Thank you.
Is it possible to change the name of the resulting PDF file based on the
language and a mode?
So that with a command
context language=fr mode=simple file.tex
the result is in
file-simple-fr.pdf
and with
context language=ru mode=none file.tex (or no mode given)
the result is
file-ru.pdf
G
> On 10 May 2022, at 17:21, Wolfgang Schuster
> <wolfgang.schuster.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Gerben Wierda via ntg-context schrieb am 10.05.2022 um 00:15:
>> What is the easiest way to have a ‘database’ of translations for strings and
>> maybe links?
>>
>> I now have 4 languages and 2 versions so 8 documents, but I’d like to have
>> all translatable strings together so I can maintain these in a single file.
>> Ideally I can do a file where the key of the translation is one language
>> (say English) and the translations are part of that.
>>
>> Something I can call like this
>>
>> \translatephrase[English phrase][nl]
>> \translatelocation[../LMTX-Output/without-ids/en/file.pdf][nl][simple]
>>
>> and where I can maintain all the translations a bit like this:
>>
>> \translationentry[English phrase]{
>> \definetranslatephrase[nl]Nederlandse frase]
>> \definetranslatephrase[fr][Phrase français]
>> }
>> }
>>
>> \translatelocation[../LMTX-Output/without-ids/en/file.pdf][simple][nl][../LMTX-Output/without-ids/nl/file-simple.pdf]]
>> \translatelocation[../LMTX-Output/without-ids/en/file.pdf][none][nl][../LMTX-Output/without-ids/nl/file.pdf]]
>>
>>
>> Where the \translatelocation command can be used inside an \externalfigure
>> command and \translatephrase can be used as as text.
>>
>> In the end I’d like to compile with
>>
>> context language=fr mode=simple mainfile.tex
>>
>> Doable?
>
> To set language dependent texts you can use the labeltext mechanism which is
> used by ConTeXt to change the captions for floats etc.
>
> Besides the default \labeltext and \setuplabeltext commands you can create
> your own instance of the mechanism for your texts.
>
> %%%% begin example
> \definelabelclass [gerben]
>
> \setupgerbentext [en] [phrase=English phrase]
> \setupgerbentext [nl] [phrase=Nederlandse frase]
> \setupgerbentext [fr] [phrase=Phrase français]
>
> %\mainlanguage[nl]
> %\mainlanguage[fr]
>
> \starttext
> \gerbentext{phrase}
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
>
> To change images you use multiple sub folders where each folder has images
> which the same name. In ConTeXt you can use a mode to choose which directory
> is used to load the image. Another method is to map the file names of the
> images to symbolic names and use only the symbolic names in your document.
>
> %%%% begin example
> \setupexternalfigures [location={local,global,default}]
>
> \useexternalfigure [simple] [cow.pdf]
> %\useexternalfigure [simple] [hacker.png]
>
> \starttext
> \externalfigure[simple]
> \stoptext
> %%%% end example
>
> Wolfgang
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