JOSM I18n contest 2025

[stoecker]

The situation of JOSM translations is not acceptable since several years. The JOSM I18N contest is an attempt to fix this situation:

If you are willing to help, see Translations (and the statistics table linked there) for instructions or ask in this ticket.

If your language reached 100%, there is still our help wiki needing translations: Translations/Wiki.

Note for English speakers: When you can't translate, you can help nevertheless: There are many help pages missing or needing review and improvement, see DevelopersGuide/HelpSystem/HelpTopicsList or OutdatedPages.

This ticket should be used to track progress. For the contest I'll focus on the JOSM core translations, but I hope that also means the other places when JOSM needs I18n support aren't ignored.

I'll try to report progress here each or every second week as long as there is progress.

version	ar	ast	be	bg	ca	ca@valencia	cs	cy	da	de	el	en_AU	en_CA	en_GB	eo	es	et	fa	fi	fr	gl	hu	id	is	it
r19277	93.9	51.5	99.8	85.3	58.7	45.1	91.6	26.3	81.8	100.0	54.0	77.6	-	99.8	-	99.8	24.9	39.9	50.0	92.3	58.6	88.7	67.4	22.7	93.9
r19278	93.9	51.5	99.9	85.3	58.7	45.1	91.9	26.3	82.9	100.0	54.0	77.5	-	100.0	-	99.9	24.9	39.8	50.0	100.0	58.7	89.6	67.4	22.7	96.1
r19283	93.8	51.5	99.9	85.3	58.6	45.1	91.9	26.3	83.0	100.0	54.0	77.5	-	99.9	-	99.9	24.9	39.8	50.0	99.9	58.7	89.6	67.4	22.7	98.0
r19287	100.0	51.5	99.9	85.2	58.6	45.1	91.9	26.4	83.1	100.0	54.0	77.5	-	99.9	-	99.9	24.9	39.8	50.0	99.9	58.7	89.6	77.8	22.7	99.9
r19298	99.8	51.4	99.7	85.1	58.5	45.1	91.7	26.3	83.2	100.0	53.9	77.4	-	99.8	-	99.7	24.9	39.8	49.9	99.7	58.6	89.5	77.7	22.6	99.8
r19306	99.7	51.3	99.6	85.0	58.5	45.0	91.7	26.3	83.6	100.0	53.9	77.3	-	99.8	-	100.0	24.9	39.8	49.8	99.7	58.5	89.4	77.6	22.6	100.0
r19313	99.6	51.3	100.0	85.0	58.5	45.0	91.6	33.0	84.0	100.0	53.9	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	24.9	39.8	49.8	99.9	58.5	89.3	77.7	22.6	100.0
r19326	100.0	51.2	100.0	84.8	58.4	44.9	91.4	32.9	84.2	100.0	53.8	100.0	-	100.0	-	100.0	24.8	39.7	49.7	99.9	58.4	89.2	77.6	22.6	99.8
r19341	100.0	51.2	100.0	84.8	58.4	44.9	91.4	32.9	84.4	100.0	71.0	100.0	100.0	100.0	-	100.0	24.8	39.7	49.7	100.0	58.4	89.2	77.6	22.6	100.0
r19344	99.9	51.1	99.9	84.7	58.3	44.8	91.3	32.8	84.3	100.0	79.1	100.0	99.9	99.9	73.9	99.9	24.6	39.4	49.5	99.9	58.2	89.1	77.5	22.4	99.9
r19346	99.6	50.9	99.7	84.4	58.0	44.6	91.0	32.7	84.0	100.0	87.9	99.7	99.5	99.7	100.0	99.7	24.5	39.3	49.3	99.6	58.0	88.7	77.2	22.3	99.5
r19348	100.0	51.0	99.7	84.4	58.2	44.7	91.0	32.8	90.5	100.0	98.5	100.0	100.0	99.7	100.0	100.0	24.7	39.5	49.5	99.6	58.5	88.8	77.3	22.5	99.6

version	ja	km	ko	lt	mr	nb	nl	pl	pt	pt_BR	ru	sk	sr@latin	sv	tr	uk	zh_CN	zh_TW
r19277	74.2	32.6	66.3	54.3	30.5	75.6	99.8	83.3	99.4	94.8	99.8	86.4	38.1	61.9	54.7	99.7	83.8	83.8
r19278	74.2	32.5	66.3	54.3	30.5	75.6	99.9	84.2	99.6	95.1	99.9	86.4	38.1	61.9	54.7	99.7	84.0	83.8
r19283	74.2	32.5	66.5	54.3	30.5	76.0	99.9	84.4	99.6	95.3	99.9	86.4	38.1	63.4	54.7	100.0	84.1	83.8
r19287	74.2	32.5	66.5	54.3	30.4	76.0	99.9	84.4	99.6	95.3	99.9	86.4	38.1	77.3	54.7	99.9	84.1	83.9
r19298	74.1	32.5	66.4	54.2	30.4	75.9	99.9	84.2	99.4	95.1	99.7	86.3	38.0	96.6	54.6	99.7	84.1	83.8
r19306	74.0	32.5	67.0	54.2	30.4	75.8	99.9	84.2	100.0	99.0	99.9	86.2	38.0	100.0	54.6	99.9	84.0	83.7
r19313	74.0	32.4	67.4	54.2	30.4	79.9	100.0	85.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	86.2	38.0	99.9	54.6	99.9	84.0	83.7
r19326	75.8	32.4	67.3	54.0	30.3	82.9	100.0	86.2	100.0	100.0	100.0	86.0	37.9	100.0	54.4	99.7	83.9	83.6
r19341	76.1	32.4	67.3	54.0	30.3	100.0	100.0	88.4	100.0	100.0	100.0	86.0	37.9	100.0	54.6	100.0	83.9	83.7
r19344	75.9	32.5	67.1	53.9	30.1	100.0	99.9	88.3	99.9	99.9	99.9	85.9	38.0	99.9	54.6	99.9	83.8	83.6
r19346	75.7	32.4	66.9	53.7	30.0	100.0	99.7	88.0	100.0	100.0	99.7	85.6	37.9	100.0	54.4	99.6	83.5	83.2
r19348	75.9	32.2	67.0	53.8	30.2	100.0	100.0	88.3	100.0	100.0	99.7	87.1	37.8	100.0	54.3	99.6	83.6	83.6

For any other topics regarding the I18N contest go here: #24067

[stoecker]

Drop broken vi checked in by accident.

[stoecker]

Add link

[stoecker]

This week: Australian reached 100%. Progress for Welsh and Norwegian. Smaller progress for some other languages. Also some minor changes for not yet supported languages.

Translators of the complete languages did maintain the state and added new strings (except French, which lacks behind again :-).

I also noted some new updates to the wiki (e.g. German, Japanese). Not to forget Dutch and French in Wiki which are perfectly cared for!

Again: Thanks to all contributors.

[stoecker]

Little progress this week (ja, nb, pl). A new language (Georgian) improved, but didn't reach the minimum amount yet.

[guardian.oil]

I've been translating en_CA for the last few weeks. I increased the progress from < 5% when I started to 43% now, referencing ​the Canadian Oxford dictionary.

[stoecker]

I've seen. But as we had some trouble with the en_CA misused for "simple English" in the past I thought I wait a bit longer to include it, when it nears completion. (English variants have a bit easier life than others :-)

Thought I already did first tests of i18n integration for en_CA and ka (Georgian) ...

[stoecker]

News this week:

• Norwegian is complete
• Canadian was added (complete), still some plugin texts missing thought...
• A lot of progress for Greek
• A little progress for Polish

[stoecker]

Added Esperanto, good progress for Greek. r19343 has missing translations due to a bug in the presets converter which explains the strange drops in some languages. I'll fix this ASAP.

[stoecker]

In 19344/josm:

see #24125, readd missing translations

[stoecker]

Issue is fixed. Reimport of the missing translations took much longer than expected, but I'm pretty sure no data was lost. I removed the broken revision from the table in this ticket.

[stoecker]

In 19346/josm:

see #24125 - I18n update

[stoecker]

News: Esperanto completed, Greek is nearing completion

[gaben]

Replying to stoecker:

Issue is fixed. Reimport of the missing translations took much longer than expected, but I'm pretty sure no data was lost. I removed the broken revision from the table in this ticket.

The Hungarian translations still contain source (English) strings. Can you please have a look?

[stoecker]

The Hungarian translations still contain source (English) strings. Can you please have a look?

What do you mean by that? It has only 88% completeness, so that's pretty normal.

[gaben]

My answer is:

Timeout error
Sorry, something just went wrong in Launchpad.

We’ve recorded what happened, and we’ll fix it as soon as possible. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Jokes aside, look for legacy string in the Hungarian translation. Before the accident mentioned in comment:9, it was translated as far as I remember. If not, then sorry, I cannot check it right now. Launchpad drives me crazy, most unreliable sw I've ever seen >:(

[stoecker]

Replying to gaben:

My answer is:

Timeout error
Sorry, something just went wrong in Launchpad.

We’ve recorded what happened, and we’ll fix it as soon as possible. Apologies for the inconvenience.

Jokes aside, look for legacy string in the Hungarian translation. Before the accident mentioned in comment:9, it was translated as far as I remember. If not, then sorry, I cannot check it right now. Launchpad drives me crazy, most unreliable sw I've ever seen >:(

You must be more specific. I can't find "legacy" as string somewhere, neither in translatable strings nor in the source. I find 5 texts with legacy in the text and all 5 are translated to Hungarian.

[gaben]

Use latest (r19346), add railway=tram_stop to a node and check the preset name on the Tags/Membership panel. Switching to German, it says Transport/Public Transport (Legacy)/Straßenbahnhaltestelle. The string partially comes from trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml?rev=19333#L3432​.

A while ago I extracted JOSM's .lang file parser and after dusting off the project, I don't see this Public Transport (Legacy) string in the German (100% done) translation even as source. Broken since r19341, probably in all locales.

I still cannot check on Launchpad, every search I do results in a timeout...

[stoecker]

Replying to gaben:

Use latest (r19346), add railway=tram_stop to a node and check the preset name on the Tags/Membership panel. Switching to German, it says Transport/Public Transport (Legacy)/Straßenbahnhaltestelle. The string partially comes from trunk/resources/data/defaultpresets.xml?rev=19333#L3432​.

A while ago I extracted JOSM's .lang file parser and after dusting off the project, I don't see this Public Transport (Legacy) string in the German (100% done) translation even as source. Broken since r19341, probably in all locales.

Fixed in code (r36407/osm). I will need to upload the missing translations from the backup (about 50) which takes time again...

I still cannot check on Launchpad, every search I do results in a timeout...

Yes, this awful bug is back. Simply try again. The error is usually gone after a few seconds, probably a caching issue.

[stoecker]

Ok. Missing translations are back. This time I learned and imported official translations first and the others afterwards (still running ;-). I'll move the I18n update to tomorrow.

If ru, en_GB, be, uk, it, eo, fr want to get 100% back for next update, today is your chance...

[stoecker]

In 19348/josm:

see #24125 - I18n update

[gaben]

Just checked, the preset group translations are back, thanks!

[stoecker]

Progress for Danish and Greek. Minor changes for other languages.