Re: .mo file?

Ask Hjorth Larsen <[email protected]> Sun, 6 Mar 2022 12:32:37 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.games.freeciv.internationalization
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Dear Mathias,

Am So., 6. März 2022 um 11:31 Uhr schrieb Mathias (GER, Freeciv) <
[email protected]>:

> When I open the translations file „de.po“ in Poedit, make changes and save
> it, another file is also generated and saved: „de.mo“.
>
> It says „Kompilierte Übersetzung“ = "Compiled translation“ in macOS
> finder. See attached screenshot.
>
> What’s that for?
>

It is needed for the program to load translations when running.



> Is that necessary for the process as well?
>

It is not necessary for translators to think about .mo files as part of an
ordinary translation workflow.

Best regards
Ask


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