Translation How-To

This page will give you all the information you need to translate Freeplane into your own language. It is quite a simple process:

Download the Popeye translation tool
Watch the Flash tutorial on how to make a translation file
Get the latest translation file from Freeplane translation table both for the reference (EN recommanded) and for your language
In Popeye : create a project and do the translation
Check the completeness of your translation file using TransCheck
To test your translation file on your current Freeplane installation : browse your Freeplane installation directory, create there subfolders resources/translations and put your file there. Run Freeplane and test it with your translation
Go to the tracker (requires Sourceforge log-in) and upload your file (the Project should be set to Translations).

You're done!

Frequently Asked Questions

Why is there sometimes space before values ?: spaces before values are ignored, don't care.
Why is there & caracter before some values (sometimes "in" the words) ?: the ampersand (&) is used to mark keys in the menu (i.e. open the menu, press the key/letter to activate the menu entry) - while translating, you need to make sure that each letter is only used once per menu.
Some values begins by <html> with no </html> at the end ?: Java accepts unclosed tags - don't care.
Some key are not used / displayed in the software: you should stay aligned with the English version to be on the safe side, but if keys are not used, it's a bug you can/should report.
Some key are in double like icon_clock or icon_clock2 or icon_user_icon hence I removed them: duplicate keys are not disturbing but not helping either - removing one of them is the right decision.