[Gambas-devel] German translation 0.99 RC1

[ron]

On Thursday 28 October 2004 18:26, Benoit Minisini wrote:
> On Thursday 28 October 2004 15:40, Marco Bauer wrote:
> > Here is the latest german translation.
> >
> > Regards
> > Marco
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> But did you use the IDE to translate itself ? If not, I suggest you do it, it 
> is easier.
> 
> Regards,
> 

I will do it again for Dutch but I don't agree it is easyer.
Editing in the file is for me more clear.

The translating is dependent in what context the word or phrase is used.
The name of the form/class where it is used gives a hint for the translating.

Sometimes the English word has different Dutch words for it
Knowing in what context makes the choice which to use in Dutch.

Also it can be handy to know it is a menu, button, or label it is on.
I.e. in a file menu the 'Save...' and on a button 'Safe' can be a 
different translating in Dutch.
The First is saving the _file_ th second is/can be a option setting.
in Dutch it is 'Opslaan' and the second is 'Bewaren'.

Mention the object where the translating is for can be helpfull or
when it is code a few lines where it is in.

I made a editor function in MSaccess at my work a few years back
and that was to handle if the user had the right to use a button,
menu entry or the form as user X or Y (Technican or Helpdesk).
It was also the place for me to do the translating to the German, 
Dutch, Spanish and French language. It was written in English.
It was a master piece to use, my supervisor told me. :)
 
But most importand now is how do I change the language the IDE is 
working on the fly to see how it is in the translated version.
May be stupid question but I use the English version but my girl 
friend wants the Dutch IDE. 
2 Times installing gambas because it is determined during compile time.? 
But the linux box is English by law. 
I don't want to mess up, you remember the 'en', 'en_GB' and 'en_US' SuSE have.

Any way, what do I have to do to get a Dutch version, setting temporary 
RC_LANG or other variable in a bash script to compile the stuff?
I want to check the Dutch version before sending the .po file without
messing up my English box.

Grtz Ron