Translation of Briar Desktop is provided by the Localization Lab. To make Briar Desktop available in your language, please visit https://www.transifex.com/otf/briar/ and ask to join one of the LocLab’s language teams. You’ll then be able to contribute on https://www.transifex.com/otf/briar/briar-desktop-pot/.
The Localization Lab has some instructions and advice for translators at https://wiki.localizationlab.org/index.php/Briar.
Updating translations in Briar Desktop
This section is of interest only for developers of Briar Desktop.
To update translations locally, first install transifex-client. You can then pull updates with tx pull -a.
The Localization Lab has some instructions and advice for developers, too, at https://www.localizationlab.org/roles-guidelines#developer.
This is how updating translations in Briar Desktop works:
- Transifex periodically fetches the source file from code.briarproject.org
- Translators submit their updates via Transifex
- We pull the updates from Transifex and commit them before each release
- Occasionally we make minor updates locally and push them to Transifex
Translations only happen on Transifex. You might want to make your changes through Transifex by joining the respective language teams.
To test Briar Desktop in your language, add the following entry to the finish-args list in app.briar.desktop.json when building Briar Desktop with flatpak-builder:
--env=LC_ALL=de_DE.utf8There's also a section in HACKING.md dedicated to testing of different locales in order to try out translations.