Re: Arabic Translations

[Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress gmail com>]

On Mon, Aug 8, 2016 at 10:51 AM, Mhmad Abujaffal <jaffal83 outlook com> wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> I'm new here and I was looking forward to start helping translating to
> Arabic language, unfortunately I couldn't reach any of the guys working on
> the project, I appreciate any help to get me started.

The best way to get started, is to just get started.  You'll need a
decent off-line PO file editor, I personally like Virtaal, others may
like other tools, it is a matter of personal preference.

In looking at the most current version 3.22 PO files (User Interface)

https://l10n.gnome.org/languages/ar/gnome-3-22/ui/

The PO file for gsettings-desktop-schemas stands out as a pretty
useful PO file that no one else has worked on.

https://l10n.gnome.org/vertimus/gsettings-desktop-schemas/master/po/ar

https://l10n.gnome.org/POT/gsettings-desktop-schemas.master/gsettings-desktop-schemas.master.pot

There are other ways to choose things to work on.  One is to try to
finish off all of the files that have only a handful of untranslated
messages (sometimes these are the trickiest ones though and may not be
best for a beginner).

If you have a talent for mathematics, gnome-calculator would be very
useful to end-users.

What are you interested in working on?

Download a PO file, complete it and then get back to the list for
further directions.

cjl