Before using this program you should make sure you have the files
English.txt English.dat and English.license in the same folder as this 
program. Any language translation you create will create 3 files
with the same extensions and you should save your work and back
up these regularly in case anything goes wrong.

To begin creating a new language choose New from the File menu. 
If you are only wanting to change a few English phrases switch 
to the Phrases tab on this page and begin changing them.


Phrases are divided into different categories in case you are only wanting to
translate one aspect of DBabble (e.g. web browser interface or windows client
interface only). They are
1) Server - used by the DBabble server - you should translate these for both interfaces.
2) Windows Client - used by the Windows Client
3) Web - used by the web browser interface
4) Help  - used in the help pages
5) Changes - used in listing changes made in recent versions of the Windows client

Note: "Changes" phrases are included within the "Help" section in versions prior to 2.3a

Make sure you don't change the number or order of % signs within a phrase
or change digits and the character following a percent sign.


For example, in the phrase "You have %d new messages" , the %d gets
replaced by a number. e.g. You have 2 new messages.

It might be translated as
"There are %d new messages"
and when the user veiws the message it would look like
There are 2 new messages

To use a % sign, use %%.

Also, web and help phrases sometimes have embedded template
variables, which start and end with || . Don't change the text within these.

For example "You have ||number_messages|| new messages" might be translated
as "YOU HAVE ||number_messsages|| NEW MESSAGES".

Windows client phrases sometimes have & in them. This is usually to indicate that the
following character is the shortcut key for the button/menu that the caption appears on

Upgrading - when you upgrade the server in future, new phrases are automatically
appended to your existing phrases. You can use the "Show next untranslated phrase"
option in the Show menu to find them.

Before beginning translation you should have a look at the various menu
options and shortcuts available to make translation easier on yourself.
For example when you have finished typing in a translation to a phrase,
you can press Ctrl-E to advance to the next phrase.

For further details see http://netwinsite.com/dbabble/languages.htm

When you have finished translating DBabble, we would greatly appreciate
it if you would be willing to share your translation with us. If you do then it
should allow us to sell more copies and therefore put more effort into 
improving DBabble in future versions. Send your translation to us at
support-dbabble@netwinsite.com

 