Re: Google Code-In 2011: Tasks wanted!

[Andre Klapper <ak-47 gmx net>]

On Thu, 2011-10-27 at 12:25 -0400, Chris Leonard wrote:
> Unless you just list a lot of individual languages and files like the
> KDE folks, it acn be challenging t o come up with five i18n / L10n
> tasks.  However, I took a shot at some ideas I had floating around in
> my head and I'm providing drafts for 2 here for comment / improvement.
> 
> The first would be enhancing the utility of open-tran.eu and the
> second is just a more traditional QC checking step that (IMHO) should
> be done more than it currently is.

Interesting ideas, thanks a lot!

The first task could be broken down into two tasks (first: research and
a very basic proof-of-concept implementation; second: implement it if
there is agreement that it's helpful), and maybe some pointers to API
references etc.

Second one needs a better definition for which or how many po files to
analyze. Or even all of them, if this could be automated a bit?

Most important though: Both tasks need a mentor. Volunteers?

andre

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> Task Description:
> 
> Develop web-page for semi-automated checking of PO files for matches
> to open-tran.eu strings.
> 
> Expected results:  The Open-Tran database pulls localization from
> large upstream projects:
> 
> http://open-tran.eu/projects.html
> 
> and provides a search capability on a phrase-by-phrase basis.  It
> would be desirable to be able to upload a PO file and walk through it
> string-by-string making manual judgement calls about quality of the
> match to get a rapid start on a L10n effort.
> 
> This is useful for (A) identification for harmonization of English
> strings between FOSS projects (i18n improvement) when performed
> English > English
> 
> and (B) also for the transfer of translated strings between projects
> (with native speaker human judgement in the loop).
> 
> Requirements:
> Web-coding skills
> 
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> Estimated Time:
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> Mentor:
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> Task Description:
> 
> Run poconflict and inverted poconflict analysis of individual
> languages PO files from Damned Lies server.
> 
> Expected results:  
> Identified instances where the same English phrase is translated in
> different ways with poconflicts.
> 
> Identify instances where the same foreign language string is used for
> two different English phrases with inverted poconflicts analysis.
> 
> These should be investigated by a native speaker and possibly filed as
> L10n bugs. Not every conflict identified is necessarily an error, but
> they are often worth investigation.
> 
> Requirements:
> 
> Translate Toolkit
> http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/toolkit/poconflicts
> 
> Downloaded PO files from Damned Lies
> 
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> Estimated Time:
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> Mentor:
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