translations: first drafts for every other Weblate language, and the README points translators to Weblate

French, Italian, Portuguese (Brazil), Dutch, Swedish, Polish, Czech, Russian, Ukrainian, Turkish,
Japanese, Korean, Chinese (Simplified) and Arabic. They are early drafts for native speakers to
fix on Weblate. The README also catches up on the audio option, now called Through Gearslip,
and on cars that need your own certificate.
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[![Translation status](https://hosted.weblate.org/widget/gearslip/app/svg-badge.svg)](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/gearslip/)
Gearslip speaks English, Arabic, Chinese, Czech, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese,
Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian. Most of these
started as machine translations, so some read awkwardly.
[Fix or add your language on Weblate](https://hosted.weblate.org/engage/gearslip/).
Questions, ideas?
[Join the discussion on Matrix](https://matrix.to/#/!mf0_mgBd5KqKpc9FfX_wHp1jFCcwAtPrndIn_oGIyMk?via=matrix.org).
## Which cars work
Most cars work. Starting around 2020, some cars added newer security standards that reject
Gearslip's certificate, and Gearslip can't run in those cars. [CARS.md](CARS.md) lists the
Most cars work. Starting around 2020, some cars added newer security checks that reject
the aasdk certificate, and in those cars Gearslip needs a certificate of your own. [CARS.md](CARS.md) lists the
cars drivers have confirmed.
## What Gearslip is
@@ -92,13 +97,15 @@ screen-sharing mode.
Gearslip's own player. TIDAL lets only approved apps browse its library.
- **Calls use the car's Bluetooth,** as they do in Android Auto. Pair the phone with the
car to hear calls through its speakers.
- **Music reaches the car over Bluetooth or USB.** Setup asks which. Bluetooth is the
default: Android never asks for permission, and your map app's voice reaches the car
too. USB sounds a little clearer, with no delay, but each drive Android asks you to
share your screen, which lets Gearslip send the sound. Gearslip never reads the screen; capturing playback is
the only way an ordinary app can pass another app's audio along.
- **Music reaches the car over Bluetooth or through Gearslip.** Setup asks which.
Bluetooth is the default: Android never asks for permission, and your map app's voice
reaches the car too. Through Gearslip, the sound travels over the car connection, cable
or wireless. It sounds a little clearer, with no delay, but each drive Android asks you
to share your screen, which lets Gearslip send the sound. Gearslip never reads the
screen; capturing playback is the only way an ordinary app can pass another app's audio
along.
- **Gearslip needs no adb, root, or Shizuku.** Every feature relies on an ordinary
Android permission or an on-device consent dialog. For USB audio, setup offers two
Android permission or an on-device consent dialog. For audio through Gearslip, setup offers two
optional adb commands: one removes the audio dialog for good, and the other keeps
notifications visible while audio plays.
- **Updates come from GitHub.** Once a day, Gearslip checks this repository's latest
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ turn them on, in setup or in Settings.
those boxes cover: the Android version and whether the phone runs GrapheneOS, the phone
model, whether a car connected that day, and each car's head unit, model, year, screen
size, and connection result, with whether that drive used the cable or wireless and
whether music went over USB or Bluetooth. If you tick it, how each drive went: how far
whether music went through Gearslip or over Bluetooth. If you tick it, how each drive went: how far
the connection got, how long it lasted, and how it ended. Settings shows the exact note. Untick a phone detail, and
the server drops the copy it kept.
- **What they leave out.** Your name, accounts, location, contacts, messages, and