On 4/26/07, Alexander Belchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dennis Benzinger пишет: > > -------- Original-Nachricht -------- > > Datum: Tue, 24 Apr 2007 18:07:45 +0300 > > Von: Alexander Belchenko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > An: Tobias Toedter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Betreff: Re: [RFC] Bazaar internationalization (i18n) > > > >> [...] > >> 3) Although I try to setup Rosetta for my utility -- I'm still don't > >> understand how it supposed to work, and how it helps me if I'm working > >> not on Ubuntu. > >> [...] > > > > Rosetta makes it possible to translate the po files using a simple web > > interface. The most important benefit of this interface is that it > > automatically suggest translations based on existing translation from other > > projects. So you can benefit from already translated projects. > > > > See https://translations.launchpad.net/+about and follow the Tour and FAQ > > links on top of the page. > > OK. Thanks to Martin my pot for bzr-config is now at launchpad. > Last night I'm playing a bit with Rosetta. > > It looks superior until all you want -- to work with launchpad via web > interface. > It could reduce translation work, because for many short words it proposes > variants from other projects. It's great idea. > > But in general it's useful only for GUI interfaces, where big part of messages > is short words (menu names etc.). Because for all too detailed and > project-specific things > you need to translate them yourself anyway. > > The worst part of Rosetta for me is the process of import ready *.po file. > I've upload my ru.po for bzr-config, but I have no idea when it will be > imported. Because looking at the page with import queue I see in the beginning > of the list request maiden in January. > > https://launchpad.net/translations/imports?target=products&status=NEEDS_REVIEW&type=po > > And my request has #66. So probably in the August it will be finally imported. > > My conclusion after first sight: > > - - Rosetta is great tool for collaboration and standardized GUI interfaces > - - But it do good works only in one way (export po-file from launchpad to > users), but not > in opposite way (import po/pot from user to launchpad). > > May be I'm wrong. > > On the other hand we already have another form of collaboration: distributed > version > control system named Bazaar. And we certainly could keep translations in some > dedicated branch. > For the translations maiden with Rosetta we then simply periodically sync it > in our tree.
I'm not sure. I'm going to crosspost this to launchpad-users in the hope someone there will answer. -- Martin -- launchpad-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/launchpad-users
