Translation requirements
Working on LilyPond documentation translations requires the following pieces of software, in order to make use of dedicated helper tools:
- Python 3.8 or higher,
- GNU Make,
- Gettext,
- Git.
It is not required to build LilyPond and the documentation to translate the documentation. However, if you have enough time and motivation and a suitable system, it can be very useful to build at least the documentation so that you can check the output yourself and more quickly; if you are interested, see Compiling.
Before undertaking any large translation work, contributors are
encouraged to contact the lilypond-devel mailing list.