[Koha] Translate Koha 3.0 into YOUR language

Wed Jan 9 17:12:54 NZDT 2008

We'd be willing to help with or lead on Thai.

David Bucknell
Bangkok
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     Date: Tue, 8 Jan 2008 20:05:08 -0500
     From: Joshua Ferraro <joshua.ferraro at liblime.com>
Reply-To: Joshua Ferraro <joshua.ferraro at liblime.com>
  Subject: [Koha] Translate Koha 3.0 into YOUR language
       To: Koha-devel at nongnu.org, koha-translate at nongnu.org,  
koha at lists.katipo.co.nz

> Hi folks,
>
> Now that the alpha release of Koha 3.0 is out, we need to start lining up
> commitments from folks who want to translate Koha into their language.
> If you want your translation to be accepted for the 3.0 release, you MUST
> submit it before February 1st, 2008, which is the date that the Beta is
> released! Note: even partial submissions will be accepted.
>
> So, what is the procedure for submitting a translation? You can, of course,
> roll your own, but if you want your translation to be included in the
> main release
> of Koha 3.0, we'd best have a bit of a formal procedure ... so   
> here's my crack
> at an overview of the process:
>
> 1. Please take a look at http://translate.koha.org. Some translations already
> exist; please consider taking over an existing translation rather   
> than starting
> a fresh one, unless the existing one is un-usably poor :-)
>
> 2. Please post your intent to translate Koha to the koha-translate list:
>
> http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/koha-translate
>
> In your email, please specify your Language, Region, and Country (and
> if your language uses a non-latin script, please also indicate the Script).
> Koha uses RFC4646 for managing language subtags, so it's important
> that we know all of those aspects of the language you're providing.
>
> It's important that you post your intent, this way we can avoid overlap
> and perhaps can even do some collaboration.
>
> Note: even if you've contributed a contribution previously, please announce
> your intent so we can have you on record for the 3.0 version.
>
> 3. Determine the application you intend to use to do the translation. You
> have a few options:
>
>   a. http://translate.koha.org will allow you to add your translations via a
> web-based interface. If your language, region, country and script are not
> listed, please email me and I will add them.
>
>    b. Desktop Application - there are a few: LocFactory Editor (for OSX),
> POEdit (for Windows), Kbabel (for Linux). If you use a desktop application,
> please ensure that your encoding is set either UTF-8 or UTF-16, depending
> on your language's script support in UTF-8. Most languages should use
> UTF-8.
>
>    c. Text file -- yes, you can edit POT files directly in a text
> editor, but please
> make sure you have the proper encoding as with the Desktop application.
>
> 4. Obtain the Translation Files. (doesn't apply if you use   
> translate.koha.org).
> You need to copy two files from the Koha 3.0 repository, one for the OPAC,
> and one for the Staff Client:
>
> http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob_plain;f=misc/translator/po/xx-XX-i-staff-t-prog-v-3000000.pot;hb=HEAD
>
> http://git.koha.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=Koha;a=blob_plain;f=misc/translator/po/xx-XX-i-opac-t-prog-v-3000000.pot;hb=HEAD
>
> 5. Naming your files. (doesn't apply if you use translate.koha.org).
> Starting with Koha 3, we're using RFC4646 language subtag
> naming conventions,  (have a look at
>
> http://www.w3.org/International/articles/language-tags/ for an intro).
>
> RFC4646 has a concept of 'extensions' that Koha uses to tag for the   
> 'theme' (t)
>  'interface' (i) and 'version' (v). For example, if you're creating a
> French translation
> from France, for the staff interface, and version 3.00.00.00, the
> filename would be:
>
> fr-FR-i-staff-t-prog-v-3000000.po
>
> 6. If you've used translate.koha.org to submit your translation,   
> when you have
> finished, the system will have that indicated on the report (100%).   
> Otherwise,
> you'll have to send the file to us somehow. You can do that via email to the
> list (in which case i recommend creating an archive of the completed files,
> rather than sending them through in raw format). Or, if you are reasonable
> comfortable with the command line, you can submit them via Git as a
> patch. Here are the basic instructions for how to contribute using Git:
>
> http://wiki.koha.org/doku.php?id=en:development:git_usage
>
> Translations go in the misc/translator/po file, and should utilize   
> the standard
> naming conventions. If you have a question, don't hesitate to ask.
>
> So ... any takers? Feel free to post on-list or email directly to me,
> I'll try to
> coordinate the activity.
>
> Cheers,
>
> --
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