Topic: Bitcoin-qt unwanted translations (Read 1512 times)
Same here. Option 2 would be great.
I'd vote for option 2 and keep default installation language English.
i don't particularly like my German translation - its correct but it just does not fit very well.
i don't particularly like my German translation - its correct but it just does not fit very well.
Since I added a Hebrew translation (starting with 0.6.0), I received multiple complaints that the client now defaults to Hebrew and that this is unwanted. There is no clear indication of how to change the language (which I now know to be with the -lang parameter). The default language is decided by the dates format rather than the OS interface language (I would have complained too, if I had bothered to change the format when I installed the OS).
Do similar complaints exist in other languages? Maybe the problem is more pronounced for Hebrew because of the non-latin characters and the right-to-left direction (which QT doesn't handle properly, and even if handled properly doesn't mix well with some technical terms).
How can this problem be resolved? A few possible solutions, which I don't know if are technically possible:
1. Make the default language derive from the OS interface language.
2. Allow choosing the language on installation, and changing it from the GUI.
3. Document the -lang parameter more prominently.
4. Default to English and let the user change it if wanted.
Do similar complaints exist in other languages? Maybe the problem is more pronounced for Hebrew because of the non-latin characters and the right-to-left direction (which QT doesn't handle properly, and even if handled properly doesn't mix well with some technical terms).
How can this problem be resolved? A few possible solutions, which I don't know if are technically possible:
1. Make the default language derive from the OS interface language.
2. Allow choosing the language on installation, and changing it from the GUI.
3. Document the -lang parameter more prominently.
4. Default to English and let the user change it if wanted.
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