Changes between Version 16 and Version 17 of UserGuidelines/Localisation

Timestamp:

12/06/10 05:33:48 (14 years ago)

Author:

Michael Howden

Comment:

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UserGuidelines/Localisation

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-= Localisation =
-Translation to other languages is highly appreciated - please contact the [http://translate.sahanafoundation.org "Sahana Localization team"] for advice.
+= UserGuidelines Localisation=
+[[TOC]]
+== Contributing to a Translation of Sahana Eden ==
+Translation to other languages is highly appreciated.[http://pootle.sahanafoundation.org Sahana Pootle Server] is available as on online tool used for Translations.
+Please see the [UserGuidelinesLocalisationPootle Pootle User Guidelines] for instructions or contact the MailingList for advice.
 
-== Translating Eden to a new language ==
-Create language file:
- * http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/default/design/eden#languages
+== Translate Sahana Eden into a New Language ==
+=== 1. Create Language File ===
+{{{http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/default/design/eden#languages}}}
+Create a new file using the the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes ISO 639-1 Code] of the Language.
 
-You can then either edit this in the Web2Py admin UI or else convert to a .po file for use in standard PO file tools such as [http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/virtaal/index Virtaal] or Pootle:
+=== 2. Translate ===
+Sahana Eden can be translated in the following ways:
+==== A. Using Pootle ====
+''Preferred''
+Convert to a .po file for use in Pootle:
  * "web2py2po" scripts (part of the [http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/toolkit/py2web2po "Translate Toolkit"])
   * Need to use the [http://eden.sahanafoundation.org/attachment/wiki/UserGuidelinesLocalisation/web2py2po.diff patch] attached to this page (patch against 1.8.0)
- * [http://pootle.sahanafoundation.org "Sahana Pootle server"] is available as on online facility for collaboration, translation refinement and workflow control
-  * PootleHowto
+ * [http://pootle.sahanafoundation.org Sahana Pootle Server] is available as on online tool for collaboration, translation refinement and workflow control. See the [UserGuidelinesLocalisationPootle Pootle User Guidelines] for instructions.
 
 For UTF-8, beware of the encoding - needs to be 'without BOM' or 'ANSI as UTF-8'.[[BR]]
-- this is both within the {{{languages/}}} file & also with any UTF-8 direct in customised Views.
+- this is both within the {{{languages/}}} file & also with any UTF-8 direct in customised Views.[[BR]]
+
+You can also use standard PO file tools such as [http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/virtaal/index Virtaal].[[BR]]
 
 {{{
 web2py2po -i zh-tw.py -o zh-tw.po
 
-# Use Virtaal &/or Pootle to translate 
+# Use Pootle &/or Virtaal to translate 
 
 po2web2py -i zh-tw.po -o zh-tw.py
 }}}
 
+==== B. Using Auto-Translator ====
 You can -also- try a new method, using a beta tool, which translates any file (including the web2py languages files) using the Google Translate API:
  * Go to [http://pypi.python.org/pypi/auto-translator/ "Auto-Translator"], download, uncompress the .tar.gz archive
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    Please provide any bug report or problem to the main list
 
-== Wiki pages translation ==
- * translated pages with ISO 639-2 language code extension (original english page = no extension), e.g.
+==== C. Using Web2Py Admin UI  ====
+You can then edit the language file directly in the Web2Py Admin UI.
+
+== Translate Wiki Pages ==
+ * Translated pages with [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ISO_639-1_codes ISO 639-2 Language Code] extension (original english page = no extension), e.g.
    * '''original page:''' eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BluePrintInternationalisation
    * '''german translation:''' eden.sahanafoundation.org/wiki/BluePrintInternationalisation'''/de'''
 
- * insert ![[TranslatedPages]] macro to display a list of available translations of a page (at best at bottom of page)
+ * Insert ![[TranslatedPages]] macro to display a list of available translations of a page (at best at bottom of page)
 
 == See Also ==