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== General information ==
== General Information ==
You are welcome to help out translating openpetra into other languages.
The team behind OpenPetra doesn't plan particular translations of OpenPetra - rather, '''the OpenPetra application can be translated voluntarily''' by people who want to either contribute to OpenPetra with their skills in this way and/or have a particular interest in having the application in their 'heart language'.


There are actually 3 different ways to provide some translation.
* The people who do the translation should be good in English and translate the application out of English into their mother tongue, ''but they don’t need to be computer specialists for that!''
The first one is the easiest and is described in the following. The other 2 options can be found on the page [[Translation_documentation_for_Developers]].
* One doesn't need to take on the task of translating the whole application into another language as the translations are done incrementally - sentence for sentence.  
* One can translate as much or as little as he desires, and one doesn't even need to notify us if he/she starts translating, though it would be kind if that would be done.


If you have questions or doubts feel free to contact the translation team: [mailto:joejoe2010@users.sourceforge.net joejoe2010(at)users.sourceforge.net]
''You are very welcome to help in translating OpenPetra into other languages.''


== How to translate with launchpad ==
==Translation team==
Launchpad is a platform for making the process of translating easier.
 
You can find the openpetra-template [https://translations.launchpad.net/openpetraorg/trunk/+pots/template1 here]. Please click on the language for which you want to provide more translations.
If you have questions or doubts feel free to post on the [https://forum.openpetra.org Forum]
In order to make changes on a translation a registration is needed. You can register [https://login.launchpad.net/+new_account here].
 
If you are not sure with a translation please check "Someone should review this translation" so that another person can review the item later on.
== How to translate ==
We are using Weblate for managing the translations of the javascript client.
 
Just go to https://weblate.openpetra.org to our own Weblate installation.


== Testing the translations ==
== Testing the translations ==
We provide a Nightly Build of OpenPetra. This provides the changes on launchpad that has been made on the day before. You can get the Nightly Build here. Please download the exe-file OpenPetraSetup-x.x.xx.xxxx.exe and install it on your computer to see your new translations.  
You can get a test installation, by running
 
curl https://get.openpetra.org | bash -s test
 
Then just replace your language file in /home/op_test/client/locales, and reload your browser.


== Language specific information ==
== Language specific information ==

Latest revision as of 08:03, 19 Mayıs 2022

General Information

The team behind OpenPetra doesn't plan particular translations of OpenPetra - rather, the OpenPetra application can be translated voluntarily by people who want to either contribute to OpenPetra with their skills in this way and/or have a particular interest in having the application in their 'heart language'.

  • The people who do the translation should be good in English and translate the application out of English into their mother tongue, but they don’t need to be computer specialists for that!
  • One doesn't need to take on the task of translating the whole application into another language as the translations are done incrementally - sentence for sentence.
  • One can translate as much or as little as he desires, and one doesn't even need to notify us if he/she starts translating, though it would be kind if that would be done.

You are very welcome to help in translating OpenPetra into other languages.

Translation team

If you have questions or doubts feel free to post on the Forum

How to translate

We are using Weblate for managing the translations of the javascript client.

Just go to https://weblate.openpetra.org to our own Weblate installation.

Testing the translations

You can get a test installation, by running 

curl https://get.openpetra.org | bash -s test

Then just replace your language file in /home/op_test/client/locales, and reload your browser.

Language specific information

Translation documentation for Developers

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