Bring Your Language To Open Scoreboard

The source code to Open Scoreboard is available to view on Github.

The application is currently English only, but there are many people around the world who would appreciate the application in their own language.

This article is here to describe how you can contribute to the application, by creating a file with accurate translations.

In the Open Scoreboard source code, you can find the file “en.json”. This file contains all of the english words/phrases in the app. To add a new language to the app, simply copying this file, renaming it to the two letter language code(dot json), and replacing the english words with the new language translation.

Simple as that!

How can I get started?

1. Download this file to your computer.
2. Translate the english phrases on the right to your language.
3. Rename the file to your language’s two letter code.
4. Submit your translations:
   • Submit the changes as a pull request on Gitub.
   • Or email us! support@openscoreboard.com and attach the file.

Example

//en.json for English contents
{
   "hello":"Hello"
}

// es.json for Spanish translations
{
   "hello":"Hola"
}

A list of the two letter language codes can be found here