This file documents the necessary procedure for adding a new
language to the list of languages that Wine can display system
menus and forms in. Adding new translations is not hard as it
requires no programming knowledge or special skills.
Language dependent resources reside in files
named somefile_Xx.rc or
Xx.rc, where Xx
is your language abbreviation (look for it in
include/winnls.h). These are included
in a master file named somefile.rc or
rsrc.rc, located in the same
directory as the language files.
To add a new language to one of these resources you
need to make a copy of the English resource (located
in the somefile_En.rc file) over to
your somefile_Xx.rc file, include this
file in the master somefile.rc file,
and edit the new file to translate the English text.
You may also need to rearrange some of the controls
to better fit the newly translated strings. Test your changes
to make sure they properly layout on the screen.
In menus, the character "&" means that the next
character will be highlighted and that pressing that
letter will select the item. You should place these
"&" characters suitably for your language, not just
copy the positions from English. In particular,
items within one menu should have different highlighted
letters.
To get a list of the files that need translating,
run the following command in the root of your Wine tree:
find -name "*En.rc".
When adding a new language, also make sure the parameters
defined in ./dlls/kernel/nls/*.nls
fit your local habits and language.
