Mark Sirota
Senior Member
One of the several ways Lightroom can be customized is by editing/creating a file called TranslatedStrings.txt.
What it is
Ordinarily, this file is used by Lightroom to generate text suitable for the chosen language. It's how Lightroom knows that "Library" is "Catálogo" in Spanish, "カタログ" in Japanese, etc.
If you look inside your Lightroom application, you can find these files. There's a folder for each language, and in each there's a file called TranslatedStrings.txt.
For Spanish, es.lproj/TranslatedStrings.txt contains the line
For Japanese, ja.lproj/TranslatedStrings.txt contains the line
Almost any text that you see in Lightroom is passed through this mechanism in order to be displayed in the correct language, so just about any text in Lightroom can be customized. There are several thousand customizable strings.
Examples of customization
For example, I use this mechanism to customize the way image dimensions and apertures are displayed anywhere in Lightroom, such as the Loupe overlay:
How to do it
To make customizations like these, create or edit a file called TranslatedStrings.txt embedded in the Lightroom application (see below for locations by operating system). To make the changes above, it would include:
The defaults for those two are:
The location of TranslatedStrings.txt varies by operating system:
Note
This file will be overwritten with each new Lightroom upgrade. Keep a copy separately somewhere so that you can re-install it each time you upgrade Lightroom.
Disclaimer
The TranslatedStrings.txt mechanism is not fully supported by Adobe. They probably won't answer you if you ask them for help on it. This may not work in future versions of Lightroom. The file may be overwritten by updates, so save a copy elsewhere. Use of this trick may increase your risk of getting head lice or smelly feet.
What it is
Ordinarily, this file is used by Lightroom to generate text suitable for the chosen language. It's how Lightroom knows that "Library" is "Catálogo" in Spanish, "カタログ" in Japanese, etc.
If you look inside your Lightroom application, you can find these files. There's a folder for each language, and in each there's a file called TranslatedStrings.txt.
For Spanish, es.lproj/TranslatedStrings.txt contains the line
Code:
"$$$/AgLibrary/Menu/Panels/Library=&Catálogo"
Code:
"$$$/AgLibrary/Menu/Panels/Library=カタログ(&T)"Examples of customization
For example, I use this mechanism to customize the way image dimensions and apertures are displayed anywhere in Lightroom, such as the Loupe overlay:
- Rather than "ƒ / 2.8", I use "ƒ⁄2.8" -- I've eliminated the spaces and used the unicode division slash rather than a standard slash.
- Rather than "4256 x 2832, I use 4256×2832 -- I've eliminated the spaces and used the unicode multiplication sign rather than a lower-case letter x.
How to do it
To make customizations like these, create or edit a file called TranslatedStrings.txt embedded in the Lightroom application (see below for locations by operating system). To make the changes above, it would include:
Code:
"$$$/AgLibrary/Exif/DimensionsTemplate=^1^U+00D7^2"
"$$$/AgLibrary/Exif/FStopTemplate=^U+0192^U+2044^0"
Code:
"$$$/AgLibrary/Exif/DimensionsTemplate=^1 x ^2"
"$$$/AgLibrary/Exif/FStopTemplate=^U+0192 / ^0"- Mac: /Applications/Adobe Lightroom 3.app/Contents/Resources
- Windows: \Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 3\Resources\
Note
This file will be overwritten with each new Lightroom upgrade. Keep a copy separately somewhere so that you can re-install it each time you upgrade Lightroom.
Disclaimer
The TranslatedStrings.txt mechanism is not fully supported by Adobe. They probably won't answer you if you ask them for help on it. This may not work in future versions of Lightroom. The file may be overwritten by updates, so save a copy elsewhere. Use of this trick may increase your risk of getting head lice or smelly feet.
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