REDCap Language File Creator/Updater

This page can be used for creating new language files for the text used within REDCap or for cleaning up and updating existing language files used in previous versions of REDCap. These REDCap language files are text files saved with an INI file extension and have strings of text (paragraphs, phrases, or words) mapped to specific variables in the language file. To translate REDCap's English text into a new language, follow Option #1 below. To update the text of an existing language file with any new text from the current version of REDCap, use Option #2 to streamline the process. Before utilizing either option, you may want to check if someone has already performed a translation you might want by navigating to the REDCap Community website REDCap Community Language Library.

1.) Obtain the English language file to begin a new translation

If you wish to begin creating a new language file for REDCap, you will need to take the English text and translate it all into the desired language. To do so, follow these steps:

1.) Click the button immediately below, copy the text from the text box, and paste it into a text editor (e.g., WordPad, Notepad++)
2.) Translate all the English text
3.) On your computer, save the file as an INI file with the name of the language (e.g., Chinese.ini)
4.) Place the file in your web server folder named "/var/www/html/redcap/languages"
5.) Share your translation with the REDCap Consortium by uploading it as an attachment on the REDCap Community website REDCap Community Language Library
(currently contains 13836 language variables)

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2.) Select an existing language file to update for this version of REDCap

REDCap streamlines the process of updating your language files by automatically merging them with the newest English text and rendering them out for you in merged fashion. Simply click the buttons below to have your existing translated text merged with the newest English text for any given language file. Then you will simply need to translate only the English portion of the file and replace that language file on your web server.

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