X-Git-Url: https://git.deb.at/w?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2FHOWTO.translating_abook;h=0c303a710abd4844ac4eeec10bb7cc6bf306fc65;hb=69a912c0db0ac135fff332db4f0b05ad9ed2eec6;hp=2dfec7dd669e633ab90603a5cd8b1b51944104ea;hpb=7c54e85b04f6d030ae47dd880d0391f6e35d1634;p=pkg%2Fabook.git diff --git a/doc/HOWTO.translating_abook b/doc/HOWTO.translating_abook index 2dfec7d..0c303a7 100644 --- a/doc/HOWTO.translating_abook +++ b/doc/HOWTO.translating_abook @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ A few notes: contributors can contact you if they want to join you in the translation team, or have remarks/typo fixes to give about the translations. You can either just give your name/nick, or add an email - address, f ex "Last-Translator: Cédric Duval \n". + address, f ex "Last-Translator: Cédric Duval \n". * Comments Adding comments (lines begining with the '#' character) can be a good @@ -207,6 +207,12 @@ A few notes: (standard length is 80 characters). Don't translate blindly, try to look where your string will be displayed to adapt your translation. +* Testing translations + To give a look at the live translations without really installing abook + you can install abook and its mo files in a subdirectory: + ./configure --prefix $(pwd)/fakeinstall/usr ; make install + Then, eg: LANGUAGE=sv ./fakeinstall/usr/bin/abook + * A few useful tools The po-file format is very simple, and the file can be edited with a standard text editor. @@ -214,8 +220,8 @@ A few notes: But if you prefer, there are few specialized tools you may find convenient for translating: * poEdit (http://www.poedit.org/) - * KBabel (http://i18n.kde.org/tools/kbabel/) - * GTranslator (http://gtranslator.sourceforge.net/) + * Lokalize (http://userbase.kde.org/Lokalize/) + * GTranslator (http://projects.gnome.org/gtranslator/) * Emacs po mode * Vim po mode (http://vim.sourceforge.net/scripts/script.php?script_id=695 @@ -229,6 +235,6 @@ And finally I hope you'll have fun contributing to a more internationalized world. :) If you have any more questions, don't hesitate to contact me -(Cédric Duval ) or the abook development +(Cédric Duval ) or the abook development mailing list (http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/abook-devel).