Adding or Modifying Language Translations

The "Prefs | Language" option lets you select a language for the user interface of VueScan. Each language is desribed by a file named lan_xx.txt, where xx is one of the two-letter codes below. Each line in the lan_xx.txt file is the translation of the corresponding line in the lan_en.txt file.

To modify an existing languge translation, edit the lan_xx.txt file with a text editor that can modify Unicode (UTF8) strings. Don't use Microsoft Word to edit these files - it won't work. On Windows, use notepad.exe to edit and on Mac OS X, use TextEdit (in the Applications folder). Put lan_en.txt in a window on the left side of your screen and lan_xx.txt on the right side of your screen. Set the editor so the text doesn't wrap and each line on the left will match the line on the right.

If you only have a limited amount of time, edit sections 00, 01, 02, 07, 09, 11, 13, 15 and 16. These are the most visible parts of the user interface (buttons, menus, tabs, etc.) and it's only 319 lines to edit. This should take a native speaker an hour or two, and it will significantly improve the translation. You'll get a free Standard Edition license if you update the google translation for these 319 lines.

If you translate the whole file (1100 lines, 6000 words), you'll get a free Professional Edition license.

The lan_xx.txt files are located at:

Mac OS X - in VueScan.app/Contents/Data/lan_xx.txt
Windows - in c:\vuescan\lan_xx.txt
Linux - in the same directory as the vuescan executable

To add a new laguage translation, copy lan_en.txt to lan_xx.txt and edit lan_xx.txt for the new language.

Before you start work on a translation, check the translation status below to see if someone else is already working on it.

Native Translations

Two-letter code	English name	Native name	Translation status
bg	Bulgarian	български	Native translation
zh	Chinese (Simplified)	中文 (简体)	Native translation
tw	Chinese (Traditional)	中文 (繁體)	Native translation
hr	Croatian	Hrvatski	Native translation
cs	Czech	česky	Native translation
da	Danish	dansk	Native translation
nl	Dutch	Nederlands	Native translation
en	English	English	Native
fi	Finnish	suomen kieli	Native translation
fr	French	français	Native translation
gl	Galician	Galego	Native translation
de	German	Deutsch	Native translation
el	Greek	Ελληνικά	Native translation
hi	Hindi	हिन्दी	Native translation
hu	Hungarian	Magyar	Native translation
it	Italian	Italiano	Native translation
ja	Japanese	日本語	Native translation
ko	Korean	한국어	Native translation
no	Norwegian	Norsk	Native translation
pt	Portuguese	Português	Native translation
pl	Polish	polski	Native translation
ro	Romanian	română	Native translation
ru	Russian	русский	Native translation
sr	Serbian	српски језик	Native translation
sk	Slovak	slovenčina	Native translation
es	Spanish	español	Native translation
sv	Swedish	Svenska	Native translation
ta	Tamil	தமிழ்	Native translation
tr	Turkish	Türkçe	Native translation
uk	Ukrainian	Українська	Native translation

Translations Being Worked On

Two-letter code	English name	Native name	Translation status
be	Belarusian	Беларуская	Being worked on
ca	Catalan	Català	Being worked on
et	Estonian	Eesti keel	Being worked on
he	Hebrew	‫עברית	Being worked on
id	Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia	Being worked on
lv	Latvian	latviešu valoda	Being worked on
sl	Slovenian	slovenščina	Being worked on

Google Translations

These translations were done by translate.google.com and need to be updated by a native speaker of these languages:

Two-letter code	English name	Native name	Translation status
ar	Arabic	‫العربية	translate.google.com
lt	Lithuanian	lietuvių kalba	translate.google.com
tl	Tagalog	Tagalog	translate.google.com
th	Thai	ไทย	translate.google.com
vi	Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt	translate.google.com

Current Translation Status

Two-letter code	English name	Native name	Translation status
ab	Abkhazian	Аҧсуа
aa	Afar	Afaraf
af	Afrikaans	Afrikaans
ak	Akan	Akan
sq	Albanian	Shqip
am	Amharic	አማርኛ
ar	Arabic	‫العربية	translate.google.com
an	Aragonese	Aragonés
hy	Armenian	Հայերեն
as	Assamese	অসমীয়া
av	Avaric	авар мацӀ
ae	Avestan	avesta
ay	Aymara	aymar aru
az	Azerbaijani	azərbaycan dili
bm	Bambara	bamanankan
ba	Bashkir	башҡорт теле
eu	Basque	euskara
be	Belarusian	Беларуская	Being worked on
bn	Bengali	বাংলা
bh	Bihari	भोजपुरी
bi	Bislama	Bislama
bs	Bosnian	bosanski jezik
br	Breton	brezhoneg
bg	Bulgarian	български	Native translation
my	Burmese	ဗမာစာ
ca	Catalan	Català	Being worked on
ch	Chamorro	Chamoru
ce	Chechen	нохчийн мотт
ny	Chichewa	chiCheŵa
zh	Chinese (Simplified)	中文 (简体)	Native translation
tw	Chinese (Traditional)	中文 (繁體)	Native translation
cu	Church Slavic	ѩзыкъ словѣньскъ
cv	Chuvash	чӑваш чӗлхи
kw	Cornish	Kernewek
co	Corsican	corsu
cr	Cree	ᓀᐦᐃᔭᐍᐏᐣ
hr	Croatian	Hrvatski	Native translation
cs	Czech	česky	Native translation
da	Danish	dansk	Native translation
dv	Divehi	‫ދިވެހި
nl	Dutch	Nederlands	Native translation
dz	Dzongkha	རྫོང་ཁ
en	English	English	Native
eo	Esperanto	Esperanto
et	Estonian	Eesti keel	Being worked on
ee	Ewe	Ɛʋɛgbɛ
fo	Faroese	Føroyskt
fj	Fijian	vosa Vakaviti
fi	Finnish	suomen kieli	Native translation
fr	French	français	Native translation
ff	Fulah	Fulfulde
gl	Galician	Galego	Native translation
lg	Ganda	Luganda
ka	Georgian	ქართული
de	German	Deutsch	Native translation
el	Greek	Ελληνικά	Native translation
gn	Guarani	Avañe'ẽ
gu	Gujarati	ગુજરાતી
ht	Haitian	Kreyòl ayisyen
ha	Hausa	‫هَوُسَ
he	Hebrew	‫עברית	Being worked on
hz	Herero	Otjiherero
hi	Hindi	हिन्दी	Native translation
ho	Hiri Motu	Hiri Motu
hu	Hungarian	Magyar	Native translation
is	Icelandic	Íslenska
io	Ido	Ido
ig	Igbo	Igbo
id	Indonesian	Bahasa Indonesia	Being worked on
ia	Interlingua	Interlingua
ie	Interlingue	Interlingue
iu	Inuktitut	ᐃᓄᒃᑎᑐᑦ
ik	Inupiaq	Iñupiaq
ga	Irish	Gaeilge
it	Italian	Italiano	Native translation
ja	Japanese	日本語	Native translation
jv	Javanese	basa Jawa
kl	Kalaallisut	kalaallisut
kn	Kannada	ಕನ್ನಡ
kr	Kanuri	anuri
ks	Kashmiri	कश्मीरी
kk	Kazakh	Қазақ тілі
km	Khmer	ភាសាខ្មែរ
ki	Kikuyu	Gĩkũyũ
rw	Kinyarwanda	Ikinyarwanda
ky	Kirghiz	кыргыз тили
rn	Kirundi	kiRundi
kv	Komi	коми кыв
kg	Kongo	KiKongo
ko	Korean	한국어	Native translation
ku	Kurdish	Kurdî
kj	Kwanyama	Kuanyama
lo	Lao	ພາສາລາວ
la	Latin	latine
lv	Latvian	latviešu valoda	Being worked on
li	Limburgish	Limburgs
ln	Lingala	Lingála
lt	Lithuanian	lietuvių kalba	translate.google.com
lu	Luba-Katanga	Luba-Katanga
lb	Luxembourgish	Lëtzebuergesch
mk	Macedonian	македонски јазик
mg	Malagasy	Malagasy fiteny
ms	Malay	bahasa Melayu
ml	Malayalam	മലയാളം
mt	Maltese	Malti
gv	Manx	Ghaelg
mi	Maori	te reo Māori
mr	Marathi	मराठी
mh	Marshallese	Kajin M̧ajeļ
mo	Moldavian	Limba moldovenească
mn	Mongolian	Монгол
na	Nauru	Ekakairũ Naoero
nv	Navajo	Diné bizaad
ng	Ndonga	Owambo
ne	Nepali	नेपाली
nd	North Ndebele	isiNdebele
se	Northern Sami	Davvisámegiella
nb	Norwegian Bokmal	Norsk bokmål
nn	Norwegian Nynorsk	Norsk nynorsk
no	Norwegian	Norsk	Native translation
oc	Occitan	Occitan
oj	Ojibwa	ᐊᓂᔑᓈᐯᒧᐎᓐ
or	Oriya	ଓଡ଼ିଆ
om	Oromo	Afaan Oromoo
os	Ossetian	Ирон æвзаг
pi	Pali	पाऴि
pa	Panjabi	ਪੰਜਾਬੀ
ps	Pashto	‫پښتو
fa	Persian	‫فارسی
pl	Polish	polski	Native translation
pt	Portuguese	Português	Native translation
qu	Quechua	Runa Simi
rm	Raeto-Romance	rumantsch grischun
ro	Romanian	română	Native translation
ru	Russian	русский	Native translation
sm	Samoan	gagana fa'a Samoa
sg	Sango	yângâ tî sängö
sa	Sanskrit	संस्कृतम्
sc	Sardinian	sardu
gd	Scottish Gaelic	Gàidhlig
sr	Serbian	српски језик	Native translation
sh	Serbo-Croatian	Srpskohrvatski
sn	Shona	chiShona
ii	Sichuan Yi	ꆇꉙ
sd	Sindhi	सिन्धी
si	Sinhala	සිංහල
sk	Slovak	slovenčina	Native translation
sl	Slovenian	slovenščina	Being worked on
so	Somali	Soomaaliga
st	Sotho	seSotho
nr	South Ndebele	Ndébélé
es	Spanish	español	Native translation
su	Sundanese	Basa Sunda
sw	Swahili	Kiswahili
ss	Swati	SiSwati
sv	Swedish	Svenska	Native translation
tl	Tagalog	Tagalog	translate.google.com
ty	Tahitian	Reo Mā`ohi
tg	Tajik	тоҷикӣ
ta	Tamil	தமிழ்	Native translation
tt	Tatar	татарча
te	Telugu	తెలుగు
th	Thai	ไทย	translate.google.com
bo	Tibetan	བོད་ཡིག
ti	Tigrinya	ትግርኛ
to	Tonga	faka Tonga
ts	Tsonga	xiTsonga
tn	Tswana	seTswana
tr	Turkish	Türkçe	Native translation
tk	Turkmen	Türkmen
ug	Uighur	Uyƣurqə
uk	Ukrainian	Українська	Native translation
ur	Urdu	‫اردو
uz	Uzbek	O'zbek
ve	Venda	tshiVenḓa
vi	Vietnamese	Tiếng Việt	translate.google.com
vo	Volapuk	Volapük
wa	Walloon	Walon
cy	Welsh	Cymraeg
fy	Western Frisian	Frysk
wo	Wolof	Wollof
xh	Xhosa	isiXhosa
yi	Yiddish	‫ייִדיש
yo	Yoruba	Yorùbá
za	Zhuang	Saɯ cueŋƅ
zu	Zulu	isiZulu