Add ability to use external language (.qm) files instead of default translations

[b-user]

Suggestion

I would like to be able to use an external language file for the GUI.
For example, if there is a file "qbittorrent_xx_YY.ts" "qbittorrent_xx_YY.qm" in the "translations" folder exist and if the language "xx_YY" was selected in the program interface, the result will be the use of an external language file "qbittorrent_xx_YY.ts" "qbittorrent_xx_YY.qm" for the GUI.

Use case

using updated and custom translations (without recompilation).
#18304

Extra info/examples/attachments

No response

[glassez]

For example, if there is a file "qbittorrent_xx_YY.ts" in the "translations" folder exist and if the language "xx_YY" was selected in the program interface, the result will be the use of an external language file "qbittorrent_xx_YY.ts" for the GUI.

You probably mean "qbittorrent_xx_YY.qm" since *.ts files are "translation sources" that need to be transformed in binary form using lrelease tool.

[b-user]

You probably mean "qbittorrent_xx_YY.qm

Yes, .qm

lrelease

or lconvert . it does not matter

[luzpaz]

I recall knowing about this...something about Qt allowing for this feature by adding a translations/ subdirectory in the qbit config directory ?

[luzpaz]

FreeCAD project has documentation on this: https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD-translations/#testing

The difference is that FreeCAD uses Crowdin and qBittorrent uses Transifex. What they have in common though is both are built on Qt. So we'd need to modify those instructions for the users to get latest translation sources from Transifex, make modifications, convert them in to .qm files and move them in to the qBittorrent user config directory so qBit can find said translations and use them instead of the default translations in the current qBit version.

[b-user]

The difference is that FreeCAD

can use external language files, but Bittorrent can't.

[luzpaz]

@b-user you've confirmed this how ?

[glassez]

@b-user you've confirmed this how ?

qBittorrent have no such feature implemented.