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Translating spieli

Thanks for helping translate spieli! This guide explains everything you need to know.

What is spieli?

spieli is a free, interactive playground map based on OpenStreetMap data. Your translation makes it accessible to communities in your language.

How to translate

  1. Create a free account on hosted.weblate.org
  2. Open the spieli project and pick your language
  3. Click any untranslated string and type your translation
  4. Save — that's it. No GitHub account needed.

What to translate

Most strings are short UI labels like buttons, tooltips, and status messages:

English Example translation (DE)
Show my location Meinen Standort anzeigen
Filter Filter
Reset all Alle zurücksetzen

Plural forms

Some strings contain a count, like:

{count, plural, one {# bench} other {# benches}}

Keep the {count, plural, ...} wrapper and translate only the text inside. Weblate shows this as a single input field — you must write the complete ICU string including all plural forms for your language.

Languages with two plural forms (German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Swedish, Portuguese):

{count, plural, one {# Bank} other {# Bänke}}

Languages with no plural forms (Japanese): use other only:

{count, plural, other {# ベンチ}}

Languages with four plural forms (Polish, Czech, Ukrainian) — you must include one, few, many, and other:

Polish example: 

{count, plural, one {# ławka} few {# ławki} many {# ławek} other {# ławki}}

Czech example: 

{count, plural, one {# lavička} few {# lavičky} many {# laviček} other {# lavičky}}

Ukrainian example: 

{count, plural, one {# лавка} few {# лавки} many {# лавок} other {# лавки}}

Weblate will warn you if the ICU syntax is broken — fix any flagged strings before saving.

Things to keep as-is

  • Placeholders like {regionName}, {count}, {name} — do not translate these
  • The {count, plural, ...} structure — only translate the text inside the {}

When does my translation go live?

A language appears in the app once it reaches 80% completion. Until then your work is saved and visible to other translators.

Questions?

Open an issue at github.com/mfuhrmann/spieli or leave a comment directly in Weblate.