Translator instructions

How to translate Buoy into your language

The Buoy project uses Transifex, a translation management website. To learn how to use Transifex,

1. go to their getting started as a translator page.
2. Once you've signed up and know how to use the site, go to the Buoy project's Transifex page.

Downloading, editing, and uploading translation file (.pot) on Transifex

1. Once logged in and on dashboard click on Languages.
2. Click on the link with language name and new page will open (titled Languages -> name_of_the_language)
3. After clicking on link (better-angels.pot) pop-up window will appear with several options including "Download file to translate".
4. To edit file you'll need an Gettext translation editor (for example Poedit).
5. After editing file locally, click on the link from step 3 and in the pop-up window choose "Upload file"