misc/translator/translator_doc.html

   1 <h1>TRANSLATION TOOL, V3.0:
   2 <br>======================</h1>
   3
   4 <p>
   5 This transation tool should greatly help Koha translators.
   6 It's composed of 2&nbsp;scripts
   7 (with a number of associated perl module files):
   8
   9 <ol>
  10 <li>xgettext.pl, that extracts the texts in a template,
  11     and which is called by the script; and
  12 <li>tmpl_process3.tmpl, which can do 3 things:
  13     <ol type=a>
  14     <li>create a file with all the "translatable strings" in all files in a directory (& its subdirectories),
  15     <li>update an existing translation file, and
  16     <li>rebuild translated templates from English & translation file.
  17     </ul>
  18 </ul>
  19 <p>
  20 Call tmpl_process3.pl --help to get a more detailed explanation.
  21 Some additional explanations are also available by calling
  22 perldoc tmpl_process3.pl.
  23 <p>
  24 <b>Warning:</b> Those scripts relie upon 'gettext' set of tools. On Debian
  25 it is included in 'gettext' package.
  26 </p>
  27
  28 <h2>HOW TO TRANSLATE Koha:
  29 <br>=====================</h2>
  30
  31 <ol>
  32 <li>Create your translation file
  33     (assuming your current directory is this directory, i.e., misc/translator):
  34     <blockquote>
  35 ./tmpl_process3.pl create -i ../../koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/default/en/ -s po/css_opac_fr_FR.po -r
  36     </blockquote>
  37     <p>(In the above example,
  38     ../../koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/default/en/
  39     contains the English templates in the "default" theme,
  40     and po/css_opac_fr_FR.po is where you want the generated PO file to appear.
  41     The use of relative paths for the English templates is recommended;
  42     it makes the resulting PO files slightly shorter
  43     and more usable in a team environment.
  44     Absolute paths are certainly fine,
  45     and might be better if there is only one translator for your language.)
  46 <li>Translate your css_opac_fr_FR.po file
  47     using a text editor or a PO file translation tool.
  48 <li>Create your translated templates:
  49     <blockquote>
  50 ./tmpl_process3.pl install -i ../../koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/default/en/ -o /home/paul/koha.dev/koha/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/default/fr2/ -s po/css_opac_fr_FR.po -r
  51     </blockquote>
  52     <p>
  53     (In the above example,
  54     /home/paul/koha.dev/koha/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/default/fr2/
  55     is where you want your translated templates to be saved.)
  56 <li>Copy images/css files in your new directory (as they are NOT moved by tmpl_process3.pl install).
  57 </ol>
  58
  59 <p>
  60 If something changes in the English version:
  61 <ol>
  62 <li>Update your translation file:
  63     <blockquote>
  64 ./tmpl_process3.pl update -i ../../koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/default/en/ -s po/css_opac_fr_FR.po -r
  65     </blockquote>
  66 <li>Translate your newly updated css_opac_fr_FR.po file.
  67     Look for strings marked as "fuzzy" and strings that are not translated.
  68 <li>Create your translated templates:
  69     <blockquote>
  70 ./tmpl_process3.pl install -i ../../koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/default/en/ -o /home/paul/koha.dev/koha/koha-tmpl/opac-tmpl/default/fr2/ -s po/css_opac_fr_FR.po -r
  71     </blockquote>
  72 <li>Copy new images/css files in your new directory if needed
  73 </ol>
  74
  75 <h2>WEAKNESSES
  76 <br>==========</h2>
  77 <p>For a somewhat up-to-date list of weaknesses,
  78 please run <code>perldoc xgettext.pl</code>
  79 and <code>perldoc tmpl_process3.pl</code>
  80 and read the BUGS sections.
  81
  82 <h2>COPYRIGHT
  83 <br>=========</h2>
  84 <ul>
  85 <li>Paul Poulain (paul.poulain _@_ free.fr) & Jerome Vizcaino (vizcainj _@_ esiee.fr)
  86 <li>Parts of V3.0 by Ambrose Li (acli _@_ ada.dhs.org)
  87 </ul>