Problem using QTranslator in simple example

Boris1980

Good morning guys,

iam trying to use QTranslator with a created qm file from a custom ts file, but i just see the default language (source text).

My ts file (with i convert to qm file via lrelease):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!DOCTYPE TS>
<TS version="2.1" language="de_DE">
<context>
    <name>QLabel</name>
    <message>
        <source>This is some text.</source>
        <translation>Dies ist ein Text.</translation>
    </message>
</context>
<context>
    <name>Page</name>
    <message>
        <source>Translations Example</source>
        <translation>Beispiel für Übersetzungen</translation>
    </message>
    <message>
        <source>This is some text.</source>
        <translation>Dies ist ein Text.</translation>
    </message>
</context>
<context>
    <name>installscript</name>
    <message>
        <source>This is a dynamically created page.</source>
        <translation>Diese Seite wurde dynamisch erzeugt.</translation>
    </message>
</context>
</TS>

and this is my simple App, where i can (successfully) load the generated qm file. But in the QLabel text, is still the default language text, what iam doing wrong?

QString str = QString("C:\\Users\\admin\\Documents\\visual studio 2015\\Projects\\QtGuiLanguage\\QtGuiLanguage\\LangFiles\\DE.xml.qm");
	if(translator.load(str))
		qDebug() << "successfully load qm file.";
	else
		qDebug() << "problem in load qm file.";

	qApp->installTranslator(&translator);

	QWidget *widget = new QWidget(this);
	QGridLayout *layout = new QGridLayout(this);
	widget->setLayout(layout);

	layout->setRowStretch(0, 1);
	layout->setRowStretch(1, 1);
	layout->setRowStretch(2, 1);
	setCentralWidget(widget);
	
	QPushButton *button = new QPushButton("Default Language", this);
	QObject::connect(button, SIGNAL(clicked()), this, SLOT(Clicked()));

	layout->addWidget(button,0,0,1,1);
	layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("This is some text.","Page"), this),1,0,1,1);
	layout->addWidget(new QLabel(tr("This is some text."), this), 2, 0, 1, 1);

ia tryed the context with "QLabel type" and with "Page" Context, but it dosnt work..

can anybody help me?;)

sierdzio

Was the TS file generated by lupdate? It looks a bit different than normal.

qApp->installTranslator(&translator);

Does this call return true?

Boris1980

Hey, no i got the ts content form:

https://doc.qt.io/qtinstallerframework/qt-installer-framework-translations-packages-com-vendor-product-meta-de-ts.html

and i modified it for my case.

I try to load the translator in main (regarding to this post https://stackoverflow.com/questions/20375297/translation-doesnt-work-when-executing-application)

but it dosnt work at all

sierdzio

Use lupdate instead of hand-crafting the TS files - it will properly mark all context data so that QTranslator can find the translations at runtime.

Boris1980

Ok thanks, this will be the second approach.. but the problem is, that i get a Excel based language table, an i habe to transform it... therefore it will be good, if i could write my own ts file...

An i habe an Visual Studio solution , no Pro file.. so i can not use lupdate .. right? @Edit: sorry i da a "Create translation file" option in my qt VS addin.. but all of that.. it would be pretty to create the ts file manually:)

@Edit2: Thank for your help now i can translate texts;) thank you my friend;)

sierdzio

@Boris1980 said in Problem using QTranslator in simple example:

Ok thanks, this will be the second approach.. but the problem is, that i get a Excel based language table, an i habe to transform it... therefore it will be good, if i could write my own ts file...

An i habe an Visual Studio solution , no Pro file.. so i can not use lupdate .. right?

Looks like you are deliberately trying to make life harder for yourself :-)

I suggest starting small and going step by step:

create a .pro file
run lupdate

Once you get that to work, analyse the .ts file - you should be able to find out how to hand-craft it later to fit your Excel thingy.

I suspect the key ingredient missing in your TS and c++ is context which needs to match. But I have never tweaked TS files manually so I'm not 100% sure.