On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 12:40 +0200, F Wolff wrote: > Op Ma, 2010-02-15 om 16:54 +0800 skryf Umarzuki Mochlis: > > I needed guidance on setting up pootle as a means of translating gnome > > to malay language so everybody can translate gnome online, anywhere as > > long as there is internet access. > > > > > > The question is: > > Is this method is the best for what I'm trying to achieve? If yes, how > > I setup one with a web hosting provider? > > Hallo > > You won't be the first one to try to do this. You can have a look at the > Pootle server used by the Belarusian team: > > http://gnome.mova.org/pootle/ > > They have GNOME and a few other things on there. I guess Ihar can share > some of his experiences. > > There are many teams using Pootle for many projects. You can have a look > here: > http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/live_servers > > Some reasons why I think this might be interesting for a team like this: > > - It makes it easier for newcomers to take part > - People can contribute from anywhere > - Organise your team by choosing who can suggest / translate directly > - Terminology help make it easier to use correct terminology > - Quality checks improves quality. Human review can focus on language > - People can still translate offline if they want to (more choices) > > On Debian you can easily install Pootle with > apt-get install pootle > It can also run directly from the extracted files. For a hosting > provider, mod_wsgi is probably the most important requirement. > > You definitely want to make sure you get the newest version (2.0.x), and > configure it for optimal performance. You can get help on IRC at > #pootle on irc.freenode.net and the Pootle mailing list. Let me know > how things go for you and if you need any further help. > > Keep well > Friedel >
Hi Umarzuki! Wolff already provided you with the needed info. Actually we don't use Pootle for Belarusian localization *yet* though are going to do it. If you'd like to hear something from me feel free to contact 'booxter' on #pootle IRC channel (freenode). Best regards, Ihar _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
