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Translation README
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Syncevolution Moblin (GTK+) UI uses standard gettext translations (.po files)
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and Transifex for translator web access.
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What follows is a very short technical guide to translating. For more extensive
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documentation, please refer to the GNOME localisation guide* or even the
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gettext manual** (the latter is unfortunately fairly programmer oriented).
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Notes to translators
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====================
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1. Get the strings that need translating
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The easiest way to get the po-file is via
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http://translate.moblin.org/projects/syncevolution/ . If the file for your
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language does not exist yet, take the template file (.pot) and rename it to
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xx.po, where xx is the language code).
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Alternatively if you have configured SyncEvolution sources, you can get
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an up-to-date template (.pot) and .po files by running "make update-po" in
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/po source directory.
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2. Translate
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Simply fill in the empty msgstr strings in the file. Graphical translation
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tools such as gtranslator are available in most linux distributions.
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Two features a translator must know are c-format strings and plural form handling.
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For help with c-format strings, see GNOME Localisation Guide*.
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If there are untranslatable strings or you do not understand the context, please
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file a bug on moblin bugzilla (product "SyncEvolution", component "GTK UI") or
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ask on the mailing list.
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3. Upload
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Upload the .po file using the webservice: For existing translations click "Send
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a translation for this language". For new languages use "Add new translation".
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Alternatively you can open a bug on moblin bugzilla and attach the po-file
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there.
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Notes to developers
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===================
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1. Testing to-be-translated strings:
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The translation webservice produces the translation files but "make update-po"
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in /po source directory can still be useful for testing: it will update the
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translation template and all translations with new strings. When a translation
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is listed in po/LINGUAS, 'make' will build the message catalog (.gmo) and
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"make install" will install it.
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2. Getting strings translated:
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The translation webservice watches 'moblin-transifex' branch. When you want your
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new strings to be translated, rebase/merge from master. Depending on the case,
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you may want to mention about string changes on the mailing list.
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3. Getting translated strings into a release
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merge moblin-transifex to master once in a while to get translation updates.
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* http://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/LocalisationGuide
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** http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html
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