With the new Language Plugin, Look 'n' Stop 2.06 can now be translated into other languages.

This page is dedicated to people interested in translating Look 'n' Stop from english or french into languages not yet available. 

The language configuration of the Language Plugin relies on input translation files (one file for each language) that include the translations of all the texts displayed in Look 'n' Stop. The language translation files (also called language files) are automatically detected by the plugin_language.dll plugin. They must be located in the same directory as the plugin dll.

The open file format of the language configuration files allows anyone to do its own translation of Look 'n' Stop. To do the translation, all you have to do is to translate individually each string of the language configuration file.

The language configuration file format is described below.
It is based on two parts: the file header and the file body were the real translation is done.
You should use notepad or any "pure text" editor to avoid adding special characters in this file.

• The language file header has the following format

LANGUAGE
The language name (Example: Spañol)
AUTHOR
The name of the person or the team that did the translation
EMAIL
The email of the person or the team that did the translation
VERSION
The version of the the translation
UPDATES
A web link were translation updates can be downloaded

Caution: the LANGUAGE, AUTHOR, EMAIL, VERSION and UPDATES keywords must not be modified.

• The language file body includes multiple basic translations with the following format:

____________LOOK_N_STOP_REFERENCE number1 number2 number3
Text to be translated
LOOK_N_STOP_TRANSLATION
Your translation

Caution: the LOOK_N_STOP_REFERENCE and LOOK_N_STOP_TRANSLATION keywords must not be modified. The number1, number2 and number3 values must not be modified either.

 

To translate Look 'n' Stop from english into your language,
download and translate this english_to_X.lng file.

To translate Look 'n' Stop from french into your language,
download and translate this francais_vers_X.lng file.

 

Remark: Do not hesitate to join the forum (english forum, french forum) or to contact directly if you want to know if some translation work has already be done for your language.

Remark: Developpers can not edit their own translation plugin. Unlike other plugin types, the API of the translation plugin is not public. What is public is the translation file format that allows to translate Look 'n' Stop from english or french to any language.