Translating Audacity

Audacity is translated into many languages by volunteers. It is a way to contribute right in Audacity's interface, without writing any code.

Join the project on Transifex

Translation happens on Transifex. Find the Audacity project at explore.transifex.com/audacity/audacity and:

  1. Click the Join this project button on the right side.
  2. Select the language you would like to contribute to from the dropdown.
  3. Click Join project if the language is available to join, or Request language if it is not listed yet.
Select the language you want to translate Audacity to, then join or request it.

Once you are approved as a translator you receive an email notification. The project then appears in your Transifex dashboard and you can start contributing.

The Audacity project dashboard in Transifex, showing source string and word counts, localization activity, per-language progress, and the Translate button at the top right
The Audacity project dashboard in Transifex.

Translate strings

  1. Click Translate at the top right.
  2. Select Audacity from the resource overview to start editing.
  3. Select a string and type the corresponding translation in your language.
  4. Click Save translation and move to the next string.
The Transifex editor, translating strings one by one.

The editor has keyboard shortcuts that speed the workflow up, listed under its overflow menu. The most useful is Tab, which saves the current string and moves straight to the next one.

The Transifex editor's overflow menu, open on Editor Preferences, Show source string in English, and Keyboard Shortcuts

Join the translator community

Questions, and notice of upcoming releases that need translation, live in two places:

And that's it. Happy translating!