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diff --git a/doc/translation_process.md b/doc/translation_process.md index 1724e95378..006726b953 100644 --- a/doc/translation_process.md +++ b/doc/translation_process.md @@ -32,14 +32,13 @@ This directory contains all translations. Filenames must adhere to this format: `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. This can be accomplished -by running `lupdate` (included in the Qt SDK). Also, a custom script is used +this file must be updated to reflect those changes. A custom script is used to extract strings from the non-Qt parts. This script makes use of `gettext`, so make sure that utility is installed (ie, `apt-get install gettext` on -Ubuntu/Debian): - - python share/qt/extract_strings_qt.py - lupdate bitcoin-qt.pro -no-obsolete -locations relative -ts src/qt/locale/bitcoin_en.ts +Ubuntu/Debian). Once this has been updated, lupdate (included in the Qt SDK) +is used to update bitcoin_en.ts. This process has been automated, from src/qt, +simply run: + make translate ##### Handling of plurals in the source file |