asked Apr 29 '10
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Hey, could you help out? We have a few translations in progress (two are nearly finished), but we'd really like to make this forum available in as many languages as possible.
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answered Sep 21 '10
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Could use Transifex.net
answered Mar 18
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I've noticed some minor grammatical errors in the English version that I'd be willing to volunteer to fix.
I might also be able to do a little bit of Spanish translation, but my skills are still beginner, so I might not be a great resource there... yet (:
Thanks, those are in the source files. English is the "key language" with the phrases directly embedded in the source code. What you could do - tell us which ones could be fixed and we'll do it. You could also fork askbot on the github and just edit the source code.
Evgeny (Mar 18)Thanks! I'll go the fork route; no sense invoking unnecessary overhead. What's the URL for the project?
todofixthis (Mar 19)Thanks for the link. I think I understand how this works. So I find the English string in one of the source files and make the necessary edits, then I run django-admin.py makemessages -a; is that correct? Do I need to also run django-admin.py compilemessages if I am only changing the English strings? Also, if I want to try my hand at Spanish, I simply edit /locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/django.po, right?
No, the command is customized for the jinja2 templates, described here http://askbot.org/en/question/2480/how-to-translate-django-applications, however it's best to make translations via transifex - https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/askbot/ Spanish is nearly finished, I think only bug fixes might be left for the translation of urls.
Evgeny (Mar 21) @Evgeny, for now base files for translation on Transifex.net seems to be quite outdate. For now on every few checkouts I need to merge these files manually.
Is there a simple way to manage missed or edited strings and create diffs with working system? Or can we get updated version of base lang files?
We'll need to get better on this. Basically the strings need to be regularly synced with the repository, ideally with every release or a commit.
Evgeny (Mar 29) answered Mar 22
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Hi,
May anyone enlighten me on how so many lines of code is translated to specific language from English ? What's the traditional/proven method/tools for doing same?
Thanks.
There are about 1000 phrases, we have set up translations on Transifex - please see a comment to another answer.
Evgeny (Mar 22) answered Mar 23
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I can translate into Kazakh.
answered Mar 24
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I would gladly translate the engine into Finnish. Where should I start?
EDIT: Hannu Sehm has done it already :-).
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