HACKERALERT / Picocrypt

A very small, very simple, yet very secure encryption tool.
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Enhancement: It would be great to be able to switch languages. #159

Closed MasterixCZ closed 1 year ago

MasterixCZ commented 1 year ago

Hi, as the title says, it would be great to have Picocrypt in multiple languages. You could add some sort of community translation option to the app. I could translate the app into my language myself :) (Czech). Because not everyone is comfortable with English or doesn't understand it, but would like to use Picocrypt while fully understanding the application interface, which is quite important in an encryption application.

HACKERALERT commented 1 year ago

There used to be translations, but I stopped maintaining them and eventually deleted them because they needed constant PRs to stay up to date. Every time a new translation was added, I would have to create a new release for the new translation to show in the program. Every time I added something to the README, all translations would need changes. For the README, translators exist and browsers will typically do it automatically, so it's not necessary. For the program itself, it's simple enough and well documented in the README that it should be fine for most people.

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Hi, as the title says, it would be great to have Picocrypt in multiple languages. You could add some sort of community translation option to the app. I could translate the app into my language myself :) (Czech). Because not everyone is comfortable with English or doesn't understand it, but would like to use Picocrypt while fully understanding the application interface, which is quite important in an encryption application.

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MasterixCZ commented 1 year ago

Well there must be a better way than always updating every translation. A lot of Github projects are using Transifex or some other service (I don't know how they work for developers but I translated many projects through them.)

HACKERALERT commented 1 year ago

Thanks for the suggestion and your willingness to help, but I believe it is a lot of work for little gain. I don't think translations are necessary, at least for a small project like Picocrypt.

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Well there must be a better way than always updating every translation. A lot of Github projects are using Transifex or some other service (I don't know how they work for developers but I translated many projects through them.)

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MasterixCZ commented 1 year ago

Okay, then.

HACKERALERT commented 1 year ago

Thanks for understanding!