To Emacs: This is a -*-text-*- file. This file will tell you how to translate the applet into your favourite language. No programming skills are required for this, and if you need any help with this, please send your question to the mailing list (bubblemon-list@nongnu.org). 1. Find out your language code from "http://www.unicode.org/unicode/onlinedat/languages.html". In the following examples, we will be using "xx" for the language code, so where ever you see xx, you should replace it with the code for your favourite language. 2. Create the template file by doing... ./configure make ... from the bubblemon directory. 3. Enter the 'po' directory: cd po 4. Initialize your translation by copying bubblemon.pot (the template file created in step 3) into xx.po (but remember to use *your* language code instead of xx): cp bubblemon.pot xx.po 5. Edit xx.po using your favourite text editor. Leave the lines containing English (marked "msgid") alone; your translations should be added under the "msgstr" heading. If you are unsure, look at some other translation (sv.po for example) to see how it's done. Here we go: emacs xx.po 6. When you have translated everything in that file, send it to the mailing list (bubblemon-list@nongnu.org) for inclusion in the next version. 7. If you want to see your newly created translation in action, use your favourite text editor to edit configure.in in the bubblemon directory, and add your language to the ALL_LINGUAS variable. This is what the ALL_LINGUAS line should look like if there are translations for Swedish and xx: ALL_LINGUAS="sv xx" 8. Run autoconf, build and install the project: autoconf ./configure make su [enter the root password] make install exit The applet should now appear in the language of your choice! If you have any opinions on this short howto, let us know at bubblemon-list@nongnu.org. //Johan