[KDE-Viê.t]tập tin cần dịch

[Clytie Siddall]

Hello Olivier :)

I prefer to write in Vietnamese, but I'm writing this in English,  
because it's important to assess not only your level of Vietnamese,  
but also your understanding of English, since we translate from  
English into Vietnamese. Please tell me if there's anything you don't  
understand. (I will write all further mails in Vietnamese.)

On 11/10/2006, at 12:51 PM, Oriol Olivier wrote:

> Anh Trung nói với tôi rằng tôi nên hỏi chị cho tôi  
> tập tin cần dịch để tôi thử
> giúp các bạn dịch KDE.

;)

Trung is our reviewer. Once you have translated a file, please send  
it to him, or to Thịnh or me if he is too busy, to review your  
translation. This is normal procedure. Once your translation has been  
reviewed, it will be submitted by either Thịnh or me, because write  
access to the SVN repository is limited to one or two people in each  
team.

1. Get file
2. Translate file
3. Run checks (msgfmt -cv) [5]
4. Submit file for review
5. File is reviewed
6. File is committed
7. Original strings are updated.
8. Goto 1

Do you use KDE 3.5? Have you installed our translation? That is a  
good way to see the vocabulary we use (vi.wiktionary.org is our  
official vocabulary), and to see what needs translating. Since the  
essential parts of KDE, for it to be included in releases, have  
already been translated, please pick any part of KDE that hasn't been  
done. There's plenty left: see our status pages for trunk (current  
files, will be in the next release) [1].

You can download files from those status pages. Please announce on  
the list which files you have chosen, so nobody else duplicates your  
work. You can also download completed PO files, to look at the way we  
translate strings.

Note that effective interface translation depends on finding  
translations that express the _meaning_ of the original string, and  
if possible are not longer than the original, especially where  
buttons, menu names etc. are concerned. Thus we use « Sửa » for  
"Edit" as a menu name or button, and for menu items, but « Chỉnh  
sửa » or in older translations, « Hiệu chỉnh » for tooltips,  
error messages, and any other explanatory text. Our technical  
vocabulary is even more in flux than most, so things will change as  
time goes on.
>
> Tôi sẽ cố gắng viết đúng nhưng mà nếu một ngày  
> chị nghĩ rằng chị mất quá thời
> giân vì tôi viết sai, xin đừng ngại nói cho tôi, tôi  
> sẽ không mất lòng !

I think it's a good opportunity for both KDE-vi, and for you. You  
will learn from this, and we will benefit from your learning. ;)

Have you worked in free-software internationalization before? If not,  
you will probably want to read some of the HowTos about PO files,  
localization terms etc. There are a few references on the KDE-vi  
homepage [2].

Please register with the kde-vi maiing list [3], if you haven't  
already, and monitor it for announcements and discussion. It's also  
useful to monitor kde-l18n [4], where you can ask general  
internationalization questions. Please feel free to ask any questions  
whatever on the kde-vi list. We have all been new to this at some  
stage, and have had to learn all the bits and pieces. We are quite  
happy to answer any questions.
>
> Chào chị, chúc vui vẻ !

Thankyou, I hope you enjoy yourself, too! :)

Good luck with your translations, and welcome to KDE-vi. :)

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm  
Việt hóa phần mềm tự do)
http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN

[1] http://l10n.kde.org/stats/gui/trunk/vi/
[2] http://vi.l10n.kde.org/
[3] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-l10n-vi
[4] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde-i18n-doc
[5] You need to have the gettext package installed, preferably the  
latest version, gettext-0.15.
http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gettext/
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