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This means, that anyone who wants to adapt the program to his own needs and functionalities, is able to do so. Just like anyone is able to modify things in his own house if he wants to. This makes it possible to write extension that make JDownloader work with your favorite sites, and can then be used by millions of other people.

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Translating JDownloader 2

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Starting the Translator Extension

Open the Settings Panel
Scroll down and enable the Translator

Go to settings and enable the Translation Plugin

Enter your Translator Logins

Enter your translator logins you got from us

Wait while JDownloader downloads the latest translations
Choose your language from the [Load Translation] menu

Start Translating. You can translate directly in the table, or use the Wizard
Save your work

Tips

Shortcuts

Shortcuts	Description
<Enter>	Pressing <ENTER> while translating inserts a \r\n. This is correct. It will be transformed to a newline later.
<ctrl + Enter>	Confirm the current Translation. Jumps to next Entry in the Wizard
<TAB>	Jumps to edit the next entry in the table
<ctrl + F>	Opens a search dialog in the table

Context Menu

Get Translation from existing Translation

Copy Translation from a different language. This may help if you want to create a variant of an existing translation

Use original/default translation

If the original & default value is correct, you can use it.

Reset Changes

Resets the Session Changes.

Buttons

Revert Changes Revert all your Changes, and load the latest Translation from the server.

Save and Restart Save, and restart JDownloader to check your translations.