[gcompris-devel] Calling all translator/localizers

[Fòram na Gàidhlig]

Dear fellow localizers,

I have taken a little stint in programming these last few weeks and I 
have done/am planning some significant changes that will affect all 
translations.



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Plans to split the translation
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First of all, please all grab a current backup of your PO-files. I have 
started fiddling with some gettext stuff, so the translations for some 
strings will probably be lost. If you load your current PO files into 
Virtaal or Poedit, the translation memory will then help you to get your 
strings back pretty fast. I'll keep backup copies of what I've got in 
any case, should you need help.

What I am planning is to split the translation into several po files to 
make things easier to find; and I'll probably implement some small 
tweaks on the way. I especially want to split the general GUI strings 
from the strings used in the games, and also to split off the 
translation of the admin interface.



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Multigraph support
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What I have already implemented in the last weeks is multigraph support, 
which is important to teach the alphabet in some languages. Bruno is 
still integrating my code, so it's not available for all affected 
activities yet. I have fully documented everything you need to know (I 
hope) in the Wiki:

http://gcompris.net/wiki/Category:Translation

Please pay special attention to the "Translation addons" page and the 
new capabilities of the Word Lists.



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Fontset for your language
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I have removed the font definitions from the skins and moved them into 
separate fontset folders. Localizers can then define in the PO file 
which fontset they wish to use. So, users can still select their own 
skin, but the fontset will be chosen by the localizer. If no font is 
specified in the translation, the "sans" system font will be used 
(status quo).

Again, Bruno still needs to integrate this, and I haven't done the Wiki 
documentation yet. The fontsets I have prepared so far are "sans", which 
corresponds to the status quo, and "ruluko", which I recommend for 
Western Latin languages. Ruluko looks a bit similar to the commercial 
Sassonn fonts which our local school prefers.

We still need fontsets for other languages, so if you can supply a good 
font for your language with a license tha's compatible with the GPL, 
please contact me.

That's all she wrote for now!

Cheers

GunChleoc