, follow the instructions from point 5.
3. In case your language is not at all translated (= you don't see it in the provided list)
Examples: Telugu (India) and Swahili are not in the list.
You can still translate VideoPsalm into your language:
- Identify an existing source language file, one that you are most fluent with, for example English, or a language that is close to yours.
The choice of the source language is important, because it can significantly speed-up your translation work.
VideoPsalm languages are listed here:
a) In the option dialog, where you select the language:
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b) In the folder where the language files are stored:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\VideoPsalm\Localization
c) In its language import assistant:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\VideoPsalm\Localization
c) In its language import assistant:
Once you identified which language you will use as a source/starting-point for your translation, make a copy of its language file and rename it into your own language.
Example
- If your language is Telugu, copy the file called “en-US.json” into a file called “te-IN.json”.
te-IN stands for Telugu-India. en-US stands for English-United States.
However, you will sure know which source language is best for you.
- If your language is Swahili, copy the file called “en-US.json” into “zw-TZ.json” (zw stands for Swahili and TZ for Tanzania). If you are fluent in French, you could instead copy the “fr-FR.json” into “zw-TZ.json” as a start.
Actually, you can name your language file as you wish, as long as it is unique and has the “.json” file extension.
If you know the dedicated ISO language name, usually a two lowercase letters, a “-” (minus sign), followed by two uppercase letters, please use it.
Most languages of the world have a normalized name.
Put your “te-IN.json” or “zw-TZ.json” file into the VideoPsalm language folder:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\VideoPsalm\Localization
and restart VideoPsalm.
This file will give you a shell in which you will replace the English words with the corresponding Telugu or Swahili words.
4. Check that VideoPsalm recognized your language file
In the “Edit” tab, open the VideoPsalm options:
Example
- If your language is Telugu, copy the file called “en-US.json” into a file called “te-IN.json”.
te-IN stands for Telugu-India. en-US stands for English-United States.
However, you will sure know which source language is best for you.
- If your language is Swahili, copy the file called “en-US.json” into “zw-TZ.json” (zw stands for Swahili and TZ for Tanzania). If you are fluent in French, you could instead copy the “fr-FR.json” into “zw-TZ.json” as a start.
Actually, you can name your language file as you wish, as long as it is unique and has the “.json” file extension.
If you know the dedicated ISO language name, usually a two lowercase letters, a “-” (minus sign), followed by two uppercase letters, please use it.
Most languages of the world have a normalized name.
Put your “te-IN.json” or “zw-TZ.json” file into the VideoPsalm language folder:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\VideoPsalm\Localization
and restart VideoPsalm.
This file will give you a shell in which you will replace the English words with the corresponding Telugu or Swahili words.
4. Check that VideoPsalm recognized your language file
In the “Edit” tab, open the VideoPsalm options:
Select your language in the list, so that VideoPsalm displays its texts in the language that was the source for the language file:
Your language should appears in the list. However, because it is a copy of another language, you have to recognize it through its file name, displayed to the right, for example “te-IN” or “zw-TZ”:
At this point, you may want to revert to the English language.
5. Now click on the “Translate VideoPsalm” button, to open the VideoPsalm translation tool:
This opens the translation tool window.
Maximize the window (1), and collapse the integrated help panel (2), to see more columns and rows:
In the left panel, labelled “Languages”, select the languages that you know. For example, select “Telugu” and “English". You will need to click twice on the language to select it: the first click marks the language in blue, and the second selects the checkbox.
Keep the “Comments” ticked, as they will help you translate the texts.
When you select a language in the “Languages” panel, a corresponding column appears in the right table. You should now see following columns (click to enlarge):
If necessary, you can resize and reorder the column headers with your mouse.
You can edit the texts like in an Excel spreadsheet.
To sort the texts alphabetically, click on a column header.
To filter the texts containing specific words, type the words in the “Search” textbox:
You can edit the texts like in an Excel spreadsheet.
To sort the texts alphabetically, click on a column header.
To filter the texts containing specific words, type the words in the “Search” textbox:
6. Save your work
Save your work by clicking the “Save” button.
7. Check your translation
To check your translation into its context, mark your language in the “Language” panel, then click the “Apply” button.
VideoPsalm will then instantly display your translated texts where they belong.
8. Send us your work
When your work is finished or advanced enough, send us your translation by clicking the “Send” button.
Send us the relevant zipped (compressed) files, as an email attachment.
In this example, this would be the “Spanish (Mexico), es-MX.zip” file.
Once we get your language file, it will be made available online for others to use.
When a new language are added to the VideoPsalm Online Library, all VideoPsalm users get notified about it, via a toast, the next time they start VideoPsalm:
Send us the relevant zipped (compressed) files, as an email attachment.
In this example, this would be the “Spanish (Mexico), es-MX.zip” file.
Once we get your language file, it will be made available online for others to use.
When a new language are added to the VideoPsalm Online Library, all VideoPsalm users get notified about it, via a toast, the next time they start VideoPsalm:
When they click on the toast, VideoPsalm opens the language import assistant, where they can select the language(s) to add or update in their own VideoPsalm:
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