# The old Transifex thread (was: Translating Syncthing)

**URL:** https://forum.syncthing.net/t/the-old-transifex-thread-was-translating-syncthing/550
**Category:** Development
**Created:** [July 16, 2014, 12:06pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/the-old-transifex-thread-was-translating-syncthing/550 "2014-07-16T12:06:17Z")
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### Author: ![calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/user_avatar/forum.syncthing.net/calmh/32/15311_2.png) [@calmh](https://forum.syncthing.net/u/calmh)
#### Post date: [July 22, 2014, 6:41pm UTC](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/the-old-transifex-thread-was-translating-syncthing/550/10 "2014-07-22T18:41:15Z")

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Here’s a guide to using the translation files locally:

> [@Using custom translation files](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/using-custom-translation-files/576):
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> So you’re helping out to translate syncthing on [Transifex](https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/syncthing/)? Thanks! And you want to use your new translations with with syncthing, of course. Here’s how to do that. First of all, you need [syncthing v0.9.0-beta2](https://github.com/calmh/syncthing/releases/tag/v0.9.0-beta2) or newer. Beware that this is currently a bit more beta than usual and doesn’t interoperate at all with v0.8.x. See [v0.9.0 beta testing](https://forum.syncthing.net/t/v0-9-0-beta1-testing/565) for some pointers. Then you go to Transifex, navigate to the project and click the “GUI strings” resource. You’ll get a dialog where you can click “Down…

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