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Elaborate on "get started" instructions.
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RCS file: /cvsroot/audacity/htdocs/community/translation.php,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -d -r1.6 -r1.7
--- translation.php 12 Mar 2007 09:58:01 -0000 1.6
+++ translation.php 24 Jun 2007 03:10:21 -0000 1.7
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
// leave them untranslated if you like.
printf(_('<h3>Translation Instructions</h3>
-<p>To start a new translation, download POT file above. Rename it
"audacity.po" before you begin translating. To edit an existing translation,
download the PO file for your language:</p>
+<p>To start a new translation, download POT file above. Rename it
"audacity.po" (or "audacity_website.po" if doing website translation) before
you begin translating. To edit an existing translation, download the PO file
for your language:</p>
<ul>
<li><a href="%s">Audacity translations</a></li>
<li><a href="%s">Audacity web site translations</a></li>
@@ -43,6 +43,19 @@
<li><a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/";>GNU gettext</a> is
standard on most Unix systems. It includes a PO mode for the Emacs text
editor.</li>
</ul>
+<p>To start a new translation using poEdit, after the above steps:</p>
+<ul>
+ <li><b>Catalog > Settings</b>: Fill in the settings. Set the target language
in the <b>Language</b> menu.</li>
+ <li>When you <b>File > Save</b>, it writes both the PO and MO files.</li>
+</ul>
+
+<p>For a new Audacity translation, when you are ready to test it in
Audacity:</p>
+<ul>
+ <li>Create a new directory in audacity/languages named the code for the
target language. The abbreviations are shown at <a
href="http://www.poedit.net/translations.php";>http://www.poedit.net/translations.php</a>.
For example, the code for Tamil is "ta", so create
"audacity/languages/ta".</li>
+ <li>Copy audacity.mo into that new directory, e.g., into
"audacity/languages/ta". </li>
+ <li>Open Audacity and in <b>Preferences > Interface</b>, the new language
should now appear in the Language menu. Choose it, quit, then restart and you
should see your translations. </li>
+</ul>
+
<p>Send completed PO files to Dominic Mazzoni <a href="mailto:[EMAIL
PROTECTED]">[EMAIL PROTECTED]</a>.</p>
<h3>Notes</h3>
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