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After | After (for example if it is Hindi) | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
#. Type: text | #. Type: text | ||
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#: ../main-menu.templates:3 | #: ../main-menu.templates:3 | ||
msgid "Debian installer main menu" | msgid "Debian installer main menu" | ||
msgstr "" | msgstr "डेबियन संस्थापक मुख्य मेन्य" | ||
</pre> | </pre> | ||
Please don't translate variables ( like ${PORT} ). Also check the comment to see if you should should not translate some (like country name has to be in English). | |||
==PO file Editors== | |||
Even though po files are plain text files using an editor designed for po file editing is highly recommended. Most of these tools has advanced features such as format checking, rough translation... | |||
See [http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/i18n-doc/apf.html more about gettext (po) file editors] | |||
==Collaboration== | |||
There are web based tools like [http://pootle.wordforge.org/ pootle] and [http://entrans.sourceforge.net entrans] which support collaborative editing. | |||
Also we have basic protocol to collaboratively edit po files on a wiki. This can be useful if you are planning to translate it offline. | |||
Start by claiming or blocking your portion by adding | |||
<pre> | |||
# -->(name) Starting from here | |||
# .... | |||
</pre> | |||
At the starting and | |||
<pre> | |||
# ... | |||
# -->(name) Ends | |||
# ... | |||
</pre> | |||
At the end (ie, on top of the last string you have claimed, see how it is done already if you are not clear) | |||
And don't translate strings which are already claimed which will be lead to effort duplication. You can check if some portion is claimed/blocked by searching for "# -->" (press CTRL+F and type this) | |||
I suggest you create a .po file by combining the headder from this file and the portions which you bolcked and use a po file editor like kbabel to translate. It has many options including that of checking the file for mismatches. Please check for correctness before you put it back on wiki. | |||
==More Info== | ==More Info== | ||
* [http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/gettext_9.html#SEC9 .po file format] | * [http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/gettext_9.html#SEC9 .po file format] | ||
* [http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/i18n-doc/apf.html More about gettext (po) file editors] | * [http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/i18n-doc/apf.html More about gettext (po) file editors] | ||