From 0da84a501b71915bb56dbb22ac8fd18b4cd7c580 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Norbert Preining Date: Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:08:39 +0000 Subject: extend howto-translation.txt git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@14597 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/tlpkg/etc/howto-translations.txt | 45 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 45 insertions(+) (limited to 'Master') 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?) -- cgit v1.2.3