On 05/24/2011 09:10 AM, Mario Bertrand wrote:
Hi,
I'm updating some properties translation files in French and I have few
questions regarding them.
The jsword-devel mailing list is the proper place to ask these
questions. I'm on both so I'll answer it.
There is also a project to import all those files on a translation web
platform at http://www.amanuens.com . Similar to Launchpad but with
support of Android xml files, Java properties files and more. We are
testing the platform and it's going well.
1. BibleNames.properties
a) What's the difference between *.alt strings * alt.short strings
Exemple:
*.alt : Gn,Ge,Gen
*.short : Gn
The short name is what is shown to the user if short names are
requested. The alt field are other names by which the book might be
known. This is used by the program to identify user input as a
particular book.
In your example, Gn does not need to be present as it is the same as
*.short. (Though it doesn't hurt)
Also because Ge and Gen are proper prefixes of Genesis, they don't need
to be there.
b) There are a lot of apocrypha's and unorthodox books strings that
don't even exist as modules yet. I translated most of them, but I was
wondering if it's really useful at this time.
This is just a first step in supporting av11n. They are not useful until
JSword supports av11n. We do have a few modules that use them.
When we get av11n support into JSword, it will use the standard property
look up for names. If they are needed by a module and not translated,
then English will be shown.
When that happens, there will be a greater motivation to translate them.
2. iso639.properties
Does it need to be localized?
This is a tough call. It is used within the book installer to sub-divide
books. Most of the entries are in their native tongue and script.
However, some are in English and use a Latin script.
For the English translation iso639_en.properties, I used the English
name of the language followed by the localized version in parentheses.
It might be reasonable to use this pattern for French or some other
language that uses the Latin script.
For the entries in iso639.properties that are clearly in English (e.g.
zxx=No Lingustic Content), you might want this entry to be present.
(Remember the lack of an entry means that the default is fine.)
In Him,
DM
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