Install AUTHORS & TRANSLATORS files and auto-generate credits in AboutBox

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 361 deletions

diff --git a/src/path-prefix.h b/src/path-prefix.h
index 1c17ce2d8..96999b3cb 100644
--- a/src/path-prefix.h
+++ b/src/path-prefix.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 #  define INKSCAPE_APPICONDIR     BR_DATADIR( INKSCAPE_LIBPREFIX "/share/pixmaps" )
 #  define INKSCAPE_ATTRRELDIR     BR_DATADIR( INKSCAPE_LIBPREFIX "/share/inkscape/attributes" )
 #  define INKSCAPE_BINDDIR        BR_DATADIR( INKSCAPE_LIBPREFIX "/share/inkscape/bind" )
+#  define INKSCAPE_DOCDIR         BR_DATADIR( INKSCAPE_LIBPREFIX "/share/inkscape/doc" )
 #  define INKSCAPE_EXAMPLESDIR    BR_DATADIR( INKSCAPE_LIBPREFIX "/share/inkscape/examples" )
 #  define INKSCAPE_EXTENSIONDIR   BR_DATADIR( INKSCAPE_LIBPREFIX "/share/inkscape/extensions" )
 #  define INKSCAPE_FILTERDIR      BR_DATADIR( INKSCAPE_LIBPREFIX "/share/inkscape/filters" )
@@ -55,6 +56,7 @@
 #    define INKSCAPE_APPICONDIR   WIN32_DATADIR("pixmaps")
 #    define INKSCAPE_ATTRRELDIR   WIN32_DATADIR("attributes")
 #    define INKSCAPE_BINDDIR      WIN32_DATADIR("bind")
+#    define INKSCAPE_DOCDIR       WIN32_DATADIR("doc")
 #    define INKSCAPE_EXAMPLESDIR  WIN32_DATADIR("examples")
 #    define INKSCAPE_EXTENSIONDIR WIN32_DATADIR("extensions")
 #    define INKSCAPE_FILTERDIR    WIN32_DATADIR("filters")
@@ -78,6 +80,7 @@
 #    define INKSCAPE_APPICONDIR   "Contents/Resources/share/pixmaps"
 #    define INKSCAPE_ATTRRELDIR   "Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/attributes"
 #    define INKSCAPE_BINDDIR      "Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/bind"
+#    define INKSCAPE_DOCDIR       "Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/doc"
 #    define INKSCAPE_EXAMPLESDIR  "Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/examples"
 #    define INKSCAPE_EXTENSIONDIR "Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/extensions"
 #    define INKSCAPE_FILTERDIR    "Contents/Resources/share/inkscape/filters"
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@
 #    define INKSCAPE_APPICONDIR   INKSCAPE_DATADIR "/pixmaps"
 #    define INKSCAPE_ATTRRELDIR   INKSCAPE_DATADIR "/inkscape/attributes"
 #    define INKSCAPE_BINDDIR      INKSCAPE_DATADIR "/inkscape/bind"
+#    define INKSCAPE_DOCDIR       INKSCAPE_DATADIR "/inkscape/doc"
 #    define INKSCAPE_EXAMPLESDIR  INKSCAPE_DATADIR "/inkscape/examples"
 #    define INKSCAPE_EXTENSIONDIR INKSCAPE_DATADIR "/inkscape/extensions"
 #    define INKSCAPE_FILTERDIR    INKSCAPE_DATADIR "/inkscape/filters"
diff --git a/src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp b/src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp
index c95f84f8e..652ebd411 100644
--- a/src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp
+++ b/src/ui/dialog/aboutbox.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@
 
 #include "ui/dialog/aboutbox.h"
 
+#include <fstream>
+
 #include <glibmm/fileutils.h>
 #include <glibmm/i18n.h>
 #include <glibmm/miscutils.h>
@@ -146,201 +148,26 @@ Gtk::Widget *build_splash_widget() {
  * used for making widgets
  */  
 void AboutBox::initStrings() {
-
     //##############################
     //# A U T H O R S
     //##############################
-    
-    /* This text is copied from the AUTHORS file.
-     * To update it, execute this snippet of sed magic in the toplevel
-     * source directory:
-     *
-     * sed -e 's/^\(.*\) \([^ ]*\)*$/\2_ \1/' AUTHORS
-           | sort
-           | sed -e 's/^\([^_]*\)_ \(.*\)$/\2 \1/;s/^.*$/"\0\\n"/;$s/\\n//'
-           | zenity --text-info
-     *
-     * and paste the result from the combo box here.
-     */ 
-    std::vector<Glib::ustring> authors = {
-        "Maximilian Albert",
-        "Joshua A. Andler",
-        "Tavmjong Bah",
-        "Pierre Barbry-Blot",
-        "Jean-François Barraud",
-        "Campbell Barton",
-        "Bill Baxter",
-        "John Beard",
-        "John Bintz",
-        "Arpad Biro",
-        "Nicholas Bishop",
-        "Joshua L. Blocher",
-        "Hanno Böck",
-        "Tomasz Boczkowski",
-        "Adrian Boguszewski",
-        "Henrik Bohre",
-        "Boldewyn",
-        "Daniel Borgmann",
-        "Bastien Bouclet",
-        "Hans Breuer",
-        "Gustav Broberg",
-        "Christopher Brown",
-        "Marcus Brubaker",
-        "Luca Bruno",
-        "Brynn (brynn@inkscapecommunity.com)",
-        "Nicu Buculei",
-        "Bulia Byak",
-        "Pierre Caclin",
-        "Ian Caldwell",
-        "Gail Carmichael",
-        "Ed Catmur",
-        "Chema Celorio",
-        "Jabiertxo Arraiza Cenoz",
-        "Johan Ceuppens",
-        "Zbigniew Chyla",
-        "Alexander Clausen",
-        "John Cliff",
-        "Kees Cook",
-        "Ben Cromwell",
-        "Robert Crosbie",
-        "Jon Cruz",
-        "Aurélie De-Cooman",
-        "Milosz Derezynski",
-        "Daniel Díaz",
-        "Bruno Dilly",
-        "Larry Doolittle",
-        "Nicolas Dufour",
-        "Tim Dwyer",
-        "Maxim V. Dziumanenko",
-        "Moritz Eberl",
-        "Johan Engelen",
-        "Miklos Erdelyi",
-        "Ulf Erikson",
-        "Noé Falzon",
-        "Sebastian Faubel",
-        "Frank Felfe",
-        "Andrew Fitzsimon",
-        "Edward Flick",
-        "Marcin Floryan",
-        "Ben Fowler",
-        "Fred",
-        "Cedric Gemy",
-        "Steren Giannini",
-        "Olivier Gondouin",
-        "Ted Gould",
-        "Toine de Greef",
-        "Michael Grosberg",
-        "Kris De Gussem",
-        "Bryce Harrington",
-        "Dale Harvey",
-        "Aurélio Adnauer Heckert",
-        "Carl Hetherington",
-        "Jos Hirth",
-        "Hannes Hochreiner",
-        "Thomas Holder",
-        "Joel Holdsworth",
-        "Christoffer Holmstedt",
-        "Alan Horkan",
-        "Karl Ove Hufthammer",
-        "Richard Hughes",
-        "Nathan Hurst",
-        "inductiveload",
-        "Thomas Ingham",
-        "Jean-Olivier Irisson",
-        "Bob Jamison",
-        "Ted Janeczko",
-        "Marc Jeanmougin",
-        "jEsuSdA",
-        "Fernando Lucchesi Bastos Jurema",
-        "Lauris Kaplinski",
-        "Lynn Kerby",
-        "Niko Kiirala",
-        "James Kilfiger",
-        "Nikita Kitaev",
-        "Jason Kivlighn",
-        "Adrian Knoth",
-        "Krzysztof Kosiński",
-        "Petr Kovar",
-        "Benoît Lavorata",
-        "Alex Leone",
-        "Julien Leray",
-        "Raph Levien",
-        "Diederik van Lierop",
-        "Nicklas Lindgren",
-        "Vitaly Lipatov",
-        "Ivan Louette",
-        "Pierre-Antoine Marc",
-        "Aurel-Aimé Marmion",
-        "Colin Marquardt",
-        "Craig Marshall",
-        "Ivan Masár",
-        "Dmitry G. Mastrukov",
-        "David Mathog",
-        "Matiphas",
-        "Michael Meeks",
-        "Federico Mena",
-        "MenTaLguY",
-        "Aubanel Monnier",
-        "Vincent Montagne",
-        "Tim Mooney",
-        "Derek P. Moore",
-        "Chris Morgan",
-        "Peter Moulder",
-        "Jörg Müller",
-        "Yukihiro Nakai",
-        "Victor Navez",
-        "Christian Neumair",
-        "Nick",
-        "Andreas Nilsson",
-        "Mitsuru Oka",
-        "Vinícius dos Santos Oliveira",
-        "Martin Owens",
-        "Alvin Penner",
-        "Matthew Petroff",
-        "Jon Phillips",
-        "Zdenko Podobny",
-        "Alexandre Prokoudine",
-        "Jean-René Reinhard",
-        "Alexey Remizov",
-        "Frederic Rodrigo",
-        "Hugo Rodrigues",
-        "Juarez Rudsatz",
-        "Xavier Conde Rueda",
-        "Felipe Corrêa da Silva Sanches",
-        "Christian Schaller",
-        "Marco Scholten",
-        "Tom von Schwerdtner",
-        "Danilo Šegan",
-        "Abhishek Sharma",
-        "Shivaken",
-        "Michael Sloan",
-        "John Smith",
-        "Sandra Snan",
-        "Boštjan Špetič",
-        "Aaron Spike",
-        "Kaushik Sridharan",
-        "Ralf Stephan",
-        "Dariusz Stojek",
-        "Martin Sucha",
-        "~suv",
-        "Pat Suwalski",
-        "Adib Taraben",
-        "Hugh Tebby",
-        "Jonas Termeau",
-        "David Turner",
-        "Andre Twupack",
-        "Aleksandar Urošević",
-        "Alex Valavanis",
-        "Joakim Verona",
-        "Lucas Vieites",
-        "Daniel Wagenaar",
-        "Liam P. White",
-        "Sebastian Wüst",
-        "Michael Wybrow",
-        "Gellule Xg",
-        "Daniel Yacob",
-        "Masatake Yamato",
-        "David Yip"};
+
+    // Create an empty vector to store the list of authors
+    std::vector<Glib::ustring> authors;
+
+    // Try to copy the list of authors from the "AUTHORS" file, which
+    // should have been installed into the share/doc directory
+    auto authors_filename = Glib::build_filename(INKSCAPE_DOCDIR, "AUTHORS");
+    std::ifstream authors_filestream(authors_filename);
+    if(authors_filestream) {
+        std::string author_line;
+
+        while (std::getline(authors_filestream, author_line)) {
+            authors.push_back(author_line);
+        }
+    }
+
+    // Set the author credits in this dialog, using the author list
     set_authors(authors);
 
     //##############################
@@ -368,175 +195,12 @@ void AboutBox::initStrings() {
         translators_text.append("\n\n\n");
     }
 
-    /* This text is copied from the TRANSLATORS file.
-     * To update it, execute this snippet of sed magic in the toplevel
-     * source directory:
-     *
-     * sed -e 's/^\(.*\) \([^ ]*\)*$/\2_ \1/' TRANSLATORS
-           | sed -e 's/^\([^_]*\)_ \(.*\)$/\2 \1/;s/^.*$/"\0\\n"/;$s/\\n//'
-           | zenity --text-info
-     *
-     * and paste the result from the combo box here.
-     */          
-    gchar const *allTranslators =
-"3ARRANO.com <3arrano@3arrano.com>, 2005.\n"
-"Adib Taraben <theadib@gmail.com>, 2004-2014.\n"
-"Alan Monfort <alan.monfort@free.fr>, 2009-2010.\n"
-"Alastair McKinstry <mckinstry@computer.org>, 2000.\n"
-"Aleksandar Marković <alleksandar.markovic@gmail.com>, 2015.\n"
-"Aleksandar Urošević <urke@users.sourceforge.net>, 2004-2009.\n"
-"Alessio Frusciante <algol@firenze.linux.it>, 2002, 2003.\n"
-"Alexander Shopov <ash@contact.bg>, 2006.\n"
-"Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine@gmail.com>, 2005, 2010-2014.\n"
-"Alexey Remizov <alexey@remizov.pp.ru>, 2004.\n"
-"Ali Ghanavatian <ghanvatian.ali@gmail.com>, 2010.\n"
-"Álvaro Lopes <alvieboy@alvie.com>, 2001, 2002.\n"
-"Andreas Hyden <a.hyden@cyberpoint.se>, 2000.\n"
-"Andrius Ramanauskas <knutux@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Antonio Codazzi <f_sophia@libero.it>, 2006, 2007.\n"
-"Antônio Cláudio (LedStyle) <ledstyle@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Amanpreet Singh Brar Alamwalia <apbrar@gmail.com>, 2005.\n"
-"Arman Aksoy <armish@linux-sevenler.de>, 2003.\n"
-"Arpad Biro <biro_arpad@yahoo.com>, 2004, 2005.\n"
-"Benedikt Roth <Benedikt.Roth@gmx.net>, 2000.\n"
-"Benjamin Weis <benjamin.weis@gmx.com>, 2014.\n"
-"Benno Schulenberg <benno@vertaalt.nl>,  2008.\n"
-"Boštjan Špetič <igzebedze@cyberpipe.org>, 2004, 2005.\n"
-"Brisa Francesco <fbrisa@yahoo.it>, 2000.\n"
-"Bruce Cowan <bruce@bcowan.me.uk>, 2010.\n"
-"bulia byak <buliabyak@users.sf.net>, 2004.\n"
-"Chris jia <Chrisjiasl@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Christian Meyer <chrisime@gnome.org>, 2000-2002.\n"
-"Christian Neumair <chris@gnome-de.org>, 2002, 2003.\n"
-"Christian Rose <menthos@menthos.com>, 2000-2003.\n"
-"Cristian Secară <cristi@secarica.ro>, 2010-2013.\n"
-"Christophe Merlet (RedFox) <redfox@redfoxcenter.org>, 2000-2002.\n"
-"Clytie Siddall <clytie@riverland.net.au>, 2004-2008.\n"
-"Colin Marquardt <colin@marquardt-home.de>, 2004-2006.\n"
-"Cédric Gemy <radar.map35@free.fr>, 2006.\n"
-"Daniel Díaz <yosoy@danieldiaz.org>, 2004.\n"
-"Didier Conchaudron <conchaudron@free.fr>, 2003.\n"
-"Dimitris Spingos (Δημήτρης Σπίγγος) <dmtrs32@gmail.com>, 2011-2015.\n"
-"Dorji Tashi <dorjee_doss@hotmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Duarte Loreto <happyguy_pt@hotmail.com> 2002, 2003 (Maintainer).\n"
-"Elias Norberg <elno0959 at student.su.se>, 2009.\n"
-"Equipe de Tradução Inkscape Brasil <www.inkscapebrasil.org>, 2007.\n"
-"Fatih Demir <kabalak@gtranslator.org>, 2000.\n"
-"Firas Hanife <FirasHanife@gmail.com>, 2014-2016.\n"
-"Foppe Benedictus <foppe.benedictus@gmail.com>, 2007-2009.\n"
-"Francesc Dorca <f.dorca@filnet.es>, 2003. Traducció sodipodi.\n"
-"Francisco Javier F. Serrador <serrador@arrakis.es>, 2003.\n"
-"Francisco Xosé Vázquez Grandal <fxvazquez@arrakis.es>, 2001.\n"
-"Frederic Rodrigo <f.rodrigo free.fr>, 2004-2005.\n"
-"Ganesh Murmu <g_murmu_in@yahoo.com>, 2014.\n"
-"Ge'ez Frontier Foundation <locales@geez.org>, 2002.\n"
-"George Boukeas <boukeas@gmail.com>, 2011.\n"
-"Heiko Wöhrle <mail@heikowoehrle.de>, 2014.\n"
-"Hleb Valoshka <375gnu@gmail.com>, 2008-2009.\n"
-"Hizkuntza Politikarako Sailburuordetza <hizkpol@ej-gv.es>, 2005.\n"
-"Ilia Penev <lichopicho@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Ivan Masár <helix84@centrum.sk>, 2006-2014. \n"
-"Ivan Řihošek <irihosek@seznam.cz>, 2014.\n"
-"Iñaki Larrañaga <dooteo@euskalgnu.org>, 2006.\n"
-"Jānis Eisaks <jancs@dv.lv>, 2012-2014.\n"
-"Jeffrey Steve Borbón Sanabria <jeff_kerokid@yahoo.com>, 2005.\n"
-"Jesper Öqvist <jesper@llbit.se>, 2010, 2011.\n"
-"Joaquim Perez i Noguer <noguer@gmail.com>, 2008-2009.\n"
-"Jörg Müller <jfm@ram-brand.de>, 2005.\n"
-"Jeroen van der Vegt <jvdvegt@gmail.com>, 2003, 2005, 2008.\n"
-"Jin-Hwan Jeong <yongdoria@gmail.com>, 2009.\n"
-"Jonathan Ernst <jernst@users.sourceforge.net>, 2006.\n"
-"Jordi Mas i Hernàndez <jmas@softcatala.org>, 2015.\n"
-"Jose Antonio Salgueiro Aquino <developer@telefonica.net>, 2003.\n"
-"Josef Vybiral <josef.vybiral@gmail.com>, 2005-2006.\n"
-"Juarez Rudsatz <juarez@correio.com>, 2004.\n"
-"Junichi Uekawa <dancer@debian.org>, 2002.\n"
-"Jurmey Rabgay <jur_gay@yahoo.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Kai Lahmann <kailahmann@01019freenet.de>, 2000.\n"
-"Karl Ove Hufthammer <karl@huftis.org>, 2004, 2005.\n"
-"KATSURAGAWA Naoki <naopon@private.email.ne.jp>, 2006.\n"
-"Keld Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk>, 2000, 2001.\n"
-"Kenji Inoue <kenz@oct.zaq.ne.jp>, 2006-2007.\n"
-"Khandakar Mujahidul Islam <suzan@bengalinux.org>, 2006.\n"
-"Kingsley Turner <kingsley@maddogsbreakfast.com.au>, 2006.\n"
-"Kitae <bluetux@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Kjartan Maraas <kmaraas@gnome.org>, 2000-2002.\n"
-"Kris De Gussem <Kris.DeGussem@gmail.com>, 2008-2015.\n"
-"Lauris Kaplinski <lauris@ariman.ee>, 2000.\n"
-"Leandro Regueiro <leandro.regueiro@gmail.com>, 2006-2008, 2010.\n"
-"Liu Xiaoqin <liuxqsmile@gmail.com>, 2008.\n"
-"Louni Kandulna <kandulna.louni@gmail.com>, 2014.\n"
-"Luca Bruno <luca.br@uno.it>, 2005.\n"
-"Lucas Vieites Fariña<lucas@codexion.com>, 2003-2013.\n"
-"Mahesh subedi <submanesh@hotmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Marcin Floryan <marcin.floryan+inkscape (at) gmail.com>, 2016.\n"
-"Maren Hachmann <marenhachmann@yahoo.com>, 2015-2016.\n"
-"Martin Srebotnjak, <miles@filmsi.net>, 2005, 2010.\n"
-"Masatake YAMATO <jet@gyve.org>, 2002.\n"
-"Masato Hashimoto <cabezon.hashimoto@gmail.com>, 2009-2014.\n"
-"Matiphas <matiphas _a_ free _point_ fr>, 2004-2006.\n"
-"Mattias Hultgren <mattias_hultgren@tele2.se>, 2005, 2006.\n"
-"Maxim Dziumanenko <mvd@mylinux.com.ua>, 2004.\n"
-"Mətin Əmirov <metin@karegen.com>, 2003.\n"
-"Mitsuru Oka <oka326@parkcity.ne.jp>, 2002.\n"
-"Morphix User <pchitrakar@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Mufit Eribol <meribol@ere.com.tr>, 2000.\n"
-"Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi <mhdbnoimi@gmail.com>, 2008.\n"
-"Myckel Habets <myckel@sdf.lonestar.org>, 2008.\n"
-"Nasreen <nasreen_saifee@hotmail.com>, 2013.\n"
-"Nguyen Dinh Trung <nguyendinhtrung141@gmail.com>, 2007, 2008.\n"
-"Nicolas Dufour <nicoduf@yahoo.fr>, 2008-2016.\n"
-"Paresh prabhu <goa.paresh@Gmail.com>, 2013.\n"
-"Pawan Chitrakar <pchitrakar@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Przemysław Loesch <p_loesch@poczta.onet.pl>, 2005.\n"
-"Quico Llach <quico@softcatala.org>, 2000. Traducció sodipodi.\n"
-"Raymond Ostertag <raymond@linuxgraphic.org>, 2002, 2003.\n"
-"Riku Leino <tsoots@gmail.com>, 2006-2011.\n"
-"Rune Rønde Laursen <runerl@skjoldhoej.dk>, 2006.\n"
-"Ruud Steltenpool <svg@steltenpower.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Sangeeta <sk@gma.co>, 2011.\n"
-"Savitha <savithasprasad@yahoo.co.in>, 2013.\n"
-"Serdar Soytetir <sendirom@gmail.com>, 2005.\n"
-"shivaken <shivaken@owls-nest.net>, 2004.\n"
-"Shyam Krishna Bal <shyamkrishna_bal@yahoo.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Simos Xenitellis <simos@hellug.gr>, 2001, 2011.\n"
-"Spyros Blanas <cid_e@users.sourceforge.net>, 2006, 2011.\n"
-"Stefan Graubner <pflaumenmus92@gmx.net>, 2005.\n"
-"Supranee Thirawatthanasuk <supranee@opentle.org>, 2006.\n"
-"Sushma Joshi <shshma_joshi8266@vsnl.net>, 2011.\n"
-"Sveinn í Felli <sv1@fellsnet.is>, 2014-2015.\n"
-"Sylvain Chiron <chironsylvain@orange.fr>, 2016.\n"
-"Takeshi Aihana <aihana@muc.biglobe.ne.jp>, 2000, 2001.\n"
-"Tim Sheridan <tghs@tghs.net>, 2007-2016.\n"
-"Theppitak Karoonboonyanan <thep@linux.thai.net>, 2006.\n"
-"Thiago Pimentel <thiago.merces@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Toshifumi Sato <sato@centrosystem.com>, 2005.\n"
-"Jon South <striker@lunar-linux.org>, 2006. \n"
-"Uwe Schöler <oss@oss-marketplace.com>, 2006-2014.\n"
-"Valek Filippov <frob@df.ru>, 2000, 2003.\n"
-"Victor Dachev <vdachev@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Victor Westmann <victor.westmann@gmail.com>, 2011, 2014.\n"
-"Ville Pätsi, 2013.\n"
-"Vincent van Adrighem <V.vanAdrighem@dirck.mine.nu>, 2003.\n"
-"Vital Khilko <dojlid@mova.org>, 2003.\n"
-"Vitaly Lipatov <lav@altlinux.ru>, 2002, 2004.\n"
-"vonHalenbach <vonHalenbach@users.sourceforge.net>, 2005.\n"
-"vrundeshw <vrundeshw@cdac.in>, 2012.\n"
-"Waluyo Adi Siswanto <was.uthm@gmail.com>, 2011.\n"
-"Wang Li <charlesw1234@163.com>, 2002.\n"
-"Wei-Lun Chao <william.chao@ossii.com.tw>, 2006.\n"
-"Wolfram Strempfer <wolfram@strempfer.de>, 2006.\n"
-"Xavier Conde Rueda <xavi.conde@gmail.com>, 2004-2008.\n"
-"Yaron Shahrabani <sh.yaron@gmail.com>, 2009.\n"
-"Yukihiro Nakai <nakai@gnome.gr.jp>, 2000, 2003.\n"
-"Yuri Beznos <zhiz0id@gmail.com>, 2006.\n"
-"Yuri Chornoivan <yurchor@ukr.net>, 2007-2014.\n"
-"Yuri Syrota <rasta@renome.rovno.ua>, 2000.\n"
-"Yves Guillou <yvesguillou@users.sourceforge.net>, 2004.\n"
-"Zdenko Podobný <zdpo@mailbox.sk>, 2003, 2004."
-    ;
-    
-    translators_text.append(allTranslators);
+    auto translators_filename = Glib::build_filename(INKSCAPE_DOCDIR, "TRANSLATORS");
+
+    if (Glib::file_test (translators_filename, Glib::FILE_TEST_EXISTS)) {
+        auto all_translators = Glib::file_get_contents(translators_filename);
+        translators_text.append(all_translators);
+    }
 
     set_translator_credits(translators_text);
     set_license("GPL 3.0 or later"); // Overriden in next line