Contribute to VSO products, translate them!

Below is a quick step guide to find how to translate a product and submit your work to VSO staff :

*Here is a complete guide in PDF on how to use our Translating tool.

1. Look for EditLoc.exe in your VSO product directory* and double click it. What you have clicked on is a shortcut that will open EditLoc.exe which is actually located in:
C:ProgramDataVso[name_of_program][version]Lang

2. You should see the main interface:
editloc new locale file

Then, pick the language you want to translate to and validate.

3. A new line has been added to the main list:
editloc edit strings

4. Here is the string edition interface. Select a line and press F2 or FN key + F2 to edit the string:
editloc strings

The interface is pretty simple.

5 columns:

Type and Tag -> Special categories, you don't have to take them into account to make translations.

Translation -> Your output translation will be displayed here.

Original -> As the name suggests, the original translation.

Status -> Could be "unused", "up to date" or "new". Only "new" strings need a translation.

You can sort the different categories by clicking on top of them. (alphabetic sorting)

When you validate a "new" translation, it will be marked as "up to date", so the colour will turn into green. Note that you must not translate the strings containing "Charset...", just select them with a right click and select "Use Original".

When you are done with the translation, select "OK" and "Save the locale file" in the main interface.
Your translation has now been saved as a .ini file among other languages in the "Lang" folder.

*Here is a complete guide in PDF on how to use our Translating tool.
Then send us the file to this email address:

Thank you!