Translating with Transifex

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# Translating with Transifex

## Contributing your Language

Adriaan de Groot
January 18th, 2020

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## Communication is paramount

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## Translation is essential

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## Translation is accessibility

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![English](img-calamares/cala-english.png)

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![Hindi](img-calamares/cala-hindi.png)

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![Arabic](img-calamares/cala-arabic.png)

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# Translation Frameworks

- GNU gettext
- Qt
- QML
- other

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# Translation Universals

- Identify and extract source text
- Build a map of target texts
- At runtime, load the right map
- At runtime, display mapped texts

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# Translation User Interfaces

A tx UI is what you use to build the map of target texts.

- A text editor
- Weblate
- Transifex
- .. many more

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# Translation Data

English

```
    <message>
        <location filename="../src/calamares/DebugWindow.cpp" line="225"/>
        <source>Debug information</source>
        <translation>Debug information</translation>
    </message>
```

Marathi

```
        <source>Debug information</source>
        <translation>दोषमार्जन माहिती</translation>
```

Hindi

```
        <translation>डीबग जानकारी</translation>
```

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# Transifex

- One of many web-based translation tools
- Not Open Source in itself
- Free for Open Source
- Used by lots of Open Source projects
- Open community

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# Transifex

- Get an account
- Apply to translations for specific projects
- Get accepted
- Submit translations
- Make the world a more accessible place

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# Transifex in Action

- Let's switch to other browser tabs