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|[[Image:Lokalize.png|128px|left|Lokalize]]||    ||'''Lokalize is the localization tool for KDE and other open source software'''
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'''Lokalize''' is also a general computer-aided translation system (CAT) with which you can translate OpenDocument files (*.odt). [https://translate-toolkit.readthedocs.org Translate-Toolkit] is used internally to extract text for translation from .odt to .xliff files and to merge translation back into .odt file.

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[[Image:Lokalize-scr-1.png|thumb|500px|center|Lokalize with French translation of Konqueror]]



==Compiling Lokalize from KDE trunk==

Install '''libkf5i18n-dev''',  '''libkf5completion-dev''', '''libkf5itemviews-dev''', '''libkf5sonnet-dev''', '''kross-dev''' headers packages and '''libhunspell-dev'''. Then:

{{Input|1= git clone <nowiki>git://anongit.kde.org/lokalize</nowiki>}}or

{{Input|1=git clone <nowiki>git@git.kde.org:lokalize</nowiki>}}
and
{{Input|1=cd lokalize
 mkdir build
 cd build
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo ..
 make -j2
 ./src/lokalize
}}

==Downloading Lokalize binaries for Windows==
The latest release build of Lokalize for Windows is available [https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/Lokalize_Release_win32/ on the KDE Binary Factory]

The latest nightly build of Lokalize for Windows is also available [https://binary-factory.kde.org/job/Lokalize_Nightly_win32/ on the KDE Binary Factory]

==Tips and tricks==

=== Search in files ===

Translation Memory (TM) now keeps track of where each translation pair came from. So when you want to <menuchoice>search</menuchoice> for string in the files on disk, you just drag the directory with those files onto <menuchoice>translation memory</menuchoice>  tab (<keycap>F7</keycap>) to update TM, wait a minute or two, then type your string into right field of <menuchoice>Translation Memory tab</menuchoice>, then press <keycap>Enter</keycap>.

Then you click on one of results and this opens appropriate file, on the appropriate entry. When you want to do another search during the same day, you skip the updating step and just type what you're searching for. You can filter TM search results by filename using the field left side of the <keycap>F7</keycap> panel (<menuchoice>Filemask</menuchoice>).


== Author ==
Nick Shaforostoff [http://www.facebook.com/shaforostoff Facebook page]
 
== External links ==

:* [http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdesdk/lokalize/index.html Handbook]
:* [http://api.kde.org/4.14-api/kdesdk-apidocs/lokalize/html/annotated.html KDE SC 5 API Reference]
:* [https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=lokalize&format=guided Report a bug]

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