Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Development/Translation

Timestamp:

11/29/2011 11:54:58 PM (12 years ago)

Author:

Cas

Comment:

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Development/Translation

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+= Translation =
+
+== Marking Text for Translation ==
+
+To mark text for translation wrap the string with the function `_()` like this:
+{{{
+torrent.set_tracker_status(_("Announce OK"))
+}}}
+
+For GTK you can move the translation out of the code and into the `glade` files: 
+{{{
+<property name="label" translatable="yes">Max Upload Speed:</property>
+}}}
+
+For more detail see: [http://docs.python.org/library/gettext.html Python Gettext]
+
+== Translation Process ==
+
+These are the overall stages in gettext translation: ''POT (Portable Object Template) files'' `->` '' PO (Portable Object) files'' `->` ''MO (Machine Object) files'' 
+
+ * `potfiles.in` created with `create_potfiles_in.py`
+ * `deluge.pot` created with `gettextize.sh`
+ * Upload `deluge.pot` located in `deluge/i18n/` to [https://translations.launchpad.net/deluge/trunk/ translation site]
+ * Wait for the translators to translate the text.
+ * Retrieve the updated `PO` files for each langauge from the translation site and extract to `deluge/i18n/`
+ * The binary `MO` files for each language are generated in `setup.py` by using the `msgfmt.py` script.
+
+
+== Testing Translation ==
+
+Verification that translations are working correctly can be performed by running deluge like this:
+
+If you do not have a particular language installed on your system it will only tranlate based on the binary MO files for Deluge so some GTK text strings will remain in English. 
+
+{{{
+LANGUAGE=fr deluge
+LANGUAGE=ru_RU.UTF-8 deluge
+}}}