# non-English addon repositories and the Addon Manager

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**Created:** [July 10, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/non-english-addon-repositories-and-the-addon-manager/5730 "2024-07-10T13:54:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![emyoulation](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/free1/user_avatar/gramps.discourse.group/emyoulation/32/67_2.png) [@emyoulation](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/emyoulation)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2024, 1:54pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/non-english-addon-repositories-and-the-addon-manager/5730/1 "2024-07-10T13:54:37Z")

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There are several repositories that could be linked in the 5.2 [Addon Manager](https://gramps-project.org/wiki/index.php/Gramps_Glossary#addon) that are not natively English. (Isotammi prefers Finnish and Swedish, GedcomforGeneanet prefers French, PersonFamilySearch prefers esperanto)

The Isotammi project has approved including (but deselected by default) their repository in built-in listings. In `gramps.ini` [Behavior], the addition to `addons-projects` would be: “`, ['Isotammi project on GitHub', 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Taapeli/isotammi-addons/master/addons/gramps52', False]`”

How can the `help_url` registration prefer the native language pages (which tend to be more comprehensive) over the English.

### Related:

> [@How to force use of english .po translation files?](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/how-to-force-use-of-english-po-translation-files/3509):
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> Is there an extra step to make Gramps use the PO translation files? My OS defaults US english and has no other languages enabled. I’ve installed my first Gramps Add-on where the Python calls, variables and strings are in a different language but where there is an [english .po file](https://github.com/jmichault/PersonFS/blob/main/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/PersonFS.po): PersonFamilySearch in esperanto. (Even though the Isotammi addons are built for a Finnish audience, the code tends to use English and .po files are created for Finnish and/or Swedish afterwards. Some have strings in …

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/free1/uploads/gramps/original/1X/2ac1e712b7adf612e31ca08a55419f4cf37c0158.png) [@system](https://gramps.discourse.group/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2024, 1:55pm UTC](https://gramps.discourse.group/t/non-english-addon-repositories-and-the-addon-manager/5730/2 "2024-08-09T13:55:16Z")

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