= User Guidelines Localisation =
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== 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.

== Translate Sahana Eden into a New Language ==
=== 1. Create Language File ===
{{{http://127.0.0.1:8000/admin/default/design/eden#languages}}}[[BR]]

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.

=== 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 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.[[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 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
 * Inside the uncompressed directory, execute the application with:
   - ./autotranslate.py (parameters)
   or
   - python autotranslate.py (parameters)

   (The parameters are: '''filename, origin language and destination language''')[[BR]]
   Example: ./autotranslate.py /home/johndoe/web2py/applications/eden/languages/es.py en es [[BR]]
   Wait (you'll see an advance status) and DONE.  Just refine the translations (inside web2py or just open with a text editor)[[BR]]
   [[BR]]
   Please provide any bug report or problem to the main list

==== 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)

== See Also ==
 * DeveloperGuidelinesInternationalisation
 * BluePrintInternationalisation
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