Add three new Arabic language codes

I'll take care of that, tomorrow

Been quicker, see https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/2812

I hope I got the spelling of Egypt and Sudan right, picked it from Wikipedia.

Remaining Task (by someone with appropriate priviledges):
On the update translation server
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* Modify languages.json
* rm share/locale/details.json

Added to above mentioned PR

I'd need someone to check the Arab country names though
"ar_DZ" = "(العربية (الجزائر"
"ar_EG" ="(العربية (مصر"
"ar_SD" ="(السودان (لعربية "

All OK, except for the last, should be:
"ar_SD" = "العربية (السودان)"

Thanks, fixed, please double check in the PR itself, https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/2812

Thanks,
ar_SD string translation will be completed by Sept 30, regarding the other two ar_EG and ar_DZ I will recommend how to proceed.

Guess they could start as copies from ar or ar_SD? Assumimg some arab is better than none or english?

Exactly! and the same applies for MSA "Modern Standard Arabic" my recommendation will be hints to what text parts should be taken care of.

Thanks!
I am fine with testing translation on MuseScore 2.0.3, I just make QM files out of TS ones and throw them in my "\MuseScore 2\locale" folder, and it works!

My problem is against master, but I'm pretty sure that it applies cleanly to 2.0.4. And afaik the version field is to describe the lowest version having the issue and needing the fix.

Testing by copying the qm file to the right place works wenn the system setting picks that language, but not when you need to explicitly need to choose it, for that you need the corresponding code changes, in languages.xml, which is built onto the program.

"qt_ar.ts" also needs some translation work, fortunately this may not require any further localization.

If you have a qt_ar.ts ready and don't want to put together a PR yourself, just let me me know and I'll do it for you. Same if there's a need for qt_ar_*.ts

Sure, qt_ar.ts will be ready in a day or two.

By the way, Transifex pushes the language names to youtube as codes e.g. "ar_SD" a bit hard for non-tech people to sort out, is will be easier to have the names look like below:
ar_DZ => Arabic-Algeria
ar_EG => Arabic-Egypt
ar_SD => Arabic-Sudan

I don't think this is under our control.

Finished translating qt_ar.ts, can I submit the file directly here as an attachment?

Fixed in branch master, commit fc73d5d0f2

fix #124026: Add three new Arabic language codes

Fixed in branch master, commit c566800325

Merge pull request #2812 from Jojo-Schmitz/arabic

fix #124026: Add three new Arabic language codes

Fixed in branch 2.0.4, commit 3cedd814a6

fix #124026: Add three new Arabic language codes

Attaching it here should be fine. I'll turn it into a PR when I'm back home, latest coming Sunday, unless lasconic picks it first ;-)

Attached qt_ar.ts
Please note:
- I left the "unfinished" tag as is.
- no change for the language declaration, this is an MSA translation and may be accepted by all Arabic speaking.
- I did not change the version number
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Not translated:
1- line 4911
2- line 4922
Any suggestions?
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Errors detected:
QSharedMemory
%1: create size is less then 0 => (then)

reopening for the qt_ar.ts part

see https://github.com/musescore/MuseScore/pull/2820
I've marked the translated strings finished, as per lasconic's request

Fixed in branch master, commit cc7bef58e9

fix #124026: update Qt's Arab translations

Fixed in branch master, commit 02690e7297

Merge pull request #2820 from Jojo-Schmitz/arabic

fix #124026: update Qt's Arab translations

Fixed in branch 2.0.4, commit b334eb4248

fix #124026: update Qt's Arab translations

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.

Hi
I am attaching few images showing few issues regarding the Arabic translation.
Please start with the file (Arabic_GUI.pdf).

Ad A1) Seems those arrow icons have a problem with right-to-left languages?
All the other issues under A) look like right-to-left language issues too, Or at strings that are just too long to fix, maybe?

Ad B) this is by design
Ad C) PushButton and Spantype are gone from master, "Small " and "Build in styles" is still in, will submit a PR for those shortly, guess it should really be "Built-in styles", with t and dash

For issues other than those from C) I don't know hoe to fix or whether they are fixable
But please open a new issue for it.

Note: I am on Windows 7 Home Premium.

Yes! mostly a RTL issue.

For arrows you just need to swap the arrow icons whenever language is either Arabic or Hebrew.

For buttons I think the issue has something to do with the style since even a single Arabic word "eg. message_box.png" (Ignore button) got chopped both sides (4-5 pixels) yet still enough margin exist, perhaps you can solve this all at once by allowing an option (reverting back to Qt native style) i.e. not to use any skin.

For Arabic text, am not quite sure, but am certain Arabic strings aren't too long, I tried making them shorter to no success, "transpose.png" strings are flushed far to the right hitting the embossed frame.
In "inspector.png" strings are chopped at the left end yet there seem extra space available in the spinners they can push.
In "palettes.png" the tooltip string is also chopped at the left end yet tooltips are flexible to room more than 4 word string.
Perhaps something to do with style.

Please make it a new issue

See also #126901: Arabic "RTL" GUI minor issues

Fixed in branch master, commit cf0ef36101

fix #124026 follow-up, fixing minor typos

Fixed in branch master, commit b584302032

Merge pull request #2846 from Jojo-Schmitz/translation

fix #124026 follow-up

Fixed in branch 2.0.4, commit fefa18fd1b

fix #124026 follow-up, fixing minor typos

Automatically closed -- issue fixed for 2 weeks with no activity.