contributing to KDE Hindi

[Guntupalli Karunakar]

Hi folks,
  This might be the first mail on this list.
(also cross posting to indlinux-hindi)

KDE has been translated to Hindi since 3.2 onwards, it was started
around 3.1 , but reached some level of completion in 3.2, and was
well maintained for rest of 3.x and 4.x releases. 
 Since 5.x (or Plasma releases), it had some occasional updated, with
perhaps most contributions going into Gcompris (when it came under
KDE umbrella).

Now going forward, how to take it further, based on my experience
putting down some points.
Since a lot of work has been done earlier, it helps to learn from
past, and also to keep consistency.

Tips for Translators:
* Its assumed that you have interest in the language and able to
read-write-speak it.
* Any previous translation experience would help but it is not
required.
* Have some typing experience using Inscript or using other layouts -
it helps if you can type without frequent typos

* Go through
https://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/trunk-kf5/team/hi/ , 
 Start with something small  say 10-50 strings or max 100, better if
it is a standalone application. 

* Do read through Hindi translation style guide.
http://fuelproject.org/newlook/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/fuel-translation-style-and-convention-guide-hi.pdf
 This guide will help answer many questions on how to translate
certain things. Also use the terminology to refer how to translate
some commonly occurring terms.

On Tools for translation, can start with as simple as plain text
editor, but best to use Lokalize which handles PO/POT files best.

Once you have finished a file you can post the status here, with a
link to PO file. Someone with SVN will commit it upstream.

I will post again shortly on how to create translation memory from
existing translations. This will help complete some part of
translation faster, since Localize can suggest for common strings
which already have translation in another file.

Regards,
Karunakar