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sotch-pr35mac / syng

A free, open source, cross-platform, Chinese-To-English dictionary for desktops.
https://getsyng.com
GNU General Public License v3.0
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German translation #236

Open hubortje opened 7 months ago

hubortje commented 7 months ago

Hey there,

I'd like to contribute a german translation of the english strings – how can I contribute?

Cheers

sotch-pr35mac commented 7 months ago

Syng uses the CC-CEDICT project for its dictionary entries. These entries are then processed into a format that Syng can easily read and display. There is a sister-project of CC-CEDICT called HanDeDict. I haven't much experience with HanDeDict, but I believe it should be possible to get these entries to be run by Syng, with several modifications to Syng.

If your interest is in a German version of Syng, I can help walk you through what would need to be modified in order to support this language change. I imagine that changing the dictionary entry language to German would also mean changing the UI to German. Because of the work required to do this (and because I don't speak German), I don't have near-term plans for adding multi-language support into Syng itself.