Work smarter - translation
I am not a programmer, so I can not contribute by writing code. At best, I can look at the code, figure out what it is meant to do and possibly change some things.
But my writing is not half bad. I do understand English pretty well and my mother language is Norwegian. As I am living in Brazil, I am learning Portuguese as well. So I figure I can help with a little translation. In the beginning, it will be to Norwegian, and I know they are under-staffed.
But I also look at the files and see clearly that there is a huge potential for making this job easier. Software has one advantage - it uses a lot of the same phrases. So a good translation system should be a great help here. It would speed up the translation and improve consistency a lot.
Obviously, the format that Joomla uses can present a challenge, but I hope it is possible. And for user manuals, I need something that can take text files / Open Office Write files.
Have you ever used something like this? Can you recommend a system? I have seen four types:
1. Run locally - open source
2. Run locally - closed source
3. Web based - open source
4. Web based - closed source
I do prefer an open source system that runs locally and if it also run on Linux, it is a HUGE bonus to me. But I'll work with the best I can find right now, so let me know what you have used and if you can recommend it!
But my writing is not half bad. I do understand English pretty well and my mother language is Norwegian. As I am living in Brazil, I am learning Portuguese as well. So I figure I can help with a little translation. In the beginning, it will be to Norwegian, and I know they are under-staffed.
But I also look at the files and see clearly that there is a huge potential for making this job easier. Software has one advantage - it uses a lot of the same phrases. So a good translation system should be a great help here. It would speed up the translation and improve consistency a lot.
Obviously, the format that Joomla uses can present a challenge, but I hope it is possible. And for user manuals, I need something that can take text files / Open Office Write files.
Have you ever used something like this? Can you recommend a system? I have seen four types:
1. Run locally - open source
2. Run locally - closed source
3. Web based - open source
4. Web based - closed source
I do prefer an open source system that runs locally and if it also run on Linux, it is a HUGE bonus to me. But I'll work with the best I can find right now, so let me know what you have used and if you can recommend it!
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Comment by Ewout Wierda on March 5, 2010 at 2:31pm -
Not sure what you mean, but I don't suppose you mean something like the translation manager? http://extensions.joomla.org/extensions/languages/multi-lingual-con...
I think it would be nice to have a tool that pulls all JText from the files in a folder, as well as all phrases in xml files, puts those on screen with a text field to insert a translation, and writes it all to an .ini file. Similar to the translation manager but that one only reads .ini files.
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Comment by Martin Rasser on March 5, 2010 at 6:03pm
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Lang INI Maker helps me a lot to create translation files.
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Comment by Svein Wisnaes on March 6, 2010 at 12:35am
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Looks like these two tools together would be able to make sure that a translation is as complete as it can be.
BUT - I am missing something that actually helps in the translation process. It is called a translation memory - TM - and assist you during translation by remembering what you have already used in earlier translations.
Translating different extensions usually overlaps a lot and there should be no need to have to enter the same phrases twice. So translating "Read more..." should only require one click to confirm that the translation is correct. And the more extensions you translate, the more expression will the TM be able to guess.
There are some (pretty expensive) proprietary ones. And a some open source attempts. But I am sure there is more. I just don't know where to look.
Have anyone tried Pootle?
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Comment by Ewout Wierda on March 9, 2010 at 6:18am
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I have no solution but the idea is great. It is so true that often in translation consistency is lost without some tool to refer back and forwards.
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The tool that I have some hopes for is Lokalize. It is a tool made by a russian, if I am not mistaken, and it is mainly made to be used to translate KDE. But it is also possible to make some scripts to translate other filetypes, so it might be possible to use. And it has ALL the functions one could wish for in translation...
The tool was made with the support of Google (GSoC) and I hope that the dev. will be able to continue the work on it.
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Researching a new tool called Virtaal. And possibilities to translate ini files to po files and to use Virtaal to translate. Virtaal is multi-platform.
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