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See:
http://overshoot.tv/wiki/tools/translation_tools#Gettext
Troubleshooting
msgmerge: invalid multibyte sequence
Example with a file containing Chinese:
msgmerge --update translations/tw/overshoot_smoking.po translations/overshoot_smoking.pot
translations/tw/overshoot_smoking.po:3: invalid multibyte sequence
translations/tw/overshoot_smoking.po:3: invalid multibyte sequence
translations/tw/overshoot_smoking.po:3: invalid multibyte sequence
translations/tw/overshoot_smoking.po:3: invalid multibyte sequence
translations/tw/overshoot_smoking.po:3: invalid multibyte sequenceSolved by adding "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n" within the header of the .po file (i.e. the file containing the Chinese translation).
Full header example:
msgid ""
msgstr ""
"Project-Id-Version: \n"
"POT-Creation-Date: \n"
"PO-Revision-Date: \n"
"Last-Translator: augustin <augustin@example.com>\n"
"Language-Team: \n"
"Language: \n"
"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"More on .po file headers:
http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/Header-Entry.html#H...
gettext does not translate new strings
You have added some new strings to your software. Then you have merged the new strings to your .po files and translated them. But when you run the software, the newly translated strings are not taken into consideration.
Solution: remember to compile the .po file with msgfmt, e.g.:
msgfmt -o LC_MESSAGES/overshoot_smoking.mo overshoot_smoking.po