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1 Translation README
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3 Updated: 04-October-2003
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4 ------------------
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6 Translated .po files may be submitted in whatever native encoding is
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7 most convenient (and hopefully canonical). Please ensure that the
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8 Content-type: line reflects the proper character set.
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12 Updated: 19-April-2003
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15 To supply a new translation, you first need a copy of gaim.pot.
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16 This can be built by typing:
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18 ./update.pl --pot
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20 from the gaim/po/ directory.
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22 To update an exsting translation, type:
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24 ./update.pl LANG
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26 where LANG is the language code to update, such as fr or ja. This will build
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27 a new gaim.pot and update the translation with the changes. You may then
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28 begin editing the updated file.
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30 New or updated translations should be sent to the gaim-devel listserv
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31 (see http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gaim-devel)
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33 Please check your translations carefully. Make sure you have the same
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34 number of newlines and %s or other formatting codes in the translation as
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35 you have in the original.
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39 Updated: 05-August-2003
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40 ------------------
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42 Before submitting updated or new translations, please run the following
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43 command to ensure the file does not contain errors:
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44 > msgfmt -c --statistics xx.po
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46 The comments at the top of each .po file should appear as follows:
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47 # Gaim Xxxxx translation
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48 # Copyright (C) 2002, Another Name <email@something.com>
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49 # Copyright (C) 2003, Your Name <email@whatever.com>
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50 #
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51 # This file is distributed under the same license as the Gaim package.
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52 #
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54 Thank you for flying Valu-Jet.