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Update README about translations.
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1 Translators create a translation by creating the appropriate .po file in the /po
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2 directory.
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4 Please see the gettext info pages for an overview and instructions.
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6 Basically:
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7 - Add your language code to the LINGUAS file
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8 - then get started translating the strings in your ??.po file.
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10 Note: The strings for debug output is intentionally not marked for translation.
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12 To update a specific translation:
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13 - intltool-update [lang] (ie. intltool-update fr).
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15 To update all translation files, use make update-po. You should only use it when
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16 needed (before a release or when there were many changes in source code).
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19 Helper scripts:
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21 gen_translations_stats.sh generate statistics about translations
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22 regen_potfiles.sh generate a patch to sync POTFILES.in with current source files