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Snap Backup

Snap Backup is an internationalized application -- meaning that it is ready to be localized into different languages.  However, translators are needed to convert the words from English into various other languages.  If you want to help out, the process is straightforward.

Make Snap Backup Work in Your Language

  1. Familiarize Yourself with Snap Backup

    Download Snap Backup and use it a few times so you understand the basic operations.


    Sometimes special characters
    get mangled by the web server
    or your web browser, so here is
    a zip of the files:
    SnapBackup.properties.zip

  2. Examine the Properties File

    View the "Snap Backup properties file" so you can see how Snap Backup stores the text displayed in the user interface.  For example, the text for the "Exit" button in Snap Backup is defined with the following line:
    ButtonExit=Exit
    For the Portuguese version, the line would need to be changed to:
    ButtonExit=Sair
    The Chinese (Simplified) version would be:
    ButtonExit=退出
    The Farsi version would be:
    ButtonExit=ﻯﺩﺎﻋ ﻯﻭﺭﺭﺩ
    And the Hindi version would be:
    ButtonExit=निर्गम
    The actual text displayed on the screen for the "Exit" button depends on the language chosen by the user.

  3. Offer to Help

    If you decide you want to translate the Snap Backup properties file into your favorite language, tell us using the on-line feedback form.

  4. Become Famous

    Well, we can't make you a rock star, but we will definitely give you credit in the Snap Backup "About" box for your translation work.  Snap Backup is downloaded at a rate of about 40,000 times a year.

Notes About Translating


Note that many languages require a text editor that supports Unicode.  Of the various character encodings, UTF-8 is the preferred encoding if it's applicable to your language.

A line in the properties file beginning with the character "#" is a comment.  The character "\n" indicates a new line, and the character "\" at the end of a line indicates continuation onto the next line.  The default fast key (mnemonic) for menu items and buttons is the first character of the displayed text.  To designate a different character as the fast key, insert a "&" just before the character desired to be the fast key.

The property "OptionalLocalizedApplicationTitle" is provided in case the name "Snap Backup" needs to be localized for clarity.

Because e-mail sometimes mutilates international characters, you may need to zip up your translated properties file before submitting it.

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