[Mailman-i18n] [Fwd: mailman galician language]

[Clytie Siddall]

On 09/03/2006, at 6:25 PM, Frco Javier Rial wrote:

> I want to translate mailman to Galician language.

Benvida, Javier! :)
>
> what do i have to do?

I'm copying in below an answer I gave to the same question from  
another translator. I've edited it to be appropriate for your  
language. I hope it's useful. Please read the recent mails on this  
list with the subject "Re: [Mailman-i18n] greek lang - el".

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

I've just started translating Mailman, myself, so I can pass on my  
experience:

1. Download the Mailman tarball (.tar file):

http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/

(use the Download link at the top of the page).

2. Decompress the files.

3. The translatable files are in two locations: /messages and /templates

(a) In /messages, create an /gl directory, then create a sub- 
directory, LC_MESSAGES, inside /gl, so you have /messages/gl/LC_MESSAGES

Copy the messages.pot file into LC_MESSAGES. Renname it to  
messages.po, and translate it (/messages/gl/LC_MESSAGES/messages.po)  
It's quite a long file, but you can examine the Mailman interface of  
any mailing list (easier if you administer a mailing list), and ask  
questions here. :)

(b) There are, I think, 44 html templates in /templates. So  
translating Mailman is not a quick job. It will take a while. I plan  
to finish the interface (messages.po), then work on the templates bit  
by bit, with my other projects.

In the /templates directory, again create an /gl directory, so you  
have /templates/gl

Now, copy the contents of the /templates/en (English) directory into  
your /templates/gl directory. You don't need to rename any of these  
files. Their location in the /gl directory identifies them as  
Galician translations.

4. Once you have completed all your translations (!! :D ), you can  
build the application to test them, but that is for the future.

Good luck with your translation, and please ask questions here. I am  
probably encountering the same issues as you will, so I may be able  
to help with simple things. There are much more experienced people  
here who can help you with more complex issues.

NOTE A: if you're not used to Python named variables, they look like  
this:

%(word)d — for a quantitative [number] value

or

%(word)s  — for an otherwise descriptive value

and you _don't_ change them in any way. Don't translate the word in  
the brackets, however normal it may look. It must stay the same. You  
can reposition this variable anywhere in your translation, as long as  
you don't change it itself.

NOTE B: I have encountered some Python named variables in messages.po  
with words attached to them. I have found this difficult to  
understand, and you can read my recent posts about them, and the  
replies from list members. When I do understand them better, I will  
try to explain them. Or you can explain them to me! :)

Good luck!

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