[Interest] How to properly translate an application?

[Rainer Wiesenfarth]

On Thu, Jun 7, 2018 at 2:22 PM, Mark Gaiser <markg85 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I have a windows desktop application (Qt 5.9 LTS) here that has Dutch and
> English translations files (in .ts format) created with Qt Linguist. Any
> strings in that file show up in the Qt UI just fine in the chosen language.
>
> But if i set the language to Dutch (operating system language is English)
> then Qt's default buttons are still in English. Sure, they can be
> translated on a case-by-case basis but i don't think that
> should be needed.
>
> I don't think there is a problem with the .ts files as anything in there
> just works in the UI.
> But perhaps i missed a step?
>

​For a couple of languages, there are ​.qm files for Qt (search e.g. for
qt_de.qm). These contain the translations of Qt itself. Unfortunately,
Dutch seems to be not included here...

​The ​page http://wiki.qt.io/Qt_Localization may be useful for further
investigations.

​Cheers, Rainer

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