WHATThis is a translation file that is intended to be helpful for creating new translations, and contains all translation entries current for MusicBee 3.5
WHYMost translation files have been built up from the initial translator file some ten years ago, and after that have been adding new lines and repurposed existing lines. (often creating duplicates)
The order of the items in such files will usually be chronological since new entries were added at the end of the file, and not placed in a position where that would make sense grouping-wise.
This 'baseline' file has all obsolete, and duplicate lines dating from before 2017 removed. (somewhere around a thousand of them)
It also has some grouping of related items re-created.
This should make it much easier for new translators starting a new translation, since they won't be wasting time on translating obsolete or duplicate lines.
Existing translations could use this file to check what lines in their file are safe to be removed.
(which will need some Excel vlookup wizardry though)
HOWThe lines starting with '!' are comment fields that are only there to provide information for the translator, and won't end up in MusicBee.
The lines starting with '#' will be processed by MusicBee, so those are the ones that need to be translated or evaluated.
To make it easy to find what items have not yet been translated, they have '$$$' as their translation.
So you can do a search for '$$$' which will lead you to lines that need translation.
DOWNLOADdownload baseline translation file MB 3.5- - -
BONUSFor translators using Notepad++, I created a formatting template (a so-called UDL) that makes things a little bit more attractive and easy on the eyes.
So this:
instead of this:
download Notepad++ MB translation UDL
