Table of Contents
- Languages / Langues / Sprachen
- English 🇬🇧
- Français 🇫🇷
- Deutsch 🇩🇪
- Translation Status / État des Traductions / Übersetzungsstatus
- Help Translate / Aider à Traduire / Hilf beim Übersetzen
- Language-Specific Resources
- English Resources
- French Resources / Ressources Françaises
- German Resources / Deutschsprachige Ressourcen
- About Translations / À Propos des Traductions / Über Übersetzungen
- Quick Navigation
- Feedback
Languages / Langues / Sprachen
Choose your language / Choisissez votre langue / Wählen Sie Ihre Sprache
English 🇬🇧
Start with the English version of this wiki:
- Home — Main page and navigation hub
- Quick Start Guide — Get started in 10 minutes
- All Pages — View all documentation
Français 🇫🇷
Commencez par la version française de ce wiki :
- Accueil — Page principale et hub de navigation
- Guide de Démarrage Rapide — Commencez en 10 minutes
- Toutes les Pages — Voir toute la documentation
Remarque: Nous avons traduit les pages principales d'onboarding. Les autres pages sont disponibles en anglais. Nous travaillons à l'expansion des traductions françaises !
Deutsch 🇩🇪
Beginnen Sie mit der deutschen Version dieses Wikis:
- Startseite — Hauptseite auf Deutsch
- Schnellstartanleitung — Erste Schritte auf Deutsch
- Alle Seiten — Zur vollständigen Dokumentation
Hinweis: Wir haben die Hauptseiten zum Onboarding übersetzt. Weitere Seiten sind auf Englisch verfügbar. Wir arbeiten an der Erweiterung der deutschen Übersetzungen!
Translation Status / État des Traductions / Übersetzungsstatus
| Page | English | Français | Deutsch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Quick Start Guide | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Downloads | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| FAQ | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| User Manual | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Features | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Community | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Tips & Tricks | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Contributing | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Building | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| API Reference | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| CLI Reference | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Development Roadmap | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| History | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| License | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Linking elements | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Project database | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Variables & formulas | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Terminal strips | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Auto-numbering | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Title block templates | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Linking wires across pages | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Importing EPLAN parts (.edz) | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| DXF import & export | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Using the element editor | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Preferences reference | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Managing collections | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Search & Replace | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Building a nomenclature query | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Conductors | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Printing and exporting | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Mouse modifiers | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
| Templates | ✅ | ✅ | ✅ |
Legend: ✅ Translated | 📋 Planned | ❌ Not yet started
Help Translate / Aider à Traduire / Hilf beim Übersetzen
We want QElectroTech documentation in your language!
How to Help
- Join the Forum — Introduce yourself
- Let us know which language you can help with
- Contribute translations via:
- Forum discussion — Share translations there
- GitHub — Open a PR with translated pages
- Direct message — Contact project maintainers
Translation Guidelines
- Keep meaning and tone consistent with English version
- Adapt examples for your region if appropriate
- Use professional but accessible language
- Test that formatting/links work correctly
- Include the language footer (
[🌐 Sélectionner la Langue](languages))
Current Translators
🇫🇷 French (Français): Community volunteers
🇩🇪 German (Deutsch): Looking for volunteers!
Want to help? Contact us on the Forum!
Language-Specific Resources
English Resources
French Resources / Ressources Françaises
- Forum Français — Support en français (1,124 sujets, 7,571 messages)
- Site Officiel — Disponible partiellement en français
- Manuel Utilisateur — À venir en français
German Resources / Deutschsprachige Ressourcen
- Forum Deutsch — Deutschsprachige Unterstützung verfügbar
- Offizielle Website — Teilweise auf Deutsch verfügbar
- Benutzerhandbuch — Bald auf Deutsch verfügbar
About Translations / À Propos des Traductions / Über Übersetzungen
Why Multiple Languages?
QElectroTech has a global user community:
- 🇫🇷 Strong French presence (especially in Europe)
- 🇩🇪 Growing German-speaking user base
- 🌍 International contributors worldwide
Multiple languages make QET accessible to everyone!
Quality
Translations are done by community members who understand both the language and QET. We aim for:
- Accuracy — Technical terms translated correctly
- Clarity — Easy to understand for learners
- Consistency — Terms used consistently throughout
- Cultural adaptation — Examples relevant to each region
Quick Navigation
By Language
- 🇬🇧 English → Home
- 🇫🇷 Français → Accueil
- 🇩🇪 Deutsch → Startseite (Coming soon)
Popular Pages
- Getting Started: Quick Start Guide | Guide Rapide
- Help: FAQ | Questions Fréquentes
- Development: Contributing | Contributing
- Community: Forum
Feedback
Have suggestions for translations or want to help?
- Forum — Discuss translations
- GitHub Issues — Report translation issues
- Direct message — Contact maintainers
Last Updated: September 2026
Translations are community-driven. Thank you to all translators!
Getting Started
🌐 Languages — English · Français · Deutsch
Guides
Conductors — wire properties, what feeds which export, and cables
Wire & cable catalogue — cable types, IEC 60757 core colours, assigning a core to a conductor
Printing and exporting — paper, PDF, images, and what each path does differently
Linking elements — master, slave, terminal
PLC modules — I/O tables and linking a wire to a specific point
Using the element editor — drawing tools, saving, checks
Preferences reference — what each settings page does
Keyboard-only control — mouseless QET, and the one real gap
Mouse modifiers — what Shift, Ctrl and Alt change while you drag
Managing collections — folders, writability, building your own shortlist
Templates — reusable multi-element blocks, and why clicking one does nothing
Search & Replace — bulk property changes
Building a nomenclature query — the BOM/summary table builder
Linking wires across pages — folio reports
Variables & formulas — %f, %{label}, sequences
Auto-numbering — schemes, sequences, freezing
Terminal strips — strips, levels, bridges
Title block templates — the .titleblock format
Importing EPLAN parts (.edz) — EPLAN Data Portal
DXF import & export — two unrelated features, one format
The project database — the in-memory SQLite cache
Development
Automating QET — CLI, XML formats, external tools
CLI Reference — command line usage
JavaScript Scripting — --run, geometry editing, undo
Vision — proposal, under discussion
