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Re: Translations [of Documentation] in Git release?

From
Jakub Narebski <jnareb@gmail.com>
Date
Jan 26, 2009, 15:31 UTC
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<200901261631.18157.jnareb@gmail.com>
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On Mon, 26 Jan 2009, Peter Krefting wrote:
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> Jakub Narebski wrote:
> 
> > With GUI translations we just use gettext conventions. I don't know
> > any such convention for docs:
> 
> There is a lot of documentation being translated using PO files. po4a -
> http://po4a.alioth.debian.org/ - is a nice starting point for that.

I'm not sure if XLIFF wouldn't be better format to use to translate _documents_. Gettext was meant to translate, I think, not very long messages in programs.

Also I am not sure how much support this idea has. True, in last Git User's Survey[1] 63% to 76% wanted (parts of) Documentation... but that was out of 325 people who answered this question, with 3236 responses to survey in total, so numbers are more like 6% - 8%.

[1] http://git.or.cz/gitwiki/GitSurvey2008 [2] http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/

-- 
Jakub Narebski
Poland
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  1. DillJan 25, 2009
  2. Jeff KingJan 25, 2009
  3. Johannes GilgerJan 26, 2009
  4. Peter KreftingJan 26, 2009
  5. Jakub NarebskiJan 26, 2009
  6. Peter KreftingJan 26, 2009
  7. Miklos VajnaJan 26, 2009
  8. Jakub NarebskiJan 26, 2009
  9. Mike HommeyJan 26, 2009
  10. Sverre RabbelierJan 26, 2009
  11. Peter KreftingJan 27, 2009
  12. Jakub NarebskiJan 27, 2009
  13. Peter KreftingJan 27, 2009
  14. DillJan 26, 2009
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