diff --git a/TRANSLATORS b/TRANSLATORS index 26211adae6..f0ab4d288a 100644 --- a/TRANSLATORS +++ b/TRANSLATORS @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ showing the case for Russian): libs/gtkmm2ext/po/ru.po Every PO file's name is a two-character code, e.g. 'de' for German, 'es' for -Spanish and so on. However it's fairly common to have localizations for local +Spanish, and so on. However it's fairly common to have localizations for local versions of a language, e.g. 'pt_BR' would stand for Brazilian Portuguese, and 'es_MX' would stand for Mexican Spanish. Please refer to ISO language code table for details. @@ -30,22 +30,47 @@ table for details. Here is the best workflow for existing translations. 1. Build Ardour using './waf' command (this step is actually optional). + 2a. If there is no existing translation for your language, run './waf i18n_pot' which will generate a POT (.pot) file for each of the directories shown -above. For each directory you plan to translate, rename the POT file to end in .po and then -continue with step 3. +above. For each directory you plan to translate, rename the POT file to end in +.po and then continue with step 3. + 2b. If there is an existing translation for your language, run './waf i18n_pot' which will bring it up to date (along with all other PO files) + 3. Open the relevant PO file in you PO editor of choice (see below). -4. Open Ardour, find something untranslated, locate this phrase in PO file, translate. + +4. Open Ardour, find something untranslated, locate this phrase in PO file, +translate. + 5. Repeat previous step several times, save the PO file. -6. Run './waf i18n_mo' to regenerate binary MO files and 'sudo ./waf install' to install them. -7. Restart Ardour to see what your translation looks like and whether it needs fixes, e.g. has to be shorter. -Note that as of Ardour 3 beta 1 the translations are only installed when you -run './waf i18n' after './waf' and before 'sudo ./waf install'. +6. Run './waf i18n_mo' to regenerate binary MO files and 'sudo ./waf install' +to install them. -When you are done, save the file and submit it to the tracker. +7. Restart Ardour to see what your translation looks like and whether it needs +fixes, e.g. has to be shorter. + +Note that as of Ardour 4 the translations are only installed when you run +'./waf i18n' after './waf' and before 'sudo ./waf install'. + +When you are done translating, it's best to get credited for your contribution. +Here is how you can do it: + +1. Run 'git commit -a' (assuming you only modified translation files) and +describe the changes you made. Typically the commit message looks like +'Update German translation'. That should be sufficient. + +2. Run 'git format-patch origin/master' (assuming you worked on a clone of the +master branch. That should generate a file called something like +'0001-Update-German-translation.patch'. + +3. Run 'bzip2 0001-Update-German-translation.patch' to compress the file. + +4. File a new bug report at http://tracker.ardour.org and attach the resulted +compressed file and tell either rgareus (Robin Gareus) or las (Paul David) on +the project's IRC channel (#ardour at irc.freenode.net) about your patch. There are some more things you need to know.