Translations for NetBox DNS

[peteeckel]

Call for Translations

Today I merged a new PR adding support for translations.

NetBox DNS now uses gettext throughout and can be supplied with internationalisation files provided by volunteers (hint, hint :-)).

Initially there is only support for German localisation, but I'll gladly accept pull requests adding further languages. If you want to contribute, please reply to this thread. Adding a language is relatively easy:

1. Set up a development server and check out the latest version of the NetBox DNS repository, ideally installing it as editable via pip3 -e.
2. Create the language file for your language, e.g. French, by changing to the netbox_dns directory and running /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py makemessages -l fr (the argument after -l is used to specify the language).
3. Edit the language file in locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/django.po, providing translations for all strings contained in the file.
4. When all messages have been translated, run /opt/netbox/netbox/manage.py compilemessages -l fr in the netbox_dns directory to create the compiled message file
5. Restart NetBox, configure your browser to use the new language and verify your translations. Then create a pull request and I'll merge it.

Currently NetBox supports the following languages: cs, da, de, en, es, fr, it, ja, nl, pl, pt, ru, tr, uk, zh.

German (de) and (obviously) English (en) have been taking care of, the remainder is currently vacant ... If you'd like to use NetBox DNS in your own language, this is your chance!