| 1 | | = How to Use Pootle = |
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| 3 | | Here shows an example how Taiwan team uses [http://pootle.sahanafoundation.org/ Sahana Pootle Server] in the language translation process. In the following example, zh-tw.py is used, but the main idea should apply to other teams. |
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| 5 | | Roughly there are two roles: |
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| 7 | | 1. Translator who focuses on term translation and polishing, not necessary to know how .py files work. |
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| 9 | | 2. Administrator who converts updated .po to .py, and makes it works in eden/languages directory. If you are an Administrator, be sure to see the useful UserGuidelinesLocalisation before using Pootle or other translation tools. |
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| 11 | | == As a Translator, How to Translate Terms on Pootle == |
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| 13 | | 1. Say, we want to translate a term "Required Field", use search form to find it. |
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| 15 | | [[Image(search-term.png)]] |
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| 17 | | 2. Put the translation in the field below the term. |
| 18 | | You can submit the translation, or assign it as a suggestion. |
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| 20 | | [[Image(chinese-term.png)]] |
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| 22 | | 3. If there are other terms matching "Required Field", they will be shown afterward. |
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| 24 | | == As an Administrator, How to Apply New PO into Eden == |
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| 26 | | 1. Go to "Translate" tab. |
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| 28 | | 2. You can download via "ZIP of directory". A file name like "eden-zh_TW.zip" will be saved. Unzip the file will give you zh-tw.py. |
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| 30 | | [[Image(download.png)]] |
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| 32 | | 3. Run "po2web2py -i zh-tw.po -o zh-tw.py" to generate the needed language file. |
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| 34 | | 4. Place the generated zh-tw.py in the eden/languages directory, and see if everything goes as expected. |
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| 36 | | == As an Administrator, How to Apply New PO into Pootle == |
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| 38 | | A common case is that you have a new zh-tw.py in languages directory, and want to upload it to pootle. This zh-tw.py file can turn into zh-tw.po running "web2py2po -i zh-tw.py -o zh-tw.po". |
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| 40 | | marr's note: in my experience, with the above generated zh-tw.po file, you might see all msgstr filled with strings automatically, and uploading such file to pootle will mislead the statistics. |
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| 42 | | 1. Go to "Translate" tab. |
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| 44 | | 2. Choose the .po file to upload. Say, you can "Overwrite the current file if it exists". |
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| 46 | | 3. If choosing "Add all new translations as suggestions", or, there are suggestions for a term, you can decide "Accept" or "Reject" them. |
| | 1 | Moved to: UserGuidelinesLocalisationPootle |
