Mercurial > pidgin.yaz
annotate po/README @ 13336:999571d910ed
[gaim-migrate @ 15706]
Translate plugin names in the Tools menu.
committer: Tailor Script <tailor@pidgin.im>
author | Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com> |
---|---|
date | Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:06:21 +0000 |
parents | d5a2c4e9bb60 |
children | 5538762c5ca7 |
rev | line source |
---|---|
5180 | 1 Translation README |
2 | |
3 To supply a new translation, you first need a copy of gaim.pot. | |
4 This can be built by typing: | |
5 | |
13301
fd4630204ad5
[gaim-migrate @ 15667]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
7139
diff
changeset
|
6 intltool-update --pot |
5180 | 7 |
8 from the gaim/po/ directory. | |
9 | |
10 To update an exsting translation, type: | |
11 | |
13301
fd4630204ad5
[gaim-migrate @ 15667]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
7139
diff
changeset
|
12 intltool-update -m LANG |
5180 | 13 |
13302
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
14 where LANG is the language code to update, such as fr or ja. This will build |
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
15 a new gaim.pot and update the translation with the changes. You may then |
5180 | 16 begin editing the updated file. |
17 | |
13302
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
18 Translated .po files may be submitted in whatever native encoding is |
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
19 most convenient (and hopefully canonical). Please ensure that the |
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
20 Content-type: line reflects the proper character set. |
5180 | 21 |
13302
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
22 New or updated translations should be sent to the translation tracker: |
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
23 https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=235&atid=713922 |
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
24 |
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
25 Please check your translations carefully. Make sure you have the same |
5180 | 26 number of newlines and %s or other formatting codes in the translation as |
13302
d5a2c4e9bb60
[gaim-migrate @ 15668]
Richard Laager <rlaager@wiktel.com>
parents:
13301
diff
changeset
|
27 you have in the original. The po/check_po.pl script can help with this. |
6419 | 28 |
29 Before submitting updated or new translations, please run the following | |
30 command to ensure the file does not contain errors: | |
31 > msgfmt -c --statistics xx.po | |
32 | |
33 The comments at the top of each .po file should appear as follows: | |
34 # Gaim Xxxxx translation | |
35 # Copyright (C) 2002, Another Name <email@something.com> | |
36 # Copyright (C) 2003, Your Name <email@whatever.com> | |
37 # | |
38 # This file is distributed under the same license as the Gaim package. | |
39 # | |
40 | |
41 Thank you for flying Valu-Jet. |