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Localization/Translation FAQ
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by Ran Rutenberg, Pavel Sanda, Michael Gerz
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February 2007
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This file is mainly intended for those who have no or little experience using
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.po files, but want to contribute by translating the LyX interface into their
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native language.
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1) WHERE DO I START?
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The file you need to edit it an xx.po file where xx stands for your language's
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two letter code. German would be for example de.po and Polish pl.po. For a list
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of languages codes look at:
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http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_mono/gettext.html#Language-Codes
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If you want to start from scratch then you should obtain a copy of the lyx.pot
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and name it after your language. German would be for example de.po and Polish
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pl.po. This file is generated in the "po" directory of the source tree during
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the compilation.
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2) HOW DO I EDIT PO FILES?
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PO files can be edited with every text editor available for your system (e.g.
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VIM, NotePad etc.). Yet another option is to use a specialized editor for .po
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files. You can e.g. use the editors "poEdit" or "jEdit", Linux users can
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additionally use e.g. "kbabel". Using these editors usually makes things easier
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as they have many tools to assist the translator.
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3) WHAT DO I NEED TO TRANSLATE?
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If you are using a simple text editor you should translate the strings that
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appear in the msgid line and write the translation into the msgstr line. Note
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that a "#, fuzzy" line is just a hint for translation from compiler - in order
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to get the translation of the current item working you have to delete this
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line. It is recommended that you would take a look at another .po file - that
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way you can get an idea of what to do. If you are using a specialized po editor
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then you will see in it the untranslated strings and a place to write your
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translation for them.
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4) WHAT SHOULD I DO WITH THE '&', '|', '$, AND '%' CHARACTERS?
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'&' stands for underlined characters (shortcut) in dialog boxes.
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'|' stands for underlined characters in menus.
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These chars should be somehow used in your translations, however you'll have to
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invent your own working shortcuts for dialog and menu entries and resolve
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possible conflicts of the same shortcut chars in one menu...
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'$' and '%' are usually used as handlers for formatting or variables to be
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inserted into the strings. Character sequences like %1$s or %1$d MUST also
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appear in your translations! Please take them exactly as they are or you may
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experience crashes when running LyX.
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5) WHAT IS pocheck.pl AND HOW DO I USE IT?
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This is a small script located in the "po" directory of the source that helps
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you find common errors in your translation. In order to use this script you have
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to have the script language Perl installed.
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6) HOW CAN I TEST MY TRANSLATION?
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In order to test your translation you need to obtain the LyX sources (from the
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SVN repository) and replace the existing .po with yours. Afterwards, you should
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compile and install LyX (check the INSTALL file for your OS). If you don't
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install LyX it won't work. In order to run LyX with your translation, use the
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appropriate LANG variable:
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On Linux: LANG=xx_CC lyx
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On Windows, you need to change the lyx.bat file and write: set LANG=xx_CC
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xx stands for your language code. CC stands for your country code. So to get,
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e.g., Czech, the code is "cs_CZ".
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The most comfortable way to see your updated translation while editing, is
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running (in linux):
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1. "make xx.gmo" in the po directory to compile updated xx.po translation
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2. "make install" in root lyx tree to copy xx.gmo into the appropriate location
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(or do it by hand...)
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For advanced users - if you want to remerge your files against current source
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files run make update-po.
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7) HOW TO CONTRIBUTE MY WORK?
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You can manually use diff utility to make patch; usually the most comfortable
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way is to run something like (after you edit xx.po):
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svn diff xx.po > xx.po.patch
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This file should be sent to po-updates@lyx.org.
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Also you can check http://www.lyx.org/trac/browser/lyx-devel/trunk to track
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changes or watch updates.
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8) REFERENCES
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For some basic idea on how the translation works, you can look at
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettext
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For detailed reference (including full list of country and language codes),
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have a look at
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http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html
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Consider subscribing to the documentation list at lyx-docs@lists.lyx.org (rather
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silent one) or developer's mailing list lyx-devel@lists.lyx.org (high volume).
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