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==Translation rules== | ==Translation rules== | ||
Revision as of 09:49, 18 March 2010
Translation process
- Write an issue in the website project http://qa.openoffice.org/issues/enter_bug.cgi?component=extensions
- Title: Localisation for extension site: <LANGUAGE>
- Assign it to tbo@openoffice.org
- Provide information about your language: Native language name, language name in english, some kind of 2 letter code for the language
- TBO will then take some default strings, already existing for the language and put it into pootle http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Pootle_User_Guide or provide an .pot file for translation. Instructions will be written into the issue, issue will get assigned to submitter
- Submitter takes care about the translation of the strings
- If translation is finished, assign the issue to TBO again. He will take care to enable the language on the website.
Translation rules
- Special care has to be taken during translation by words starting with !, $, %, @ they have to appear as they are in the translation, too.
- HTML commands in < and > has also to show up in teh translated string in the same way.
Getting translations from site for new languages (Admins only)
- Source language is english
- Extraction of translation template .pot file or .po file with partial translation from:
http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/admin/settings/locale/language/export
- By selecting 'Used' from listbox 'Only already used strings'
- There has to be removed some garbage from the end of the file '<script type="text/javascript" ...'
- Source files are kept in OOo cvs as a reference: extensions/www/ooo-ext-website/drupal/translation/ui
- Request of translations happens trough submitting an issue to me, TBO, since I have to enable the language in the system and some strings are already translated, and only then I can provide a file that has these translations already - about 50% are already translated.
- Current known translation problems: some controls descriptions are not translateable - I have find the place where general widget translations will work.
- There are also some strings that are there by error - some I already know, some not ;-) They should get removed by nid for all languages
- If you think some string is not translateable, first check if it is realy not in the .po file/check with the drupal search form, then submit an issue with the english string.
- Internaly every string in Drupal get's an id assigned 'lid'
- It is possible to translate/check something from within a drupal formular by knowing the string: http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/admin/settings/locale/string/search
- Inside the .po file there is a hint for every string where it is used; This is either a pointer to the source file, or the url of the page where it appered.
- Translation maintainig functions access rights can be granted on request for active helping of finding issues.
