Improve New World Scheduler Translation

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Our worldwide brotherhood truly is a wonderful blessing! To help our friends in as many places as possible benefit from New World Scheduler, we have made New World Scheduler available in over 100 languages!

However it takes time and effort to translate NW scheduler into many different languages. Can you help?

Please see the detailed instructions below for how to update and edit the NW Schedule translations.

Before Translating – PLEASE READ

NW Scheduler Program Translation

Public Talk Outlines

Literature Items

Songs

Tips

Default Email Templates

Day Names, Month Names, and other Dates

Upload Translation files

Before Translating - PLEASE READ

When a language is first added to New World Scheduler, we use Google Translate to translate all English text into the target language. This obviously isn’t perfect, and doesn’t work very well with spiritual terms, which is why the translation will need manual fixing.

Additionally sometimes Public Talk outlines are added or updated, which need manual translating.

If Google Translate is not available for a language, the text will remain in English until translated.

To help translate or improve a language, please carefully follow the steps below.

NW Scheduler Program Translation

  1. Download and install the free software called Notepad++
  2. Open NW Scheduler > click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Build update
  3. Close NW Scheduler
  4. In Windows, click Start button then search for Notepad++
  5. Right-click Notepad++ and click Open as Administrator
  6. Click Yes
  7. In Notepad++, click File > Open and navigate to C:\Program Files\New World Scheduler\ProgramData\<LANGUAGE CODE>\
    • Note: The Language Codes are the same as JW.org. E.G. Spanish = S
  8. Open ProgramUI.xml
  9. Only edit text in-between the tags. E.G. Estudo bíblico
    • Note: Do NOT edit or alter the tags in any way, or you will break the program and will need to reinstall New World Scheduler.
  10. Save the file
  11. Test your updates by opening New World Scheduler.
  12. Upload the saved file below, so everyone can benefit from your updates.
    • Important Note: Translation files are updated with each new New World Scheduler release. This means any changes you make will be overwritten unless you Upload them for inclusion in the next update.
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Notepad++
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Program Interface

Public Talk Outlines

  • Note: Public Talk Outlines should only reflect what has been officially released on the S-99 form. Please do not add Special Talks or other talks that are not on the S-99. Instead, these should be added as Special when selecting the Public Talk.
  1. Download and install the free software called Notepad++
  2. Open NW Scheduler > click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Build update
  3. Close NW Scheduler
  4. In Windows, click Start button then search for Notepad++
  5. Right-click Notepad++ and click Open as Administrator
  6. Click Yes
  7. In Notepad++, click File > Open and navigate to C:\Program Files\New World Scheduler\ProgramData\<LANGUAGE CODE>\
    • Note: The Language Codes are the same as JW.org. E.G. Spanish = S
  8. Open Outlines.xml
  9. Only edit text in-between the tags. E.G. Does God Count You Personally Important
  10. Do not remove any tags, lines or anything. Only edit the text.
  11. Optionally, if an outline has a Note from the branch, you may include a <Notes> tag. This will be shown in New World Scheduler when selecting that Outline.
  12. Save the file
  13. Test your updates by opening New World Scheduler.
  14. Upload the saved file below, so everyone can benefit from your updates.
    • Important Note: Translation files are updated with each new New World Scheduler release. This means any changes you make will be overwritten unless you Upload them for inclusion in the next update.
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Notepad++
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Public Talk Outlines

Literature Items

  1. Download and install the free software called Notepad++
  2. Open NW Scheduler > click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Build update
  3. Close NW Scheduler
  4. In Windows, click Start button then search for Notepad++
  5. Right-click Notepad++ and click Open as Administrator
  6. Click Yes
  7. In Notepad++, click File > Open and navigate to C:\Program Files\New World Scheduler\ProgramData\<LANGUAGE CODE>\
    • Note: The Language Codes are the same as JW.org. E.G. Spanish = S
  8. Open Literature.xml
  9. Editing existing Literature Items:
    • Only edit text in-between the <TITLE> tags.
    • Note: Please do NOT edit or alter the tags in any way, or you will break the program and will need to reinstall New World Scheduler.
    • Note: Please do NOT change the Category
  10. Adding new Literature Items
    • Ensure the ID is a unique 6-digit number.
    • Ensure the Category is set EXACTLY as of the following: AnnualItems, Bibles, Books, BrochuresAndBooklets, Tracts
    • Note: Do not change the ID for any existing Literature Items
    • Note: The order is not important.
  11. Save the file
  12. Test your updates by opening New World Scheduler.
  13. Upload the saved file below, so everyone can benefit from your updates.
    • Important Note: Translation files are updated with each new New World Scheduler release. This means any changes you make will be overwritten unless you Upload them for inclusion in the next update.
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Notepad++
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Literature

Songs

  1. Download and install the free software called Notepad++
  2. Open NW Scheduler > click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Build update
  3. Close NW Scheduler
  4. In Windows, click Start button then search for Notepad++
  5. Right-click Notepad++ and click Open as Administrator
  6. Click Yes
  7. In Notepad++, click File > Open and navigate to C:\Program Files\New World Scheduler\ProgramData\<LANGUAGE CODE>\
    • Note: The Language Codes are the same as JW.org. E.G. Spanish = S
  8. Open Songs.xml
  9. Only edit text in-between the <TITLE> tags.
    • Note: Please do NOT edit or alter the tags in any way, or you will break the program and will need to reinstall New World Scheduler.
  10. Save the file
  11. Test your updates by opening New World Scheduler.
  12. Upload the saved file below, so everyone can benefit from your updates.
    • Important Note: Translation files are updated with each new New World Scheduler release. This means any changes you make will be overwritten unless you Upload them for inclusion in the next update.
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Notepad++
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Kingdom Songs

Tips

  1. Download and install the free software called Notepad++
  2. Open NW Scheduler > click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Build update
  3. Close NW Scheduler
  4. In Windows, click Start button then search for Notepad++
  5. Right-click Notepad++ and click Open as Administrator
  6. Click Yes
  7. In Notepad++, click File > Open and navigate to C:\Program Files\New World Scheduler\ProgramData\<LANGUAGE CODE>\
    • Note: The Language Codes are the same as JW.org. E.G. Spanish = S
  8. Open Tips.xml
  9. Only edit text in-between the <Heading> and <Text> tags.
    • Note: Please do NOT edit or alter the tags in any way, or you will break the program and will need to reinstall New World Scheduler.
    • Note: Please do NOT change the ID or URL
  10. Save the file
  11. Test your updates by opening New World Scheduler.
  12. Upload the saved file below, so everyone can benefit from your updates.
    • Important Note: Translation files are updated with each new New World Scheduler release. This means any changes you make will be overwritten unless you Upload them for inclusion in the next update.
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Notepad++
New World Schedule NW Scheduler Improve Translation Tips

Default Email Templates

  1. In New World Scheduler, click Me > Updates > Check for Updates and install the latest Build update.
  2. Close New World Scheduler
  3. Open File Explorer
  4. Navigate to C:\Program Files\New World Scheduler\ProgramData\
  5. Open the folder with your language.
    • Note: The Language Codes are the same as JW.org. E.G. Spanish = S
  6. Open the folder called DefaultEmailTemplates
  7. Open, Edit and Save each text file as needed
    • Important: Do not change any the Email Tags inside the files (data inside the square brackets)
    • Important: When saving, you must select Encoding: UTF-8
  8. If needed, change the name of the file
    • Important: Do not change the number or underscore at the front of the filename
  9. Test your updates by opening New World Scheduler
  10. When you have finished Testing, ZIP the entire DefaultEmailTemplates folder and Upload the file below, so everyone can benefit from your updates.
    • Important Note: Translation files are updated with each new New World Scheduler release. This means any changes you make will be overwritten unless you Upload them for inclusion in the next update.
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Day Names, Month Names, and other Dates

All Day names, Month names and dates inside New World Scheduler are generated by the Windows Locale of your Congregation Language.

To check what Windows Locale a certain language is using:

  1. Download and install the free software called Notepad++
  2. Close New World Scheduler
  3. Open Windows Explorer, and navigate to C:\Program Files\New World Scheduler\ProgramData\
  4. Right-click the Languages.xml file > click Edit with Notepad++
  5. The <CultureInfoCode> tag shows which Windows Locale is being used.
  6. If you feel we should change the Windows Locate to something else, please visit Windows Locales and find which Windows Locale is better, then Contact Us.

Upload Translation files

Important: Please always click Me > Updates > Check for Updates before you start translating, to ensure you are using the latest translation files.

Upload Translations

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