Please help. We need translators

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Last updated: March, 2006

(Language file Download link at bottom of page)


If you speak another language, please consider assisting with the translation of the BibleDatabase language files. The language files are simple text files which allow the GUI (Graphical User Interface) to display in whatever language the person using the Software wants.

Which languages are there language files for?

We greatfully acknowledge and thank the following individuals for their work and effort in translating into the following languages:

# Jimmy O'Kennedy ........ Afrikaans
# P. Constantinov ........ Bulgarian
# Alan Ching ............. Chinese
# H. Terkelsen ........... Danish **NEW**
# W.P.M.E. Hofland ....... Dutch
# Original Distribution .. English
# Paul J Chenevier ....... French
# Dr. S. Ploch ........... German
# anonymous .............. Greek
# N. Makszim ............. Hungarian
# L. Suisan .............. Indonesian
# Mario .................. Italian
# D.J Jagnow ............. Portuguese
# Gods Creation .......... Russian
# A. Notasbiblicas ....... Spanish
# C. Wadensten ........... Swedish
# Philip Pope ............ Thai
# Volodymyr Selivanov ....... Ukrainian

Many thanks to all of you!

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Which language files still need to be translated?

Albanian
Cebuano
Finnish
Gaelic
Haitian Creole
Korean
Maori
Norwegian
Swahili
Vietnamese

How much time will it take?
It is not a huge task. It should take you an afternoon or less to complete.

How Do I get the files to translate?
Click here to Download the Language files - 220K Bytes

What do I need to do?
The file you will download - lang.zip - contains the language files we have. Download and unzip it to your hard disk drive. Preferably work form the “ENGLISH__frm.mes” and “ENGLISH_std.mes” files as these are the originals.

There are instructions in the files

The files are in standard ASCII format so you edit them with something like NotePad.

Save the files when done under a new name using the name of the language. E.g. SPANISH_frm.mes and SPANISH_std.mes.


If you do read and write one of the languages mentioned above please give this careful consideration. We cannot do this without your help.

Click here to Download the Language files - 250K Bytes

NOTE: Language files only work with Version 5.x. Do not use with version 4.x

If you make a language file please DO NOT post it as a zip file attachment on the Message Board as this board does not support it. Please forward files by email to

languages at bibledatabase dot com

If you have any questions, please feel free to post them here and we will do our best to answer you.

Many thanks.

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TO INSTALL THE LANGUAGE FILES

Run the file and follow the on screen instructions.

To change the language, go to Tools -> Language Editor. In the language editor, click the language you want and click Set as default

That's it.

Warning: dont change to a language you can't read or you will have difficulty navigating the menus