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Pacman - Translating
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This document is here to guide you in helping translate pacman messages,
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libalpm messages, and the manpages for the entire pacman package.
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A quick note- the gettext website is a very useful guide to read before
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embarking on translation work, as it describes many of the commands in more
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detail than I will here:
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http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/gettext.html[]
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In addition, this site presents a small tutorial that I found useful:
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http://oriya.sarovar.org/docs/gettext/[]
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Translating Messages
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--------------------
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Overview
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~~~~~~~~
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There are two separate message catalogs in pacman- one for the backend
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(libalpm) and one for the frontend (pacman and scripts). These correspond to
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the `lib/libalpm/po` and `po` directories in the pacman source, respectively.
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Translation message files are a specially formatted text file containing the
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original message and the corresponding translation. These po files can then
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either be hand edited, or modified with a tool such as poedit, gtranslator or
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kbabel. Using a translation tool tends to make the job easier.
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See the <<Notes,Notes>> section for additional hints on translating.
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Pre-release Updates
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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A week or two before each release, the codebase will go into a string freeze
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and an email will be sent by the 'translation lieutenant' to the
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mailto:pacman-dev@archlinux.org[pacman-dev] mailing list asking for
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translations. This email will have a prefix of *[translation]* for anyone
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looking to set up an email filter.
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At this time, the `.po` language files will be made available at a URL
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specified in the email. Each language will have two files available (backend
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and frontend). Translators interested in helping are encouraged to send a
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follow-up message to the mailing list stating exactly what they intend to
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translate so efforts are not duplicated on the same language.
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Once a translator has completed the translation (*OR* realizes they do not have
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time to finish), please email the `.po` files back to the list with a subject
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such as '[translation] Updated German translation'. At this point, the
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'translation lieutenant' will gather the translations together for inclusion in
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the upcoming release.
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NOTE: Please email your translations back to the list as soon as possible- this
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will give other speakers of your language time to review your translations and
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update them as necessary.
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For those familiar with GIT, you may wish to follow the procedure outlined
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below as another alternative.
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Incremental Updates
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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If you have more advanced needs you will have to get a copy of the pacman
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repository.
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git clone git://projects.archlinux.org/pacman.git pacman
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Next, you will need to run `./autogen.sh` and `./configure` in the base
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directory to generate the correct Makefiles. At this point, all necessary
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make targets will be generated and we can begin updating the translation
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files.
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We need to first update the main message catalog file. Navigate into either the
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`lib/libalpm/po` or `po` directory depending on which translation you wish to
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work on first, and execute the following command. If you are working in the
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`po/` tree, replace 'libalpm.pot' with 'pacman.pot':
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make libalpm.pot-update
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Next, update your specific language's translation file:
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make <po file>-update
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At this point, you can do the translation. To submit your changes, either email
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the new `.po` file to the mailing-list with *[translation]* in the subject, or
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submit a GIT-formatted patch (please do not include any `.pot` file changes).
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As a shortcut, all translation files (including `.pot` files) can be updated
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with the following command:
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make update-po
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Adding a New Language
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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Making a new language is not too hard, but be sure to follow all the steps.
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You will have to do the following steps in both the `lib/libalpm/po/` and `po/`
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directories, substituting where appropriate. First, edit the `LINGUAS` file and
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add your new language code at the bottom. Next, run the following command,
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substituting 'libalpm.pot' or 'pacman.pot' for potfile depending on which
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directory you are currently working in:
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msginit -l <lang code> -o <lang code>.po -i <potfile>
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You can then also add your language code to the end of the `LINGUAS` file
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located in each po directory.
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Look at the current message files for more guidance if necessary. Once you
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create the new language file, you may need to slightly modify the headers;
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try to make them look similar to the other .po file headers. In addition, for
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all new translations we would strongly recommend using UTF-8 encoding.
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Notes[[Notes]]
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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msgid and msgstr 'variables' can be on as many lines as necessary. Line breaks
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are ignored- if you need a literal line break, use an `\n` in your string. The
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following two translations are equivalent:
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msgstr "This is a test translation"
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msgstr ""
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"This is a test translation"
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If you want to test the translation (for example, the frontend one):
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rm *.gmo stamp-po
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make
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cp <lang code>.gmo /usr/share/locale/<lang code>/LC_MESSAGES/pacman.mo
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Translating Manpages
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--------------------
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There are currently no efforts underway to include translated manpages in the
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pacman codebase. However, this is not to say translations are unwelcome. If
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someone has experience with i18n manpages and how to best include them with our
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source, please contact the pacman-dev mailing list at
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mailto:pacman-dev@archlinux.org[].
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Some community efforts have been made to translate manpages, and these can be
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found in the link:http://aur.archlinux.org[AUR] (Arch User Repository). Please
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check there first before undergoing a translation effort to ensure you are not
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duplicating efforts.
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/////
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vim: set ts=2 sw=2 syntax=asciidoc et:
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/////
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