Op Vr, 2009-03-13 om 09:45 +0100 skryf Claude Paroz: > Le vendredi 13 mars 2009 à 10:33 +0200, F Wolff a écrit : > > Op Do, 2009-03-12 om 09:55 +0100 skryf Johannes Schmid: > > > Most developers seem to work in "C" Locale anyway or (like me) simply > > > cannot see easily if a string is simply not translated to their locale > > > as they added it recently or if it's not marked. > > > > Hallo Johannes, everybody > > > > Please have a look at podebug from the Translate Toolkit: > > http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/toolkit/podebug > > > > It is made specifically to solve this problem. You can create a PO file > > with all strings filled with a "pseudo-translation". This should make it > > mostly obvious which strings are not marked for translation. Of course > > you have to exercise the application quite a bit, but I assume most > > developers know how to do that with their own software. > > > > This is part of the preparation for string freeze of the applications we > > develop. In fact, we like to do it all the time as features are added. > > > > Podebug has different modes for the pseudo translation, including one > > that will add a rich non-ascii version of the string that still > > resembles the English somewhat. That also allows a developer to test for > > correct handling of non-ascii information. > > > > To test the resulting files, this page might also be of help: > > http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/guide/testing > > > > I hope this is useful. > > This is *really* useful. Could you add a section "Testing translations" > in L10N Guidelines for Developers on the Wiki: > http://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/DevGuidelines > > The content could resemble to the mail content you sent above. > > Cheers, > > Claude
I added a link in the Development Guide to this new page: http://live.gnome.org/TranslationProject/DevGuidelines/Test%20internationalization Friedel -- Recently on my blog: http://translate.org.za/blogs/friedel/en/content/video-virtaals-functionality _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
