Re: translating gnome with pootle

[Ihar Hrachyshka <ihar hrachyshka gmail com>]

On Mon, 2010-02-15 at 12:40 +0200, F Wolff wrote:
> Op Ma, 2010-02-15 om 16:54 +0800 skryf Umarzuki Mochlis:
> > I needed guidance on setting up pootle as a means of translating gnome
> > to malay language so everybody can translate gnome online, anywhere as
> > long as there is internet access. 
> > 
> > 
> > The question is:
> > Is this method is the best for what I'm trying to achieve? If yes, how
> > I setup one with a web hosting provider?
> 
> Hallo
> 
> You won't be the first one to try to do this. You can have a look at the
> Pootle server used by the Belarusian team:
> 
> http://gnome.mova.org/pootle/
> 
> They have GNOME and a few other things on there.  I guess Ihar can share
> some of his experiences.
> 
> There are many teams using Pootle for many projects. You can have a look
> here:
> http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/live_servers
> 
> Some reasons why I think this might be interesting for a team like this:
> 
>  - It makes it easier for newcomers to take part
>  - People can contribute from anywhere
>  - Organise your team by choosing who can suggest / translate directly
>  - Terminology help make it easier to use correct terminology
>  - Quality checks improves quality. Human review can focus on language
>  - People can still translate offline if they want to (more choices)
> 
> On Debian you can easily install Pootle with
>   apt-get install pootle
> It can also run directly from the extracted files.  For a hosting
> provider, mod_wsgi is probably the most important requirement.
> 
> You definitely want to make sure you get the newest version (2.0.x), and
> configure it for optimal performance.  You can get help on IRC at
> #pootle on irc.freenode.net and the Pootle mailing list.  Let me know
> how things go for you and if you need any further help.
> 
> Keep well
> Friedel
> 

Hi Umarzuki!
Wolff already provided you with the needed info. Actually we don't use
Pootle for Belarusian localization *yet* though are going to do it. If
you'd like to hear something from me feel free to contact 'booxter' on
#pootle IRC channel (freenode).
Best regards,
Ihar