[Gambas-user] Translation interface errors

[M. Cs.]

It is sometimes hardly viable: I have a Russian translator who doesn't
use Linux at all, but likes my project and helps me. The German
translation is also being done with a Windows user person. So when I
have 30-40 new strings/release multiplied by number of languages...
I think Gambas needs some more efficient tool. Think about
modifications, please! I don't know how it works under the hood, and I
also don't understand why do we need the first line of records like:

#: Archs.class:543 WhereIsIt.class:96
msgid "Inserting the records into database..."
msgstr "Wprowadzanie rekordów do bazy danych..."


Probably for getting ideas where this string belongs to. I'm not very
good in Gambas, but an expert in data mining, so I don't think there
could not be a better way of storing the translations. Probably it
works now as:
1. Get the sysyem language
2. Read in the file .po with that language and fill in the strings on
the GUI(the first line of the translation's record.
This is all great, but the translation's interpreter doesn't
recognizes its own product. Namely: I use the .po files exported with
Gambas IDE. Then these files are slightly modified (nothing deleted,
but rather added characters into empty strings), and afterwards the
same IDE won't recognize the same file. It has to be a bug. So I don't
think the real solution would be sticking to the Gambas IDE. Is that
part of IDE written in Gambas? Maybe I would take a look why does it
make such errors.

Csaba


2012/4/17, Benoît Minisini <gambas at ...1...>:
> Le 17/04/2012 17:13, M. Cs. a écrit :
>> Hi!
>> I'm spending quite a lot of time with repairing the translations for
>> my program. It is translated into several languages, and there is a
>> constant, annoying error:
>> - I use to export the translations into myapp-xx-ver.po
>> - the translating person translates the strings using a text editor
>> (Kate, Gedit...). It is looking for a string "" which represents the
>> place of the strings to be translated.
>> - I get back the translation and in Translation GUI I do import the
>> translated file.
>> - The GUI tells me how many strings have been picked up.
>> - Usually I am getting back full translation, however, the Translation
>> GUI is telling me N strings aren't translated. When I open the .po
>> file I can clearly find the translation.
>>
>> Why does T-GUI make such errors?
>> Sometimes in the .po file I can find the following string:
>> #, fuzzy
>>
>> It is quite exhausting!
>> Any suggestions?
>>
>> Csaba
>>
>
> You should translate your project directly from the IDE.
>
> The translations marked as "fuzzy" are not imported. Because, among
> other things, translations are marked as "fuzzy" when they are not
> definitive.
>
> Regards,
>
> --
> Benoît Minisini
>
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