Translating to Other Languages
Although this article is about Kryptel localization, it is fully applicable to Silver Key.
Every text string that Kryptel displays, be it an error message, a menu item, a button label, and so on, is obtained from one of Kryptel language files. All the language files can be found in the Localization subdirectory of the Kryptel's program directory:
C:\Program Files\Kryptel\Localization for all Kryptel editions on all 32-bit Windows or Kryptel Enterprise 64-bit on Windows x64.
C:\Program Files (x86)\Kryptel\Localization for all 32-bit Kryptel editions on Windows x64.
You can recognize a language file by its extension, which is a hexadecimal number, representing the language code. For example, Browser.409 contains Kryptel Browser-related English US messages; Common.407 contains commonly used messages in German, and so on. You can find a complete list of language codes in the appendix.
The English US (*.409) files are so-called base files, and they can't be edited with the supplied tool (although they can be edited manually using Notepad or another text editor).
How does it work
Every Kryptel message has an associated identifier, which looks like "PASSWORD_DIALOG_TITLE" or "ERR_INVALID_FILE_NAME". For example, when Kryptel needs to display the error message "Empty or invalid file name", it first searches the appropriate language file for the message with the identifier "ERR_INVALID_FILE_NAME". If the current language is German, it scans the corresponding .407 file. If the message was not found there (or if there is no such file), Kryptel tries to locate it in the English/US .409 file, which must be present and must contain the message (that's the reason why it is called base file).
Message translation is not required to be complete; partial translation is all right - Kryptel will get the missing messages from the .409 files. As soon as at least one message is translated, the corresponding language will be selectable in the Crypto Settings panel.
Creating A New Translation
Create a new empty folder and copy there the contents of the Kryptel Localization folder. Open the new folder, locate the program MsgEditor.exe, and double-click it to open the Message Editor window.
Note that copying the contents the Localization folder to another folder is not really necessary. Just make sure that Message Editor can write there because Vista/Win7 write-protects the Program Files folder and its subfolders. If your system is Vista or Windows 7, start Message Editor by right-clicking MsgEditor.exe and selecting "Run as Administrator". A good practice is to press the Save button immediately after you edit the first message in order to ensure that the files can be saved and your work will not be lost.
Now select the target language, the message file, and the message you want to translate. Enter the message in the target language in the lowest pane. Press Save. Congratulations, you have just created a new translation and can now select the new language in the Crypto Settings panel (you need to copy the files back to the Localization folder first).
Do this for all the messages in all the message files, and the job is done!
IMPORTANT: All the formatting arguments must remain unchanged, and must go in the same order as in the base file. Formatting argument looks as a per cent sign followed by a sequence of letters and digits, for example, %s or %08X. Move them to the translated message ‘as is’.
Checking The Translation
Translating all the messages takes some time, and it would be very handy if we had some way to check what is done and how much is left to do. There is another program in the Localization folder, which does exactly that. Double-click MsgChecker.exe and select the target language.
Message Checker shows detailed statistics, both total, and for individual files.
Appendix: Language File Format
Normally, you should not care about the format of language files - Message Editor takes care of everything. This information may come useful when you wish to fix some message in a base .409 file.
The first line of message file contains a brief description that both Message Editor and Message Checker show. The Kryptel message processor simply skips first line. The second and the following lines is a sequence of message definitions.
A message definition must start with the dot (.) character in the first position. All lines not starting with dot and which are not part of a long message definition (see below) are considered comments and ignored.
There are two formats of message definition - short and long.
A short definition occupies exactly one line and have the following format:
.MessageId Message text
Example:
.SHORT_MESSAGE_ID This is a short message.
A long definition may contain several lines of text and is delimited by a line containing a single dot (.) character in the first position.
.MessageId
Line 1
Line 2
. . .
Line N
.
Example:
.LONG_MESSAGE_ID
This is the first line of a long message...
A multiline message is shown exactly as it is defined
in the message file; the localization library preserves
line feeds and white spaces - except white spaces at
the end of the lines, which are truncated.
The last line of a rather long message...
.
All lines, which are not started with the dot character, and which are not part of a long message definition, are considered a comment and ignored.
Appendix: Language Codes
Language Codes Sorted by Language Name
| Name | Code | Name | Code | Name | Code |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afrikaans (South Africa) | 436 | Estonian (Estonia) | 425 | Persian | 429 |
| Albanian (Albania) | 41C | Faroese (Faroe Islands) | 438 | Polish (Poland) | 415 |
| Amharic (Ethiopia) | 45E | Filipino (Philippines) | 464 | Portuguese (Brazil) | 416 |
| Arabic (Algeria) | 1401 | Finnish (Finland) | 40B | Portuguese (Portugal) | 816 |
| Arabic (Bahrain) | 3C01 | French (Belgium) | 80C | Punjabi (India) | 446 |
| Arabic (Egypt) | C01 | French (Canada) | C0C | Romanian (Romania) | 418 |
| Arabic (Iraq) | 801 | French (France) | 40C | Romansh (Switzerland) | 417 |
| Arabic (Jordan) | 2C01 | French (Luxembourg) | 140C | Russian (Russia) | 419 |
| Arabic (Kuwait) | 3401 | French (Monaco) | 180C | Sami, Northern (Norway) | 43B |
| Arabic (Lebanon) | 3001 | French (Switzerland) | 100C | Sanskrit (India) | 44F |
| Arabic (Libya) | 1001 | Frisian (Netherlands) | 462 | Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia and Montenegro (Former)) | C1A |
| Arabic (Morocco) | 1801 | Galician (Galician) | 456 | Serbian (Latin, Serbia and Montenegro (Former)) | 81A |
| Arabic (Oman) | 2001 | Georgian (Georgia) | 437 | Setswana (South Africa) | 432 |
| Arabic (Qatar) | 4001 | German (Austria) | C07 | Sinhala (Sri Lanka) | 45B |
| Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | 401 | German (Germany) | 407 | Slovak (Slovakia) | 41B |
| Arabic (Syria) | 2801 | German (Liechtenstein) | 1407 | Slovenian (Slovenia) | 424 |
| Arabic (Tunisia) | 1C01 | German (Luxembourg) | 1007 | Spanish (Argentina) | 2C0A |
| Arabic (U.A.E.) | 3801 | German (Switzerland) | 807 | Spanish (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) | 200A |
| Arabic (Yemen) | 2401 | Greek (Greece) | 408 | Spanish (Bolivia) | 400A |
| Armenian (Armenia) | 42B | Gujarati (India) | 447 | Spanish (Chile) | 340A |
| Assamese (India) | 44D | Hebrew (Israel) | 40D | Spanish (Colombia) | 240A |
| Azeri (Cyrillic, Azerbaijan) | 82C | Hindi (India) | 439 | Spanish (Costa Rica) | 140A |
| Azeri (Latin, Azerbaijan) | 42C | Hungarian (Hungary) | 40E | Spanish (Dominican Republic) | 1C0A |
| Basque (Basque) | 42D | Icelandic (Iceland) | 40F | Spanish (Ecuador) | 300A |
| Belarusian (Belarus) | 423 | Igbo (Nigeria) | 470 | Spanish (El Salvador) | 440A |
| Bengali (Bangladesh) | 845 | Indonesian (Indonesia) | 421 | Spanish (Guatemala) | 100A |
| Bengali (India) | 445 | Irish (Ireland) | 83C | Spanish (Honduras) | 480A |
| Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina) | 141A | isiXhosa (South Africa) | 434 | Spanish (Mexico) | 80A |
| Bulgarian (Bulgaria) | 402 | isiZulu (South Africa) | 435 | Spanish (Nicaragua) | 4C0A |
| Catalan (Catalan) | 403 | Italian (Italy) | 410 | Spanish (Panama) | 180A |
| Chinese (Simplified, PRC) | 804 | Italian (Switzerland) | 810 | Spanish (Paraguay) | 3C0A |
| Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) | 1004 | Japanese (Japan) | 411 | Spanish (Peru) | 280A |
| Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) | C04 | Kannada (India) | 44B | Spanish (Puerto Rico) | 500A |
| Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) | 1404 | Kazakh (Kazakhstan) | 43F | Spanish (Spain, International Sort) | C0A |
| Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) | 404 | Khmer (Cambodia) | 453 | Spanish (Spain, Traditional Sort) | 40A |
| Croatian (Croatia) | 41A | Kiswahili (Kenya) | 441 | Spanish (Uruguay) | 380A |
| Czech (Czech Republic) | 405 | Konkani (India) | 457 | Swedish (Finland) | 81D |
| Danish (Denmark) | 406 | Korean (Korea) | 412 | Swedish (Sweden) | 41D |
| Divehi (Maldives) | 465 | Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan) | 440 | Syriac (Syria) | 45A |
| Dutch (Belgium) | 813 | Lao (Lao P.D.R.) | 454 | Tajik (Cyrillic, Tajikistan) | 428 |
| Dutch (Netherlands) | 413 | Latvian (Latvia) | 426 | Tamil (India) | 449 |
| English (Australia) | C09 | Lithuanian (Lithuania) | 427 | Tatar (Russia) | 444 |
| English (Belize) | 2809 | Macedonian (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) | 42F | Telugu (India) | 44A |
| English (Canada) | 1009 | Malay (Brunei Darussalam) | 83E | Thai (Thailand) | 41E |
| English (Caribbean) | 2409 | Malay (Malaysia) | 43E | Tibetan (PRC) | 451 |
| English (India) | 4009 | Malayalam (India) | 44C | Turkish (Turkey) | 41F |
| English (Ireland) | 1809 | Maltese (Malta) | 43A | Turkmen (Turkmenistan) | 442 |
| English (Jamaica) | 2009 | Maori (New Zealand) | 481 | Ukrainian (Ukraine) | 422 |
| English (New Zealand) | 1409 | Marathi (India) | 44E | Upper Sorbian (Germany) | 42E |
| English (Republic of the Philippines) | 3409 | Mongolian (Cyrillic, Mongolia) | 450 | Urdu (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) | 420 |
| English (South Africa) | 1C09 | Mongolian (Traditional Mongolian, PRC) | 850 | Uzbek (Cyrillic, Uzbekistan) | 843 |
| English (Trinidad and Tobago) | 2C09 | Nepali (Nepal) | 461 | Uzbek (Latin, Uzbekistan) | 443 |
| English (United Kingdom) | 809 | Norwegian, Bokmal (Norway) | 414 | Vietnamese (Vietnam) | 42A |
| English (United States) | 409 | Norwegian, Nynorsk (Norway) | 814 | Welsh (United Kingdom) | 452 |
| English (Zimbabwe) | 3009 | Oriya (India) | 448 |
Language Codes Sorted by Language Code
| Code | Name | Code | Name | Code | Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 401 | Arabic (Saudi Arabia) | 43B | Sami, Northern (Norway) | C07 | German (Austria) |
| 402 | Bulgarian (Bulgaria) | 43E | Malay (Malaysia) | C09 | English (Australia) |
| 403 | Catalan (Catalan) | 43F | Kazakh (Kazakhstan) | C0A | Spanish (Spain, International Sort) |
| 404 | Chinese (Traditional, Taiwan) | 440 | Kyrgyz (Kyrgyzstan) | C0C | French (Canada) |
| 405 | Czech (Czech Republic) | 441 | Kiswahili (Kenya) | C1A | Serbian (Cyrillic, Serbia and Montenegro (Former)) |
| 406 | Danish (Denmark) | 442 | Turkmen (Turkmenistan) | 1001 | Arabic (Libya) |
| 407 | German (Germany) | 443 | Uzbek (Latin, Uzbekistan) | 1004 | Chinese (Simplified, Singapore) |
| 408 | Greek (Greece) | 444 | Tatar (Russia) | 1007 | German (Luxembourg) |
| 409 | English (United States) | 445 | Bengali (India) | 1009 | English (Canada) |
| 40A | Spanish (Spain, Traditional Sort) | 446 | Punjabi (India) | 100A | Spanish (Guatemala) |
| 40B | Finnish (Finland) | 447 | Gujarati (India) | 100C | French (Switzerland) |
| 40C | French (France) | 448 | Oriya (India) | 1401 | Arabic (Algeria) |
| 40D | Hebrew (Israel) | 449 | Tamil (India) | 1404 | Chinese (Traditional, Macao S.A.R.) |
| 40E | Hungarian (Hungary) | 44A | Telugu (India) | 1407 | German (Liechtenstein) |
| 40F | Icelandic (Iceland) | 44B | Kannada (India) | 1409 | English (New Zealand) |
| 410 | Italian (Italy) | 44C | Malayalam (India) | 140A | Spanish (Costa Rica) |
| 411 | Japanese (Japan) | 44D | Assamese (India) | 140C | French (Luxembourg) |
| 412 | Korean (Korea) | 44E | Marathi (India) | 141A | Bosnian (Latin, Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
| 413 | Dutch (Netherlands) | 44F | Sanskrit (India) | 1801 | Arabic (Morocco) |
| 414 | Norwegian, Bokmal (Norway) | 450 | Mongolian (Cyrillic, Mongolia) | 1809 | English (Ireland) |
| 415 | Polish (Poland) | 451 | Tibetan (PRC) | 180A | Spanish (Panama) |
| 416 | Portuguese (Brazil) | 452 | Welsh (United Kingdom) | 180C | French (Monaco) |
| 417 | Romansh (Switzerland) | 453 | Khmer (Cambodia) | 1C01 | Arabic (Tunisia) |
| 418 | Romanian (Romania) | 454 | Lao (Lao P.D.R.) | 1C09 | English (South Africa) |
| 419 | Russian (Russia) | 456 | Galician (Galician) | 1C0A | Spanish (Dominican Republic) |
| 41A | Croatian (Croatia) | 457 | Konkani (India) | 2001 | Arabic (Oman) |
| 41B | Slovak (Slovakia) | 45A | Syriac (Syria) | 2009 | English (Jamaica) |
| 41C | Albanian (Albania) | 45B | Sinhala (Sri Lanka) | 200A | Spanish (Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela) |
| 41D | Swedish (Sweden) | 45E | Amharic (Ethiopia) | 2401 | Arabic (Yemen) |
| 41E | Thai (Thailand) | 461 | Nepali (Nepal) | 2409 | English (Caribbean) |
| 41F | Turkish (Turkey) | 462 | Frisian (Netherlands) | 240A | Spanish (Colombia) |
| 420 | Urdu (Islamic Republic of Pakistan) | 464 | Filipino (Philippines) | 2801 | Arabic (Syria) |
| 421 | Indonesian (Indonesia) | 465 | Divehi (Maldives) | 2809 | English (Belize) |
| 422 | Ukrainian (Ukraine) | 470 | Igbo (Nigeria) | 280A | Spanish (Peru) |
| 423 | Belarusian (Belarus) | 481 | Maori (New Zealand) | 2C01 | Arabic (Jordan) |
| 424 | Slovenian (Slovenia) | 801 | Arabic (Iraq) | 2C09 | English (Trinidad and Tobago) |
| 425 | Estonian (Estonia) | 804 | Chinese (Simplified, PRC) | 2C0A | Spanish (Argentina) |
| 426 | Latvian (Latvia) | 807 | German (Switzerland) | 3001 | Arabic (Lebanon) |
| 427 | Lithuanian (Lithuania) | 809 | English (United Kingdom) | 3009 | English (Zimbabwe) |
| 428 | Tajik (Cyrillic, Tajikistan) | 80A | Spanish (Mexico) | 300A | Spanish (Ecuador) |
| 429 | Persian | 80C | French (Belgium) | 3401 | Arabic (Kuwait) |
| 42A | Vietnamese (Vietnam) | 810 | Italian (Switzerland) | 3409 | English (Republic of the Philippines) |
| 42B | Armenian (Armenia) | 813 | Dutch (Belgium) | 340A | Spanish (Chile) |
| 42C | Azeri (Latin, Azerbaijan) | 814 | Norwegian, Nynorsk (Norway) | 3801 | Arabic (U.A.E.) |
| 42D | Basque (Basque) | 816 | Portuguese (Portugal) | 380A | Spanish (Uruguay) |
| 42E | Upper Sorbian (Germany) | 81A | Serbian (Latin, Serbia and Montenegro (Former)) | 3C01 | Arabic (Bahrain) |
| 42F | Macedonian (Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia) | 81D | Swedish (Finland) | 3C0A | Spanish (Paraguay) |
| 432 | Setswana (South Africa) | 82C | Azeri (Cyrillic, Azerbaijan) | 4001 | Arabic (Qatar) |
| 434 | isiXhosa (South Africa) | 83C | Irish (Ireland) | 4009 | English (India) |
| 435 | isiZulu (South Africa) | 83E | Malay (Brunei Darussalam) | 400A | Spanish (Bolivia) |
| 436 | Afrikaans (South Africa) | 843 | Uzbek (Cyrillic, Uzbekistan) | 440A | Spanish (El Salvador) |
| 437 | Georgian (Georgia) | 845 | Bengali (Bangladesh) | 480A | Spanish (Honduras) |
| 438 | Faroese (Faroe Islands) | 850 | Mongolian (Traditional Mongolian, PRC) | 4C0A | Spanish (Nicaragua) |
| 439 | Hindi (India) | C01 | Arabic (Egypt) | 500A | Spanish (Puerto Rico) |
| 43A | Maltese (Malta) | C04 | Chinese (Traditional, Hong Kong S.A.R.) |