Internationalization
To add new language
Danish
Dutch (up to openCPN version 2.4.324 beta)
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
- To translate OpenCPN into any language, download the opencpn.pot file here.
- Next rename this file using the ISO code for your language and changing the extension .pot to .po, e.g. opencpn_it_IT.po for Italian.
- Use Poedit, or edit the file manually by entering values for the translated terms into the Msgstr " " fields.
- Test the file in OpenCPN by selecting the appropriate language. On Linux, you may need to install further language libraries to be able to select all languages.
- To improve or extend any existing translation, download the respective .po file, e.g. opencpn_it_IT.po for Italian.
- Use Poedit, or edit the file manually by entering values for the translated terms into the Msgstr " " fields.
- Test the file in OpenCPN by selecting the appropriate language. On Linux, you may need to install further language libraries to be able to select all languages.
Supported languages (as from version 2.1.0 Build 415) :
CzechDanish
Dutch (up to openCPN version 2.4.324 beta)
English
French
German
Italian
Polish
Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish