Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

Well again, you'll be able to just login to SVN and do it yourself that way using whatever tools you want. Transifex isn't going to stop you from doing that, so us using and implementing it isn't going to change anything for you since it's just mainly a frontend for the various code repositories (SVN, CVS, etc...) that gives us tools to better manage it.

Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

We really agree on this point

I'm sure that the two options will remains.

And I'm also convinced that it is really a good advantage to have a web tool to attract more people to translate.

Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

Actually if the plans go ahead, Harmattan translators will be encouraged to translate or at least test the translations in an IDE where they can see the strings in their emulated graphical context.

String sizes are much more critical in a mobile UI than in a desktop UI.

Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

Excellent. I've dealt with too many translators that think it's okay to make strings as long as they want. Having an emulated GUI to look at as they work is going to do wonders for Maemo. Great job, guys.

Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

That's really something great.
Not only about UI size consideration, but also about context.
When you localise something (from text or simple tool) you don't always know where the translated string will appear in the UI, and what are the related strings.
This is really disturbing in .po file for example.

Not speaking about developpers who don't know that the English language can explain the same meaning in few and smaller words than other language :)

Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

Believe me, I know. After 15 mobile games translated into 18 different languages, I know.

Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

Yup! I'll be attending the Maemo Summit, and will be having a talk/BoF on Localization. I believe it'd be a great chance to talk all things L10n and kick-off a roadmap. I'm super-psyched and looking forward to ship Harmattan in 3x more languages.

What we're looking for, actually, are 4 or 5 compatible ways to submit translations:

- Ordinary VCS commit
- Upload a PO file through the web interface
- Edit the file online through the web-based editor
- Edit the translations through the IDE
- Submit a file through a command-line interface

Peer review can take place through the online editor. This can improve the content quality a lot.

Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

Just one question, why use .po files ?
There are very good alternatives.

(did I say before that I hate translating .po files ?)

Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

Oh, it's quite trivial to support more formats (such as XLIFF). Tx has a pluggable i18n backend system to support a number of files. As long as we can calculate translation completion statistics from them!

Re: Community translations of Maemo software
 

great news !