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diff --git a/docs/dev/internationalization.rst b/docs/dev/internationalization.rst index 6cbc6f72..e6b89dea 100644 --- a/docs/dev/internationalization.rst +++ b/docs/dev/internationalization.rst @@ -6,24 +6,22 @@ Internationalization This part of the documentation covers the localization and translation of LEAP Client. Because we want to *bring fire to the people*, in as many countries and languages as possible. -.. note:: - We should probably move the translators info to a top level section of the docs, and leave this - as internal/tech-savvy notes. - Translating the LEAP Client PyQt Application -------------------------------------------- .. raw:: html - <div> <a target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:black; font-size:66%" href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client/resource/leap_client_es/" title="See more information on Transifex.com">Top translations: leap-client » leap_client_es</a><br/> <img border="0" src="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client/resource/leap_client_es/chart/image_png"/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.transifex.com/"><img border="0" src="https://ds0k0en9abmn1.cloudfront.net/static/charts/images/tx-logo-micro.646b0065fce6.png"/></a></div> + <div><a target="_blank" style="text-decoration:none; color:black; font-size:66%" href="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client/resource/leap-client/" title="See more information on Transifex.com">Top translations: leap-client » leap-client</a><br/><img border="0" src="https://www.transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client/resource/leap-client/chart/image_png"/><br/><a target="_blank" href="https://www.transifex.com/"><img border="0" src="https://ds0k0en9abmn1.cloudfront.net/static/charts/images/tx-logo-micro.646b0065fce6.png"/></a></div> For translators ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. note:: - ... unfinished + We should probably move the translators info to a top level section of the docs, and leave this + as internal notes. -We are using `transifex <http://transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client>`_ site to coordinate translation efforts. If you want to contribute, just sign up there and ... + +We are using `transifex <http://transifex.com/projects/p/leap-client>`_ to coordinate translation efforts. If you want to contribute, just sign up there and ... .. note:: ... and what?? @@ -32,8 +30,9 @@ For devs: i18n conventions ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ .. note:: - should link to PyQt docs on i18n - also our special cases (labels and exceptions) + should say something about our special cases (provider labels and exceptions) when we get decision about it. + +Refer to `pyqt documentation <http://www.riverbankcomputing.co.uk/static/Docs/PyQt4/html/i18n.html>`_. tl;dr;:: @@ -41,17 +40,64 @@ tl;dr;:: for any string that you want to be translated. +.. Note about this: there seems to be some problems with the .tr method + on QObjects. Investigate this. + I still believe we can use a generic _ method which is smart enough to + fallback to QObject.tr methods or lookup our own tr implementation (for our + multilungual objects, like in exceptions or provider labels that came from json objects). + --kali + For i18n maintainers ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ -.. note:: +You need ``pylupdate4`` for these steps. To get it, in debian:: - how do we use the transifex client; automation. + $ apt-get install python-qt4-utils If you do not already have it, install the ``transifex-client`` from the cheese shop:: pip install transifex-client +You can learn more about the transifex-client `here <http://help.transifex.com/features/client/index.html>`_. + +**1.** Add any new source files to the project file, ``data/leap_client.pro``. *We should automate this with some templating, it's tedious.* + +**2.** Update the source .ts file ``data/ts/en_US.ts``.:: + + $ make translations + +**3.** Push source .ts file to transifex:: + + $ tx push -s + +**4.** Let the translation fairies do their work... + +**5.** *Et voila!* Get updated .ts files for each language from ``Transifex``. For instance, to pull updated spanish translations:: + + $ tx pull -l es + Pulling new translations for resource leap-client.leap-client (source: data/ts/en_US.ts) + -> es: data/translations/es.ts + Done. + + +Note that there is a configuration option in ``.tx/config`` for setting the minimum completion percentage needed to be able to actually pull a resource. + +**6.** Generate .qm files from the updated .ts files:: + + $ make translations + +and yes, it's the same command than in step 2. One less thing to remember :) + +**7.** Check that the .qm for the language you're working with is listed in ``data/resources/locale.qrc`` file. That should take the translated files from ``data/translations`` + +**8.** Re-generate ``src/leap/gui/locale_qrc``. This is the embedded resource file that we load in the main app entry point; and from where we load the data for the qt translator object:: + + $ make resources + +If you want to try it, just set your LANG environment variable:: + + $ LANG=es_ES leap-client + Translating the Documentation ------------------------------ |