Localization

Goal: Find and deploy translation platform for GeoGebra and GeoGebraTube which is capable of syncing the files with our repository.

Most promising candidate: ​Transifex — .properties support in development (see ​related ticket)

Otherwise ​Narro, does not look as mature or feature-rich, but is probably easier to install

Transifex

Installation Resources:

• ​Official Guide
• ​Django and Apache
• ​Debian Instructions (maybe helpful)

Test installation:

• Enable ​mod_wsgi
• Set WSGIScriptAlias to transifex directory
• ​Download and install Django (basically just easy_install)
• Download latest version of transifex from ​bitbucket (required due to unreleased .properties support)
• ..
• Install transifex (basically just easy_install)

• ​http://dev.geogebra.org/trac/browser/trunk/geogebra/geogebra/properties/
• login with Google, Twitter, Facebook
• check for errors in syntax eg missing arguments, spaces after commas see LastMinuteChecks and Zbynek's scripts for some more
• show preview for keys with %0 etc
• import and export .properties files with \uxxxx Syntax

• Admin Users can Change English (US), Other users can edit only their own Language
• Admin users can add new keys
• some sort of locking for each key
• when user logs in, show summary (eg no of keys translated) give options eg show new keys, show changed keys, show keys with mistakes
• translate GeoGebra, wiki keys, ggbTube
• synchronise database with SVN automatically, and provide a button to do this (eg for releases)
• support sub-sub-languages, eg ​http://dev.geogebra.org/trac/browser/trunk/geogebra/geogebra/properties/colors_no_NO_NY.properties

ggbtrans

Django app to move translation online. More details at Translation Tool

Very quick doc

To view translations, select a reference locale and a category from the selection boxes at the top, then click the view button. You get a list of keys with the translations in the reference locale that you selected.

To edit translations, log in, select a reference and translation locale at the top, a category and click the view button. You get a list of keys with the translations in the reference locales and a text area containing the translations in the translation locale that you selected. To edit a translation, just edit the text and click the submit button that appears.

Feature list

• anybody can view all translations
• translators have the ability to edit translations for a given number of languages
• no locks: several translators can simultaneously edit translations for the same language
• translators can choose any language as a reference language on which to base their translations
• contains a tool that imports properties files into the database

TODO

• tool to export database contents to properties files (and possibly commit the files to vcs?)
• documentation for translators
• optional comments for keys
• mandatory version field
• input validation for commands: check that the command has the correct number of arguments, etc
• input validation for translations containing placeholders: e.g. %0 does not intersect with %1