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i18n first draft - gettext support added in SàT - first draft of french translation - added README with a HOWTO for translators
author Goffi <goffi@goffi.org>
date Wed, 03 Mar 2010 17:12:23 +1100
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1 First of all, thank you for helping translating SàT :)
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3 To translate a file, you can use a dedicated tool as the excellent gtranslator:
4 - use the template .po file (e.g. sat.po) and name it to your translated language (e.g. fr.po for french); you can preferably generate a new template directly from the source with the following command (eventually adapted):
5 > xgettext -L python -d sat sat.tac tools/*py plugins/*py
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7 - use the choosed tool (a simple text editor can be sufficient) to edit the file: e.g. gtranslator fr.po
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9 - once you translation is finished (or partly finished: the english sentences are used if there is no translation), you can test them by generating a binary and moving it to the right place with the following commands:
10 > msgfmt -o sat.mo fr
11 > mv sat.mo i18n/fr/LC_MESSAGES/sat.mo
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13 /!\ Note that you don't need to precise the file extention mith the msgfmt command, here fr mean "use fr.po file"
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15 - if you have already a translation, and want to update it (new translations to do, some sentences have changed), you can use the following commands:
16 > msgmerge fr.po sat.po > fr2.po
17 and if everything is allright
18 > mv fr2.po fr.po
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20 Don't forget that you can use the version-control system (mercurial, the "hg" command) to keep history of you translations.
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22 You can check the fr.po file to see how it's done and to know what to put while you set up you translation tool.
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24 Trank you again for you help, don't forget to give me your name and contact mail so I can credit you, and don't hesitate to contact me if you need help (goffi@goffi.org).
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