Re: [phpesp-dev] Translations

[Bishop B. <ph...@id...>]

I personally prefer to use the gettext tools and manipulate .po files =20
by hand, but Launchpad's interface is straightforward and easy to use. =20
  I am sure our translators will appreciate it.

What problems do you see with the translations in phpESP?  The number =20
of translations, the quality of the translations, the code's use of =20
translations?  I personally see some strange use of _() in the code, =20
specifically large blocks of text in _() calls.  In other heavily =20
multi-lingual projects I've worked in, we've used _() for small bits =20
of text in the code, but put most of the UI text into template files =20
outside the code.  It's all been very modular, but not so modular as =20
to drive translators crazy (either by having zillions of files or by =20
breaking context).  It's certainly a tight line to walk.

Not that I'm suggesting it should be done that way, but I've seen it =20
effectively used on projects from 10k to 10M lines of code.

bishop

Quoting Matthew Gregg <mat...@gm...>:

> Translations have always been a problem with phpESP(probably most
> projects as well).  I'm trying out the translation service provided by
> Canonical on Launchpad.  You upload a template(.pot) and users can
> contribute translations easily using a web interface.  It also allows
> you to get suggested translations from other projects using Launchpad.
> I have uploaded all the current translations(.po's) we have and awaiting
> them to be imported.   I'm not sure you can see this without an account
> and permissions but here is the site:
> https://translations.launchpad.net/phpesp
>
> If this works out well, I would like to use this as the official repo.
> for phpESP L10n files and hopefully we can get people to fix and
> contribute translations much more easily.
>
>
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