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diff --git a/TRANSLATING b/TRANSLATING index b72952db..5764fb59 100644 --- a/TRANSLATING +++ b/TRANSLATING @@ -1,89 +1,64 @@ AUR Translation ================ -This document describes how to create and maintain AUR translations. -It was derived from http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Translation +This document describes how to create and maintain AUR translations. It was +originally derived from http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/AUR_Translation -Creating an AUR translation requires python and git to be installed. - -Translation files should be gzipped to protect from possible encoding -errors when submitting. Tarring is not necessary. - -You will need to register on the mailing list before submitting: -http://mailman.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/aur-dev - -Patches should be sent to the aur-dev mailing list at: -aur-dev@archlinux.org +Creating an AUR translation requires a Transifex (http://www.transifex.net/) +account. You will need to register with a translation team on the AUR project +page (http://www.transifex.net/projects/p/aur/). Creating a New Translation --------------------------- -Before beginning, please make sure that git and python are installed. -Also, please do not translate if you are unwilling to maintain or find -someone to maintain the translation. This is due to the fact that the -AUR is a rapidly evolving project and there are constantly new strings -to be translated. If the translations get too out of sync with the -released versions, there will be too many untranslated strings for the -translation to be usable, and it may have to be disabled. +Before beginning, please sign up for an Transifex account and request the +addition of a new translation team for the AUR project. Also, please do not +translate if you are unwilling to maintain or find someone to maintain the +translation. This is due to the fact that the AUR is a rapidly evolving project +and there are constantly new strings to be translated. If the translations get +too out of sync with the released versions, there will be too many untranslated +strings for the translation to be usable, and it may have to be disabled. -1. Check out the AUR source using git. +1. Check out the AUR source using git: $ git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/aur.git aur-git -2. Go into the AUR source and run translation_tool. - translation_tool will interactively guide you through the translation - process, simply answer its questions and prompts. If you wish to stop - at some point during the translation, you may kill translation_tool - using Ctrl+C. If you later wish to continue the translation, simply - run translation_tool again, and it will continue from where you left off. +2. Go into the "po/" directory in the AUR source and run msginit(1) to create a + initial translation file from our translation catalog: $ cd aur-git $ git checkout master $ git pull -$ cd web/lang -$ ./translation_tool - -3. Add a line for the new translation in web/lib/config.inc.proto -4. Add an entry in the AUTHORS file. - -5. To commit your patch to your branch: - -$ git add <all edited files> -$ git commit -s +$ cd po +$ msginit -l <locale> -o <locale>.po -i aur.pot -Write your commit message above the sign off and separate them by a -blank line. +3. Use some editor or a translation helper like poedit to add translations: -6. Create a git formatted patch. +$ poedit <locale>.po -$ git format-patch origin/master +5. If you have a working AUR setup, add a line for the new translation in + "web/lib/config.inc.proto" and test if everything looks right. -7. Send the gzipped patch to the aur-dev mailing list. +6. Upload the newly created ".po" file to Transifex. If you don't like the web + interface, you can also use transifex-client to do that (see below). Updating an Existing Translation --------------------------------- -1. Update your copy of the AUR code. - -$ cd aur-git -$ git pull - -2. Run translation_tool, which will only prompts for strings that have - changed or been added since the last translation. - -$ cd web/lang -$ ./translation_tool - -3. To commit your patch to your branch: +1. Download current translation files from Transifex. You can also do this + using transifex-client which is available through the AUR: -$ git add <all edited files> -$ git commit -s +$ tx init --host=http://www.transifex.net +$ tx set --auto-remote http://www.transifex.net/projects/p/aur +$ tx pull -r aur.aurpot -a -4. Create a git formatted patch. +2. Update the existing translation file using an editor or a tool like poedit: -$ git format-patch origin/master +$ poedit <locale>.po -5. Send the gzipped patch to the aur-dev mailing list. +3. Push the updated translation file back to Transifex. Using transifex-client, + this works as follows: +$ tx push -r aur.aurpot -t -l <locale> |