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Help translate Benchwave
Benchwave's interface is English-only right now. If you'd like to use it in your own language, here's everything you need to add one, no coding required.
Get the strings
Every piece of text in the app's interface is listed here, one string per row (397 in total). Polish is already done, a good example to follow.
- CSV, for Excel, Numbers or Google Sheets: benchwave-strings.csv
- JSON, the same data for tooling: benchwave-strings.json
How to contribute
- Open benchwave-strings.csv in a spreadsheet.
- Add one new column to the right, headed with your language code, e.g.
de(German),fr(French),es(Spanish). - For each row, put your translation of the english column into your new column. Leave a cell blank if you're unsure, untranslated strings just fall back to English.
- Save as CSV (UTF-8) and send it back (see below).
A few rules that matter
- Keep placeholders exactly as they are. Some strings contain tokens like
%@,%1$@,%lld. These get filled in at runtime (numbers, names, counts), keep them, reordered if your language needs a different word order. - Keep the meaning and tone (friendly, concise), and match Apple's platform terms for your language where they exist.
- Leave brand and product names untranslated: Benchwave, FNIRSI, benchwave.co.uk, and model names like 2D15P or LCR-P1.
- The … and · characters are intentional, keep them.
- Don't translate the key or english columns.
Send it back
Email your completed CSV to seb@benchwave.co.uk and we'll get it into the next release. Contributors get a credit in the release notes.