Hi, I've attempted a translation of TortoiseHg 2.0.3 into Russian and I have to share some thoughts on this.
Qt issues ========= Certain common buttons, like "Cancel" and "Close" remain untranslated. Looks like localizations of standard Qt strings are not part of the distribution. Or am I doing something wrong? (I'm on 32-bit Windows.) When the translated text on the button is long, it looks cropped on both sides, so its hard to read that button. This could be hacked (even in translation) by adding one or two spaces on the left and right of text. Hopefully this task has a better solution related to Qt programming. Layout issues ============= "MQ options", "Sync options" dialogs both use static text on the left, edit fields on the right. When static text is rather long, editor fields are too right. This layout technique should be reconsidered. "Commit options" has several buttons of the same size on the right. Localized version has long text in all buttons, so the buttons are of different size. I suggest using different layout technique to make them look better. Language issues =============== Certain words looks identical in English, but belong to different parts of speech, so they require different translations. For instance, "Clean" could be (1) a verb, used in the text of an action button, or (2) an adjective, like in "The revision status is Clean". The word "Commit" used in user/repository settings dialog could be translated as noun, similar to English "The Process of Commiting". In most other cases it is a verb, mostly used on buttons. This case are rare, so for now I suggest to manually review the grammatical meaning of the two words above, and make a clear distinction for the translators. -- Andrei Polushin ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forrester Wave Report - Recovery time is now measured in hours and minutes not days. Key insights are discussed in the 2010 Forrester Wave Report as part of an in-depth evaluation of disaster recovery service providers. Forrester found the best-in-class provider in terms of services and vision. Read this report now! http://p.sf.net/sfu/ibm-webcastpromo _______________________________________________ Tortoisehg-develop mailing list Tortoisehg-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tortoisehg-develop
