Language definitions¶
To present different translations properly, info about language name, text direction, plural definitions and language code is needed.
Parsing language codes¶
While parsing translations, Weblate attempts to map language code (usually the ISO 639-1 one) to any existing language object.
You can further adjust this mapping at project level by 言語の別名.
If no exact match can be found, an attempt will be made
to best fit it into an existing language (e.g. ignoring the default country code
for a given language—choosing cs instead of cs_CZ).
Should that also fail, a new language definition will be created using the
defaults (left to right text direction, one plural). The automatically created
language with code xx_XX will be named as xx_XX (generated).
You might want to change this in the admin interface later, (see
Changing language definitions) and report it to the issue tracker (see
Weblate に貢献), so that the proper definition can be added to the
upcoming Weblate release.
ヒント
In case you see something unwanted as a language, you might want to adjust 言語フィルター to ignore such file when parsing translations.
Changing language definitions¶
You can change language definitions in the languages interface
(/languages/ URL).
While editing, make sure all fields are correct (especially plurals and text direction), otherwise translators will be unable to properly edit those translations.
内蔵の言語設定¶
Definitions for more than 550 languages are included in Weblate and the list is extended in every release. Whenever Weblate is upgraded (more specifically whenever weblate migrate is executed, see Generic upgrade instructions) the database of languages is updated to include all language definitions shipped in Weblate.
This feature can be disable using UPDATE_LANGUAGES. You can also
enforce updating the database to match Weblate built-in data using
setuplang.
あいまいな言語コードとマクロ言語¶
In many cases it is not a good idea to use macro language code for a translation. The typical problematic case might be Kurdish language, which might be written in Arabic or Latin script, depending on actual variant. To get correct behavior in Weblate, it is recommended to use individual language codes only and avoid macro languages.
Language definitions¶
Each language consists of following fields:
言語コード¶
Code identifying the language. Weblate prefers two letter codes as defined by ISO 639-1, but uses ISO 639-2 or ISO 639-3 codes for languages that do not have two letter code. It can also support extended codes as defined by BCP 47.
言語名¶
Visible name of the language. The language names included in Weblate are also being localized depending on user interface language.
テキストの方向¶
Determines whether language is written right to left or left to right. This property is autodetected correctly for most of the languages.
Plural number¶
Number of plurals used in the language.
複数形判別式¶
Gettext compatible plural formula used to determine which plural form is used for given count.
Adding new translations¶
バージョン 2.18 で変更: In versions prior to 2.18 the behaviour of adding new translations was file format specific.
Weblate can automatically start new translation for all of the file formats.
Some formats expect to start with an empty file and only translated strings to be included (for example Android string resources), while others expect to have all keys present (for example GNU gettext). In some situations this really doesn't depend on the format, but rather on the framework you use to handle the translation (for example with JSON files).
When you specify 新しい翻訳のテンプレート in Component configuration, Weblate will use this file to start new translations. Any exiting translations will be removed from the file when doing so.
When 新しい翻訳のテンプレート is empty and the file format supports it, an empty file is created where new strings will be added once they are translated.
The 言語コード スタイル allows you to customize language code used in generated filenames:
- ファイル形式から導き出されるデフォルト
Dependent on file format, for most of them POSIX is used.
- 下線を区切り文字とする POSIX 形式
Typically used by gettext and related tools, produces language codes like
pt_BR.- 国コードを含む、下線を区切り文字とする POSIX 形式
POSIX style language code including the country code even when not necessary (for example
cs_CZ).- ハイフンを区切り文字とする BCP 形式
Typically used on web platforms, produces language codes like
pt-BR.- 国コードを含む、ハイフンを区切り文字とする BCP 形式
BCP style language code including the country code even when not necessary (for example
cs-CZ).- Android 形式
Only used in Android apps, produces language codes like
pt-rBR.- Java 形式
Used by Java—mostly BCP with legacy codes for Chinese.
Additionally, any mappings defined in 言語の別名 are applied in reverse.
注釈
Weblate recognizes any of these when parsing translation files, the above settings only influences how new files are created.