Foldit Translations

Foldit players belong to many countries. Translations of the game have been made in several languages.

Some help can be find also in some teams.

Chapter 1 - Find and download a translation

1. First, find or share a translation] file named 'foldit.[LANGUAGE_CODE].po' (portable object)

• If you are having problems downloading, please see http://fold.it/portal/node/990593

Languages already translated from http://fold.it/portal/index.php?q=client_translation_list:

• Czech = http://fold.it/portal/node/990192 (Look for Seth's comment)
  • Language Code = cz
  • Czech team Czech National Team

• French = http://dl.free.fr/rRscVRjj7 (bug on site)
  • Language Code =
  • French speaking team L'Alliance Francophone and player marie suchard

• German = http://fold.it/portal/node/989131 (partial)
  • Language Code = de
  • Note: German Wiki http://de.foldit.wikia.com/wiki/Foldit
  • German team SETI.Germany

• Italian = http://fold.it/portal/node/989779
  • Language Code =
  • Note: Italian Wiki http://it.foldit.wikia.com/wiki/FoldIt_Wiki
  • Italian team BOINC.Italy

• Romanian = http://fold.it/portal/node/988782
  • Language Code =
  • Note: Romanian team ROMANIA Team

• Russian = http://fold.it/portal/node/988909, http://fold.it/portal/node/989947
  • Language Code =
  • Note: Russian Wiki http://ru.wikiversity.org/wiki/FoldIt_Wiki
  • Russian team Russian team

• Spanish (Spain) = http://fold.it/portal/node/990776
  • Language Code = es
  • Spanish Wiki http://es.foldit.wikia.com/wiki/FoldIt_Wiki
  • Other dialects:

At this point, you should have on your system: foldit.[LANGUAGE CODE].po

Chapter 2 - Installing translation file on Windows XP (32-bit)

1. Find data file location for Foldit ([DATA_DIR]) = C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Foldit\
2. Create [DATA_DIR]/locale = mkdir C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Foldit\locale
3. Copy foldit.[LANGUAGE_CODE].po to [DATA_DIR]/locale = copy foldit.[LANGUAGE_CODE].po C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Foldit\locale\
4. Edit options.txt = notepad C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Foldit\options.txt
   1. Add/edit the line = "language" : "[LANGUAGE_CODE]"
5. Start Fold.it =

Chapter 3 - Installing translation file on Windows 7 and Vista (32-bit)

1. Find data file location for Foldit ([DATA_DIR]) = C:\ProgramData\Foldit\
2. Create [DATA_DIR]/locale = mkdir C:\ProgramData\Foldit\locale
3. Copy foldit.[LANGUAGE_CODE].po to [DATA_DIR]/locale = copy foldit.[LANGUAGE_CODE].po C:\ProgramData\Foldit\locale
4. Edit options.txt = notepad C:\ProgramData\Foldit\options.txt
   1. Add/edit the line = "language" : "[LANGUAGE_CODE]"
5. Start Fold.it =

Chapter 4 - Installing translation file on MAC

1. Find data file location for Foldit ([DATA_DIR]) = Ctrl-click on the app and choose "Show Package Contents, then go to Contents/Resources
2. Create [DATA_DIR]/locale =
3. Copy foldit.[LANGUAGE_CODE].po to [DATA_DIR]/locale =
4. Edit options.txt =
   1. Add/edit the line = "language" : "[LANGUAGE_CODE]"
5. Start Fold.it =

Chapter 5 - Installing translation file on Linux

1. Find data file location for Foldit ([DATA_DIR]) = Foldit directory
2. Create [DATA_DIR]/locale = mkdir ./locale
3. Copy foldit.[LANGUAGE_CODE].po to [DATA_DIR]/locale = cp foldit.[LANGUAGE_CODE].po ./locale/
4. Edit options.txt = vim ./options.txt
   1. Add/edit the line = "language" : "[LANGUAGE_CODE]"
5. Start Fold.it = ./Foldit

Chapter 6 - Languages requested for Translation

• Arabic

• Chinese
  • Chinese team Team China

• Dutch
  • Dutch team FoldIt@Netherlands

• Hindi

• Greek
  • Greek team Eὕρηκα! Heureka!

• Hungarian
  • Hungarian teams Team Hungary or Hungary

• Japanese

• Korean

• Polish
  • Polish team BOINC@Poland and player Rav3n_pl

• Portugese (Brazilian)

• Portugese (Portugal)

• Slovack
  • Slovack team Slovak National Team
• Swedish

Note: To learn how to translate, please see Translating_Foldit

Note: New flags can be downloaded from http://www.iconspedia.com/pack/not-a-patriot-122/ or Wikipedia. Resize to 25x25 pixels, PNG

Note: Language codes should follow https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes (to be consistent, use lowercase)