Re: [Tuxpaint-i18n] Translation Issues

[Bill K. <nb...@so...>]

On Sat, Jan 06, 2024 at 01:59:11PM +0200, Ελένη Τσερμεντσέλη wrote:
> Hello and Happy New Year,
> These days i was testing whether the translation in Greek works
> properly.What i figured out was that :
> a)When i pick certain tools like "shapes","fills","labels",the mascot's
> instructions on the bottom of the window are not translated in Greek.
> 
> b)Moreover when selecting a certain  tool (like shapes),there are some
> options on the right of the window that are not translated in Greek, while
> some others are .
> 
> https://i.postimg.cc/XJN7Dbmk/2024-01-03-230109.png
> 
> https://i.postimg.cc/wM3RTTn0/2024-01-03-230212.png

Hi thanks for the note.  The "Hexagon" shape was added to the "Shapes"
tool relatively recently -- in version 0.9.28 released in mid-2022.
It appears the most recent updates to the Greek translation of
strings inside Tux Paint came about 9 months prior to that.

If you, or anyone you know, would like to help update Tux Paint's
translation to Greek, this page has information explaining how we
handle localizations, and how people can participate/contribute:

  https://tuxpaint.org/help/

The strings themselves are in "gettext" catalogs (PO files), and are
split between the various modules of Tux Paint:

 * the program itself (including all the built-in drawing tools and the magic tools)
 * the collection of "Stamps" artwork
 * the configuration program ("Tux Paint Config.")
 * the documentation (so far, just Tux Paint itself)
 * and the website (split between "high priority" pages, like the homepage,
   download pages, etc.; and "low priority" pages, like reviews,
   downloads for older platforms like Windows95, etc.).

Links to those files may all be found here [1]:

  https://tuxpaint.org/help/po/

As you can see, the translations into Greek are currently at
these levels of completion:

 * Tux Paint - 55%
 * Stamps - 99% [2]
 * Tux Paint Config. - 73%
 * Website - High-priority: 38%, Low-priority: 17%

Note that, as we add or change features to Tux Paint over time, the
translations always get "out of date", so this is always an ongoing
battle. :-)  Also, as volunteers who provide the translations
become busy with other things in their lives, or decide to stop
participating in the project, the translations can stagnate.
(For example, we received some translations to Tibetan back in 2006,
and that's the last we ever received!)

I hope this all makes sense.  Thanks & happy new year to you as well!


[1] I'm also happy to grant access to the Git repositories over on the
    SourceForge project for Tux Paint, so I don't need to act as
    a middle-man.

[2] We haven't added new stamps (or changed their descriptions)
    in a very long time, which is why the level of completion for
    Greek is very high... nothing new has been added to make it
    become out-of-date.

-- 
-bill!
Sent from my computer