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RFC: Translations for git, gitk, git-gui

Subject: RFC: Translations for git, gitk, git-gui

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3 messages between Mar 14, 2008 and Mar 24, 2008.

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Peter Karlsson· Mar 14, 2008, 07:49 UTC · lore

Hi!

After submitting git-gui translations to a "mob" branch of a special repository, and not figuring out where to find and submit translation for gitk and main git itself, I would like to suggest adding these to Translation Project (<URL:http://translationproject.org/>) since there is alreay infrastructure for handling PO translations to multiple languages there.

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\\// Peter - would like to see a full Swedish translation of git.*

Shawn O. Pearce· Mar 15, 2008, 04:59 UTC · re: Peter Karlsson · lore

Re: RFC: Use TranslationProject.org for git, gitk, git-gui

[nb. updated subject to be more clear]

Peter Karlsson <peter@softwolves.pp.se> wrote:

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> After submitting git-gui translations to a "mob" branch of a special
> repository, and not figuring out where to find and submit translation
> for gitk and main git itself, I would like to suggest adding these to
> Translation Project (<URL:http://translationproject.org/>) since there
> is alreay infrastructure for handling PO translations to multiple
> languages there.

This looks like an interesting project. There certainly appears to be a wider range of languages and backgrounds than we have active on the git list doing translation work.

As a maintainer it looks easy for me to use. Email in a POT file, rsync back the PO files a week or two later. But they ask to be the sole source for PO files for a package, for all languages, and the translaters may or may not make git a priority.

I'm open to using it for git-gui. What do the other translators active on the list think?

-- 
Shawn.

Miklos Vajna· Mar 24, 2008, 01:43 UTC · re: Shawn O. Pearce · lore

Re: RFC: Use TranslationProject.org for git, gitk, git-gui

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 12:59:13AM -0400, "Shawn O. Pearce" <spearce@spearce.org> wrote:

> I'm open to using it for git-gui.  What do the other translators
> active on the list think?

i think when we want a good translation, we want somebody, who:

1) understands how git works (as a user), so he/she won't misunderstand
the messages to translate

2) is a good translator.

i think it's hard to find someone who is good in both. probably the current translations are 1)-like, and TranslationProject.org provides a 2)-like one.

not sure which one is better.