Re: rosetta

[Simos Xenitellis <simos74 gmx net>]

Jon Dufresne wrote:

> Hello, I am curious what connection the translation project has with
> the rosetta tool ubuntu uses, if any. I am not a big translator but I
> would like to contribute. I was poking around the ubuntu rosetta site
> and it seems really hand for quick translation and would lower the
> barrier for people to join. sorry if this has already been talked
> about.
>  
It has been discussed a few times indeed.
Rosetta offers a translation service, you provide them with the .po 
files and you translate online.
You cannot get the source code and setup your own Rosetta server.
Another option is Pootle (http://pootle.wordforge.org/) which offers a 
translation service in addition
to offering the source code.
Pootle is actively developed 
(http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/translate-pootle) and provides
a good option when you want to have a responsive web service,
as it can be setup on your LAN for a "translation marathon" or on a fast 
computer in your country.
We (Greek GNOME translators) are currently about to finish testing our 
own Pootle server to translate
GNOME and other programs.
More on installing Pootle, see:
http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootleadmin

Simos