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author | Philip Kaufmann <phil.kaufmann@t-online.de> | 2012-03-20 15:19:14 +0100 |
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committer | Philip Kaufmann <phil.kaufmann@t-online.de> | 2012-03-21 18:41:11 +0100 |
commit | 2fac1028a8f98609e4e8535fc9fe612df651046f (patch) | |
tree | 63aa3fe8df03778d7b46f4a5d75cce859542491a /doc | |
parent | a1a0469f91efe97e44936b5da19ba45689504007 (diff) |
updated translation process documentation
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/translation_process.md | 33 |
1 files changed, 24 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/doc/translation_process.md b/doc/translation_process.md index 06ebe711f1..3ddfc0cbf4 100644 --- a/doc/translation_process.md +++ b/doc/translation_process.md @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@ Translations ============ -The QT GUI can be easily be translated into other languages. Here's how we +The Qt GUI can be easily translated into other languages. Here's how we handle those translations. Files and Folders @@ -30,10 +30,14 @@ This directory contains all translations. Filenames must adhere to this format: #### Source file -`src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts` is a treated in a special way. It is used as the -source for all other translations. Whenever a string in the code is change +`src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts` is treated in a special way. It is used as the +source for all other translations. Whenever a string in the code is changed this file must be updated to reflect those changes. Usually, this can be -accomplished by running `lupdate` +accomplished by running `lupdate` (included in the Qt SDK). + +An updated source file should be merged to github and transifex will pick it +up from there. Afterwards the new strings show up as "Remaining" in transifex +and can be translated. Syncing with transifex ---------------------- @@ -42,9 +46,9 @@ We are using http://transifex.net as a frontend for translating the client. https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/bitcoin/resource/tx/ -The "transifex client":http://help.transifex.net/features/client/index.html -will help with fetching new translations from transifex. - +The "transifex client" (see: http://help.transifex.net/features/client/) +will help with fetching new translations from transifex. Use the following +config to be able to connect with the client. ### .tx/config @@ -55,11 +59,22 @@ will help with fetching new translations from transifex. file_filter = src/qt/locale/bitcoin_<lang>.ts source_file = src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts source_lang = en + +### .tx/config (for Windows) + + [main] + host = https://www.transifex.net + + [bitcoin.tx] + file_filter = src\qt\locale\bitcoin_<lang>.ts + source_file = src\qt\locale\bitcoin_en.ts + source_lang = en + +It is also possible to directly download new translations one by one from transifex. ### Fetching new translations 1. `tx pull -a` -2. update `src/qt/bitcoin.qrc` +2. update `src/qt/bitcoin.qrc` manually or via `ls src/qt/locale/*ts|xargs -n1 basename|sed 's/\(bitcoin_\(.*\)\).ts/<file alias="\2">locale/\1.qm<\/file>/'` 3. `git add` new translations from `src/qt/locale/` - |