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The Translator
sunilpaulmathew
An application to help translating other android apps!
Opens the official F-Droid page
About The Translator
The Translator is a simple application to help translate android apps.
Features
- A simple, but elegant UI to display the individual lines of a language string.
- Intelligently guide users to avoid mistakes.
- Directly share (after saving) strings with the developers.
- Long press to remove an individual line.
- Dark and Light themes.
- Includes translations of a number of languages (Please help me to translate this app - Original string.xml available at at GitHub ).
- & A lot more
How it work?
- Get the original 'string.xml' (or the URL to the same) from your developer (or from the source repo, if the app is open-source).
- Import the same (from 'sdcard' or from URL) to the Translator (Settings --> Import 'string').
- The app will list each and every translatable string as separate entries.
- Click on each of them and replace the original text with the translation from your language.
- Please follow on-screen instructions to avoid mistakes (RED colour - Error).
- Once you finished, save your work by clicking the save button on the bottom (or on Settings --> View 'string').
- Send the new xml file generated at 'sdcard' to your developer and patiently wait for an update
What's new in v0.18
* Completely fixed occasional crashes. * Improved string editing layout * Added Arabic and Italian translations. * Updated Portuguese (Brazilian) and Turkish translations. * Updated build tools. * Miscellaneous changes.
How to install The Translator
- Tap Download — the app's official page on F-Droid opens.
- Install it with the F-Droid app (recommended, for automatic updates), or use the download button on that page.
- If Android asks, allow the F-Droid app or your browser to install apps, then tap Install.
- Open The Translator from your app drawer.





