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Re: [PATCH] WIP: begin to translate git with gettext

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
May 18, 2010, 17:02 UTC
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On Tue, May 18, 2010 at 16:40, Jeff Epler <jepler@unpythonic.net> wrote:
> The amount of work to mark all the source files and then to keep the
> marks up to date should not be underestimated--and that's just the work
> to enable translators to localize the software.  It is important to
> gauge the interest in the git community in actually doing this work.

It's also something you shouldn't overestimate. I've been involved in internationalizing several projects that were previously English-only.

The work of making things translatable can be done incrementally. You also don't have to get everything right the first time, the current proof of concept translation of `git status` for instance suffers from numerous problems, but it's still better than nothing.

It can be used as-is and then incrementally improved by arranging the strings more intelligently in the future.

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  1. WIP: begin to translate git with gettextJeff Epler, May 17, 2010
  2. Robert BuckMay 17, 2010
  3. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 18, 2010
  4. Michael J GruberMay 18, 2010
  5. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 18, 2010
  6. Jeff EplerMay 18, 2010
  7. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 18, 2010
  8. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonMay 20, 2010
  9. Dévai TamásMay 21, 2010

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