extend howto-translation.txt

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@14597 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/etc/howto-translations.txt b/Master/tlpkg/etc/howto-translations.txt
index e84cb8ecfd6..2d8ad566564 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/etc/howto-translations.txt
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/etc/howto-translations.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,51 @@
 Dealing with translations of TeX Live programs
 ==============================================
 
+
+For translators
+---------------
+
+using poedit (poedit.sf.net):
+
+Starting new translation NN.po:
+- start fresh poedit
+- click on "File -> New catalog from POT file"
+- select messages.pot (in tlpkg/translations/messages.pot)
+- A dialog opens that asks for some fields, like
+        Project name and version:
+        Team:
+        Team's email address:
+        Language:
+        Country:
+        Charset: UTF-8
+        Source code charset:
+        Plural Forms:
+  etc all of which is unknown to me, but I filled in at least the Language
+  and the email of myself of tex-live@tug.org
+- click "Ok"
+- select where to save (either in tlpkg/translations/NN.po or somewhere else
+  and send us the file)
+- start translating
+
+Editing an existing NN.po:
+- start poedit
+- open NN.po
+- start translating
+
+
+Translating and remarks:
+- click on the bold strings, those are missing the translation
+- please use \" instead of ", as can be seen in the original strings
+- several lines in the translations are merged together *without* adding
+  anything. So if you want new lines please use \n in the text
+  (as seen in several original strings)
+
+
+-----------------------------------------
+
+For developers
+--------------
+
 Extraction of the messages == update of the po template messages.pot:
 (should probably be done daily?)