Localization

DBeaver uses the standard properties-based i18n model. All translatable resources reside in the *.properties file. Each plugin (bundle) has its own set of resources. Almost all plugins have at least a bundles.properties resource. More extensive plugins have additional resources in the src folder. See the complete list of property files below.

bundle.properties contains an original string in the English language. All translated resources are placed in bundle_XX.properties files where XX is a two-letter language code.

• Clone DBeaver repository

  • Install GitHub Desktop
  • In the top menu, select File -> Clone Repository
  • In the appeared popup window, select the URL tab and paste DBeaver URL: https://github.com/dbeaver/dbeaver.git
  • Press Clone

• Install Eclipse (any version, any package)
• Install ResourceBundle Editor plugin.
  • Main menu Help -> Install New Software -> https://raw.githubusercontent.com/essiembre/eclipse-rbe/master/eclipse-rbe-update-site/site.xml
• Main menu -> File -> Import... -> General -> Existing Projects into Workspace -> Browse
• Choose your DBeaver clone directory and import all projects
• Open some properties file (e.g. bundle.properties - see below ) in ResourceBundle editor:

• Edit properties:

Non-ASCII symbols are encoded to uppercase and lowercase hex sequences (for example, \u00E3 and \u00e3). By default, only uppercase sequences are enabled in IntelliJ IDEA. Before starting your work, Please set the idea.native2ascii.lowercase property in the idea.properties file to true to avoid unintended changes.

Please note that according to the Contribution guide, it's required to add the issue number to the commit message. If there is no such issue, then you should create one.

• Open GitHub Desktop
• At the top, select Current branch and press the New Branch button
• Create a new branch with a name related to l10n
• Commit to the new branch
• Publish brunch/push (right button at the top)
• Fetch origin (right button at the top)
• In the main menu, select Branch -> Create Pull Request
• On the opened GitHub page, add some meaningful text for your pull request name and press the Create pull request button
• Return to GitHub Desktop and switch to devel branch

or

Create a Pull Request with your changes (in branch devel) https://help.github.com/articles/creating-a-pull-request-from-a-fork/

1. Using placeholders in localization files

   When localizing messages that include segments from the running application, you should use text placeholders instead of manually concatenating strings in the code.

   A placeholder is a special marker represented as {N}, where N is a number starting from 0. These placeholders are later replaced with provided values.

   `java // Will result in "This is my text: hello from DBeaver" NLS.bind("This is my text: {0} from {1}", "hello", "DBeaver"); `

2. Dealing with single quotes

   If you're editing the text manually and your message contains single quotes, you must double them:

   • Wrong: Can't delete '{0}'
   • Right: Can''t delete ''{0}''

Once you have changed one of these resources, you might want to test your changes. You can:

• Run DBeaver directly from Eclipse workspace

• Build DBeaver from source and run executable

• Please avoid creating multiple pull requests for one issue.

• Avoid force-pushing the commits in the PR branch. This makes reading commit history more complex.

Brazilian Portuguese Standardization proposals by @brlarini

See Changing interface language