> Dear Jean-Michel,
>
> I appreciate your kind invitation to join the translation team of pgAdmin3.
> I am an amateur programmer using visual basic and java, however, without
> any experience on c++. I know nothing how the i18n is done in wxWindows.
> Actually, I have no idea how Gettext and poEdit work. Could you provide me
> more information on how should I do to make a translation file for your
> project?
>
> sincerely,
>
> Chih-Hsin Lee,
> Department of Internal Medicine,
> Far-Eastern Memorial Hospital, Taiwan
Dear Chih-Hsin,
Thank you very much! We would be very gratefull if you could help for the
translation of pgAdmin3. You do not need to be a programmer to translate.
Please find enclosed a copy of the translation_steps.html file, which can be
found in our documentation.
So not hesitate to come back to us for any question.
Best regards,
Jean-Michel POURE
Title: Translation steps
Translation steps
pgAdmin3 is a localised application, which means it was designed to be easily translated into several languages, using Gettext technologies and Unicode (UTF-8). Also, as described in the translation guidelines, we made sure that all strings could be translated.
Anyone can translate pgAdmin3 into his/her mother tongue. You don't need to be a programmer. The required steps for translation are the followings:
Declare yourself as a translator by sending an email to pgAdmin3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list. Anonymous post is not aloud, you may need to subscribe by sending an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subject "subscribe".
In the case of widely spread European and Asian languages, we prefer native speakers translating to their mother tongue. In the case of less common languages, we have no special requirements.
Download and install a Gettext translation software. We recommend using poEdit as it can be installed under GNU/Linux or MS Windows and has a nice GUI interface, which makes translating easier.
Download the latest pgadmin3.pot language file from CVS. There are two ways of doing it:
The easy way
Download pgadmin3.pot from our graphical CVS interface. It is very fast, but if you are planning to update your translations often, you may prefer to checkout from CVS.
The hard way
Checkout pgAdmin3 source code using a CVS client. Under Windows, we recommend using WinCVS. Under GNU/Linux, there are several command lines and graphical clients available.
Anonymous read access is available at the following CVSRoot (no password is required): <:pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/disk1/cvsroot>. You need to checkout pgadmin3 repository.
Under GNU/Linux, the checkout command line is:
# cvs -d :pserver:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/disk1/cvsroot co pgadmin3
Create an empty folder in pgadmin3/src/ui, using the "Languagecode_COUNTRYCODE" code, like for example de_DE (German spoken in Germany), fr_FR (French spoken in France), pt_BR (Portuguese spoken in Brazil), etc... The list of language codes can be found on Debian site. Copy the .pot file to the new folder and rename it pgadmin3.po.
Translate the pgadmin3.po file into your mother tongue. Because poEdit is sometimes instable, do not hesitate to save partial work every 10 minutes.
When the translation is finished, send the resulting pgadmin3.po and pgadmin3.pot files to [EMAIL PROTECTED] after zipping of taring them.
Because pgAdmin3 is under heavy development, we recommend updating translations regularly. Under GNU/Linux, you can retrieve the latest pgadmin3.pot with:
# cd path_to_pgadmin3_source_code
# cvs update -P -C -d
poEdit has a nice feature, at startup of software, which merges the updated pgadmin3.pot file into your pgadmin.po file.
When you are finished with translations, create a patch:
# cvs diff -u path_to_your_pgadmin3_po_file > language_patch.txt
and send it to us.
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