I Want to Help Translate

We like to have the same person or group of people maintain the translation for a particular language. If Pidgin already has a translation for the language you want to help with, please contact the translator for that language and ask if there's anything you can do. It's possible they're looking for someone to take over. You can find their email address in the Pidgin About window.

I Want to Translate to a New Language

Great! We love translations! The first thing you should do is join the ​translators mailing list and ask if anyone is already working on translating that language.

Where should I submit a translation update?

Please ​create a new ticket and attach your translation file. Also, please provide your full name, a contact email address, and the language and country code for your translation.

Translation Stats and a .pot File

You can see the current translation statistics at ​http://developer.pidgin.im/l10n/. There is also a link to the nightly version of the pidgin.pot at the bottom of the page. In addition to the traditional pidgin.pot file, we also translate the strings used by the Windows installer. These strings are in the english.nsh file in our repository, and should be translated by providing a <lanuage>.nsh file containing the translated strings.