Hello Kdenlive team and community,
First, thank you for developing such a powerful, free, and open-source video editor — Kdenlive has become my daily go-to tool!
I’m writing from a Chinese-speaking user perspective (Simplified Chinese / zh_CN). Currently, Kdenlive already has partial support for Chinese, and many core parts of the UI are translated. However, a significant portion of the interface still remains in English, especially:
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The entire Settings / Configure Kdenlive dialog (all tabs: General, Playback, Environment, etc.)
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Many preference pages, tooltips, and advanced options
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Some dialog boxes (e.g., proxy clip settings, render profiles, effect/transition parameter windows)
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Error messages, status bar texts, and miscellaneous strings
This makes it harder for Chinese users (especially beginners or non-technical ones) to fully understand and utilize the software comfortably.
I checked the KDE l10n statistics and noticed that while the overall translation coverage is quite good for many KDE apps, Kdenlive’s zh_CN translation seems incomplete in some areas — or perhaps the missing strings are not yet pulled into the builds.
Would it be possible to:
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Prioritize completing the zh_CN translation for all remaining English strings in Kdenlive (especially configuration dialogs and settings-related UI)?
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Ensure that once fully translated, the Chinese language pack is properly included in future releases/AppImages/Flatpaks/standalone Windows builds — so users can simply switch to Chinese via Help > Switch Application Language without extra steps?
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If the translation is already 100% on the l10n server but not showing up in the app, is there a known packaging or build issue we can look into?
I (and many other Chinese users) would be very happy to help if needed — for example, by reviewing existing translations, suggesting improvements for natural Chinese phrasing, or even contributing new translations via the KDE localization platform (though I’m not a regular translator yet).
Thank you in advance for considering this request! Full native Chinese support would make Kdenlive much more accessible to a huge community in China and among Chinese-speaking creators worldwide.
大家好，Kdenlive 团队和社区的朋友们，
首先，非常感谢你们开发出这么强大、免费且开源的视频编辑器！Kdenlive 已经成为我每天都在用的主力工具！
我是从中文使用者的角度（简体中文 / zh_CN）来发这个帖子的。目前 Kdenlive 已经部分支持中文，很多核心界面都已翻译。但还有相当一部分界面仍然是英文的，特别是：
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全部的 设置 / 配置 Kdenlive 对话框（所有标签页：常规、回放、环境等）
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许多偏好设置页面、工具提示和高级选项
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部分对话框（例如代理剪辑设置、渲染预设、特效/转场参数窗口）
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错误提示、状态栏文字以及一些零散的字符串
这让很多中文用户（尤其是新手或非技术用户）在使用时感到不够友好和顺畅。
我查看了 KDE l10n 的统计页面（https://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/trunk-kf6/team/zh_CN/kdenlive/），发现虽然很多 KDE 应用的 zh_CN 翻译覆盖率很高，但 Kdenlive 的简体中文翻译在某些区域似乎仍不完整——或者已经翻译的部分在构建中没有被正确拉取。
请问是否有可能：
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优先完成 Kdenlive 中所有剩余英文字符串的 zh_CN 翻译（特别是配置对话框和设置相关的 UI）？
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确保翻译完成后，中文语言包能正确包含在未来的正式发布版、AppImage、Flatpak、Windows 独立版中——让用户只需通过 帮助 > 切换应用程序语言 就能直接切换到中文，无需额外操作？
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如果 l10n 服务器上的翻译已经达到 100%，但应用中仍未显示，是否有可能存在打包或构建方面的问题，我们可以一起排查？
我（以及很多其他中文用户）非常愿意帮忙！比如审阅现有翻译、提出更自然的中文表达建议，或者通过 KDE 本地化平台贡献新的翻译（虽然我目前还不是经常参与的译者）。
非常感谢你们考虑这个请求！如果能实现完整的原生中文支持，将大大提升 Kdenlive 在中国及全球华语创作者社区的可及性和友好度。
谢谢！