Translate Floreant POS in Google Spreadsheet in Less Than 30 Minutes

You do not need to download any language pack. You do not need to compile the software. We also do not tell you to use any techy app. Floreant POS is already ready to be translated. From version 1.4 beta, we separated language files and just translating one single file is enough.

Already we got translated i18n strings from the community. We used to suggest favorite text editors like Notepad++ or TextMate on Mac to open the language file, but who knew you could do it even faster with Google Spreadsheet.

Here is the recipe:

1. Open Google Spreadsheet (60 seconds) — Google supports text files so copy and rename messages.properties as messages.properties.txt. Import the txt file as a delimited file using “=” as the delimiter.

2. Take Help From Google Translation (2 minutes) — This one is optional. You can start translating the 2nd column text in the 3rd column. Paste =GoogleTranslate(B1, "en", "de") to all the rows in column 3 to get all strings translated at a time.

3. Finish Translation (25 minutes) — Type your desired translated string in the next column.

4. Join ID & Strings (1 minute) — Combine the key and translated value columns.

5. Paste & Save — Save it in your language message file.