Localizations
The FieldWorks user interface is available in a number of languages. Although the localization (the translation of the interface) for some of these languages is not complete, we have made available the work that has been done so far. We welcome feedback on the translations; offers of help to translate the interface into additional languages are also welcome.
Some of the localizations have been updated after the most recent version of FieldWorks was released. You can download a language pack that will allow you to update the localization without reinstalling FieldWorks, as long as you have the appropriate (matching) version of FieldWorks installed. The updated packages that are available (and the dates they were updated) are shown below. (To see if the language pack for your version of FieldWorks was updated after that version was released, compare the date given for that language pack with the date you will find by doing Help > About Language Explorer in your version of FieldWorks.)
Note: these language packs have not undergone as thorough testing as the localizations that are shipped with FieldWorks. We do not expect these to result in crashes, but there may be errors in the translations. Please send your feedback .
Note: In FieldWorks 7, the language packs also contain the list content, for instance translations of words like “prefix”, “suffix”, “antonym”, etc. A few of the packs also contain some portion of the semantic domains list translated into that language. Unlike previous versions, you will need to install the language pack if you want to use the pre-translated lists in that language. For packs that ship with FieldWorks, it is enough to choose the language pack during the installation of FieldWorks. It is only necessary to download one of the packs below if it has been updated since you installed FieldWorks.
To install a language pack:
- Download the file by clicking on the link below.
- Exit from FieldWorks.
- Double click on the file.
- It will place the localized files in the appropriate places in your FieldWorks installation.
- Start FieldWorks. To use the new language pack, go to Tools > Options and select the language from the list of user interface languages.
- 99% complete
- A significant portion has been checked by native speaker linguists
- From 7.0.1 onwards includes partial translation of the semantic domain list.
- User interface last updated Dec 18 2010 unless otherwise noted.
Language Packs for Download:
- Latest version included in latest current release from 7.0.1 onwards (last updated Mar 13 2011)
- For FieldWorks 6.0.6
- 100% complete
- Moderately checked by users of Language Explorer
- From version 7.0.1 onwards, there is no translation of the semantic domains. An updated version will be made available later. (Only affects new projects created with these versions.)
- User interface last updated Dec 18 2010 unless otherwise noted.
Language Packs for Download:
- Latest version included in latest current release from 7.0.4 onwards (last updated Jun 10 2011)
- For FieldWorks 6.0.6
Info on this localization:
- 1% complete
- Has not been checked at all by a native speaker; was produced by machine translation.
- This is provided here merely to see if this is useful to anyone, and to see if there is interest in having more of this completed.
- User interface last updated Mar 8 2011 unless otherwise noted.
Language Packs for Download:
- 59% complete
- Roughly half has been checked by native speaker linguists
- From 7.0.1 onwards includes complete translation of the semantic domain list.
- User interface last updated Mar 8 2011 unless otherwise noted.
Language Packs for Download:
- 11% complete
- Has not been checked at all by a native speaker; was produced by machine translation.
- This is provided here merely to see if this is useful to anyone, and to see if there is interest in having more of this completed.
- User interface last updated Mar 18 2010 unless otherwise noted.
Language Packs for Download:
- 47% complete
- Most has been checked by native speaker who uses Language Explorer
- Includes translation of the anthropology categories list, and other lists
Language Packs for Download:
- For FieldWorks 7.0.4 (last updated Jun 1 2011)
- For FieldWorks 7.0.3 (last updated Jun 1 2011)
- For FieldWorks 7.0.2 (last updated Apr 25 2011)
- For FieldWorks 6.0.6 (last updated Feb 3 2011)
- 80% complete
- Checked by a native speaker linguist, but not by someone who uses Language Explorer
- User interface last updated Mar 24 2010 unless otherwise noted.
Language Packs for Download:
- 81% complete
- Most has been checked by native speaker linguists
- From 7.0.1 onwards, includes a complete translation of the semantic domains.
- User interface last updated Mar 20 2011 unless otherwise noted.
Language Packs for Download:
- Latest version included in latest current release from 7.0.1 onwards
- 50% complete
- Mostly checked by users of Language Explorer
- From 7.0.1 onwards, includes a partial translation of the semantic domains.
- User interface last updated Feb 3 2011 unless otherwise noted.
Language Packs for Download:
- Latest version included in latest current release from 7.0.4 onwards (last updated Jun 3 2011)
- For FieldWorks 6.0.6
- 15% complete
- Has not been checked at all by a native speaker; was produced by machine translation.
- This is provided here merely to see if this is useful to anyone, and to see if there is interest in having more of this completed.
Language Packs for Download:
- For FieldWorks 7.0.4 (last updated Mar 8 2011)
- For FieldWorks 7.0.3 (last updated Mar 8 2011)
- For FieldWorks 7.0.2 (last updated Mar 8 2011)
- For FieldWorks 6.0.6 (last updated Apr 4 2010)
I recommend that the website for SIL Fieldworks also be designed in each language for which there is an interface. It will make the work more sustainable for linguists and language speakers who do not necessarily read/speak English but who read/speak Spanish, Chinese, French, Indonesian, Persian, Portuguese, Russian, Hindi, Korean, and Turkish.
Thanks a bunch!
Ramon
Turkish would be very helpful to me. We plan to use Turkish for many of our source texts and we plan to work with with minorities who speak Turkish and not English.
thanks!
steve
Do you happen to have an Italian version? Thank you.
We don’t currently have an Italian version, but if you would like to work on it, I can supply you with the files! I could also show you the sources for Spanish and French–it would likely be much easier to translate from those, since English is so ambiguous (in terms of what words are verbs, adjectives, nouns, and what modifies what). The Spanish and French versions have been checked pretty carefully.
Similarly, for Turkish, if there is someone who wants to work on it, I’m happy to supply the files with the strings to be translated. Let me know.