On 7/27/07, F Wolff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Op Vrydag 27-07-2007 om 01:02 uur [tijdzone +0400], schreef Sayamindu > Dasgupta: > > Hi everyone! > > > > > .... > > > > > The tool I have been working on (just basic editing features are > > implemented actually...) is written in Python. > > I'll try to cook up something usable/hackable by the end of the > > weekend (currently I'm waiting for my flight back home at Dubai > > airport), and upload it to some svn repository. > > It's basically a tool with the following features in the immediate TODO list > > 1. Panel based layout for easy navigation between messages > > 2. Support for plural forms (ermm.. UI ideas would be appreciated) > > 3. Support for multiple formats using plugin type of system (currently > > PO and MO files are supported) - I'm using POlib () to parse the > > files. > > 4. Support for autotranslations using various "sources" - websites, > > local databases, etc. > > 5. Storage of all messages that are translated for a particular > > project in a Sqlite database (this is especially handy for languages > > that do not have well defined glossaries/translation standards to > > maintain consistency across PO files). Probably this would require an > > import language data feature to take care of previous translations - > > any ideas on how to do this in the sanest possible way would be great. > > 6. Integrated character picker (does someone know any easy to reuse > > widget for this ??) > > > > Ideas/comments/suggestions are welcome. > > Cheers, > > Sayamindu > > > > Hi Sayamindu. > > I see you are working in Python. Are you familiar with the translate > toolkit? It is written in Python and provides access to many file > formats (PO, XLIFF, TMX, TBX, CSV, MO, .properties, .dtd, .gsi, etc.) > and has several features already implemented (fuzzy matching, > translation memory, terminology matching, many quality checks, etc.) > Apart from the many tools in the toolkit, it is also used as the > foundation for Pootle and Pootling. Another project using the toolkit > would be wonderful. > > I enjoy people's discussions on the list, but I fear that people will > unnecessarily reimplement things. Perhaps you want to take a look at it? > > http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/toolkit/index >
Ahh yes - I am familiar with the toolkit. I'm using POLib atm since I'm more familiar with it, but I have no issues with switching to the translate toolkit (which is much more powerful, it seems) :-). Cheers, Sayamindu -- Sayamindu Dasgupta [http://sayamindu.randomink.org/ramblings] _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
