Add new language

[rolandow]

How can we add translations for an other language? Currently en-US and ru-RU seems to be defined, but how can we extend the library with our own language that does not exist in the library yet?

I assume we can define some json, and then load this to the library as well?

What would be the right procedure?

[angularsen]

Hi, you can simply add a new localization object to a unit's Localization array.

Here is Chinese (zh-CN), for example:
https://github.com/angularsen/UnitsNet/blob/master/Common/UnitDefinitions/Length.json#L64-L77

This will have to be done for each unit you want to translate. The fallback is always en-US.

Then run generate-code.bat to update the source code.

[angularsen]

Oh, and in some cases you may have to also specify AbbreviationsForPrefixes if you need to override the default prefixes k for kilo, M for mega etc.

Example:

UnitsNet/Common/UnitDefinitions/Energy.json

Lines 141 to 152 in 9574d47

	"Localization": [
	{
	"Culture": "en-US",
	"Abbreviations": [ "th (E.C.)" ],
	"AbbreviationsForPrefixes": { "Deca": "Dth (E.C.)" }
	},
	{
	"Culture": "ru-RU",
	"Abbreviations": [ "Европейский терм" ],
	"AbbreviationsForPrefixes": { "Deca": "Европейский декатерм" }
	}
	]