Virtaal
Virtaal is a graphical translation tool. It is meant to be easy to use and powerful at the same time. Although the initial focus is on software translation (localisation or l10n), we definitely intend it to be useful for several purposes.
Virtaal is built on the powerful API of the Translate Toolkit. “Virtaal” is an Afrikaans play on words meaning “For Language”, but also refers to translation.
Read more about the features in Virtaal, or view the screenshots. You can also download a screencast (33MB in Ogg Theora format) to see some of these features in action.
Learn more about using Virtaal, available shortcuts and some extra tips for people who want to customise their installation.
Installation
| Platform | Instructions | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windows | Download Virtaal setup.exe | Includes all dependencies | |
| Ubuntu | Translate.org.za Tools PPA | Also available in software centre | |
| Fedora | yum install virtaal | Or simply use the graphical package manager | |
| Mandriva | urpmi virtaal | Or simply use the graphical package manager | |
| Debian Squeeze | apt-get install virtaal | Or simply use the graphical package manager | |
| openSUSE | Read openSUSE installation instructions | ||
| Mac OS X | Run from source | Still in development. If you can help, please do. | |
| Other | Download source .zip or .tar.bz2 | Make sure you have all the dependencies including the latest Translate Toolkit | |
Contact
- Chat in our IRC channel #pootle
- Join the Translate-devel mailing list
Contributing
There are many ways of contributing to Virtaal. Join the mailing list or IRC channel to join our effort. You can join our effort to distribute Virtaal by sharing informing with people, writing documentation or packaging for more platforms.
If you would like to contribute to the Virtaal software, you can start by reading the instructions on the following pages:
