Sumatra is translated into many languages, but we rely on you to help us keep the translations for your language up to date.
To help us translate Sumatra:
- go to https://www.apptranslator.org/app/SumatraPDF
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- pick a language you know
- add new translations or improve existing translations
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The meaning of & in translations #
& means that the following character is the hotkey. For example, &File means that the F key is a hotkey for that menu item. Hotkeys are underlined in menu items, although the underline can be disabled system-wide.You don’t have to add hotkeys in translations. They are provided for convenience and easier keyboard use.
In translated text, a different character can be used as the accelerator.
If two items shown together get the same hotkey, pressing it moves between them instead of choosing one; press
Enter to choose. Nothing is removed from your translation.Keyboard shortcuts such as
Ctrl + O are not part of the translations.See https://github.com/sumatrapdfreader/sumatrapdf/discussions/2919 for more information.
Special text in strings #
Some strings contain codes the program uses. Copy them into your translation unchanged:
%s,%d,%u: replaced with a name or a number. Keep the same codes, in the same order. Example:Font \"%s\" not foundbecomesFont "Arial" not found.\": a quote character ("). It is written this way because the strings come from the program’s source code.\n: a new line.\t: a tab.\xC2\xB7and other\xcodes: one character written as bytes.\xC2\xB7is the dot·. Typing the character itself is also fine.**Esc**: the text between**is shown in bold. Keep the**around the key name.Cmd: the Command key on macOS. Strings withCmdare shown only in the Mac version, so don’t change it toCtrl.