10:56 p.m.
Hi All
I am a long-time user of Inkscape - love the product!
I am a native speaker of Afrikaans from South Africa and I am wanting to
find out if there would be any interest in an Afrikaans translation? If
yes, what is the required time frames and estimate of effort involved?
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12:04 a.m.
Hi Gabriel,
welcome!
I can't say anything about user interest in Afrikaans specifically, but
the project is always interested in expanding its list of available
languages.
To hear from users, you may need to ask around locally or maybe on the
user mailing list, in the user chat or on the forums (but given that all
of these are in English, users you can find there are not representative
of the target audience).
About the time frame: long, if you aim for completion (possibly months
if you do it in your free time as a single person who is not a
professional translator)
Inkscape contains many specialized graphics terms, and many terms that
only make sense when you know where in the interface they are being used.
It is possible (and recommended), however, to start out by focusing on
immediately visible strings, that would already bring great benefit with
a lot less effort.
There is no threshold for how much of the interface must be translated
for the translation to be available, so users can see strings in their
own language from the first string.
You can find more information about translating Inkscape and all
relevant links to the Wiki pages that explain the translation process in
more detail at:
https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations
Kind Regards
Maren
Am 05.05.22 um 00:56 schrieb Gabriel Van Wyk:
Hi All
I am a long-time user of Inkscape - love the product!
I am a native speaker of Afrikaans from South Africa and I am wanting to
find out if there would be any interest in an Afrikaans translation?
If yes, what is the required time frames and estimate of effort involved?
--
*
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Principal / Director*
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2:30 a.m.
Thanks Maren
Hi All
Please may I ask for access to the translate website.
In the meantime I have downloaded the InkscapeTranslate package. The ISO
639-1 Code for Afrikaans is 'af', whereas the ISO 639-2 Code is 'afr'. I
assumed that I will use 'af', so I have created a copy of the en_AU.po and
renamed it to af.po. I assume that I will now focus my attention on Is
this correct procedure so far?
From the file and website I figured out that I always leave the msgid
string intact and translate the msgstr string. But looking at the en_AU.po,
this does not make sense. (Eg. 'Bevels' is translated as 'Wheel'). Please
comment.
Gabriel
On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 10:05, Maren Hachmann <maren(a)goos-habermann.de> wrote:
Hi Gabriel,
welcome!
I can't say anything about user interest in Afrikaans specifically, but
the project is always interested in expanding its list of available
languages.
To hear from users, you may need to ask around locally or maybe on the
user mailing list, in the user chat or on the forums (but given that all
of these are in English, users you can find there are not representative
of the target audience).
About the time frame: long, if you aim for completion (possibly months
if you do it in your free time as a single person who is not a
professional translator)
Inkscape contains many specialized graphics terms, and many terms that
only make sense when you know where in the interface they are being used.
It is possible (and recommended), however, to start out by focusing on
immediately visible strings, that would already bring great benefit with
a lot less effort.
There is no threshold for how much of the interface must be translated
for the translation to be available, so users can see strings in their
own language from the first string.
You can find more information about translating Inkscape and all
relevant links to the Wiki pages that explain the translation process in
more detail at:
https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations
Kind Regards
Maren
Am 05.05.22 um 00:56 schrieb Gabriel Van Wyk:
> Hi All
>
> I am a long-time user of Inkscape - love the product!
>
> I am a native speaker of Afrikaans from South Africa and I am wanting to
> find out if there would be any interest in an Afrikaans translation?
> If yes, what is the required time frames and estimate of effort involved?
>
> --
> *
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> Gabriel van Wyk
>
> Principal / Director*
> *
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>
>
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10:01 a.m.
Þann 5.5.2022 02:30, skrifaði Gabriel Van Wyk:
From the file and website I figured out that I always leave the
msgid
string intact and translate the msgstr string.
Why don't you use one of the PO-file editors, which take care of
editable sections, and offer plenty of nice tools for working on PO-files?
PO-Edit for WIN/Mac/Linux and Lokalize for Linux come to mind.
Best regards,
Sveinn í Felli
12:16 a.m.
Hi Sveinn
Thanks for that - I just installed poedit, seems to work nicely. Much
appreciated.
Gabriel
On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 20:02, Sveinn í Felli <sv1(a)fellsnet.is> wrote:
Þann 5.5.2022 02:30, skrifaði Gabriel Van Wyk:
> From the file and website I figured out that I always leave the msgid
> string intact and translate the msgstr string.
Why don't you use one of the PO-file editors, which take care of
editable sections, and offer plenty of nice tools for working on PO-files?
PO-Edit for WIN/Mac/Linux and Lokalize for Linux come to mind.
Best regards,
Sveinn í Felli
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2:06 p.m.
Hi Gabriel,
Please may I ask for access to the translate website.
please see
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#5._G...
and
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Translation_information#Submit_f...
for where to put the translated file.
There is no translation website, you need to install a program to your
computer which you use to translate the files. Examples are given on
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Translation_information#Tools_fo...
In the meantime I have downloaded the InkscapeTranslate package.
The
ISO 639-1 Code for Afrikaans is 'af', whereas the ISO 639-2 Code is
'afr'. I assumed that I will use 'af', so I have created a copy of
the en_AU.po and renamed it to af.po. I assume that I will now focus
my attention on Is this correct procedure so far?
Yes, .af seems to be the correct file name.
Please use the file named inkscape.pot (po *t*emplate) from the archive
you found linked from
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#2._G...
as a starter file for your new translation file, and adjust the front
matter to your language's requirements (i.e. plural forms, language
team, your name - compare, for example, the German or French translation
files).
From the file and website I figured out that I always leave the
msgid
string intact and translate the msgstr string. But looking at the
en_AU.po, this does not make sense. (Eg. 'Bevels' is translated as
'Wheel'). Please comment.
The translation that you see there is marked as 'fuzzy'. 'fuzzy' means
that the software that created the file guessed a translation from
another translated item. Fuzzy items are not visible in the user
interface and are meant as a help for translators. In some cases, it
helps, in others, the guess is far off the mark.
Translating will be easier if you familiarize yourself with po file
translation and the usage of
the selected translation program, e.g. by checking out the translation
program's documentation, or maybe additionally reading here:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/PO-Files.html or
maybe here: http://pology.nedohodnik.net/doc/user/en_US/ch-poformat.html
– there may be other, more beginner-friendly introductions that I wasn't
able to find quickly.
I know, it's a lot to learn. But don't worry, there's no hurry – I'm
assuming you are not intending to finish this before the release of
Inkscape 1.2 (which will be within the next 3 weeks, supposedly), and
the next major version is due next year May.
If your intention actually *is* to work on translations for 1.2, though,
make sure to use the correct translation file bundle as a base, which is
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/jobs/artifacts/1.2.x/download?job=...
There will be two minor releases of 1.2 - one is timed for autumn
(September, I think) and the other for February 2023.
Those may be possible targets to work towards, too.
Kind Regards
Maren
Gabriel
On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 10:05, Maren Hachmann <maren(a)goos-habermann.de
<mailto:maren@goos-habermann.de>> wrote:
Hi Gabriel,
welcome!
I can't say anything about user interest in Afrikaans specifically,
but the project is always interested in expanding its list of
available languages.
To hear from users, you may need to ask around locally or maybe on
the user mailing list, in the user chat or on the forums (but given
that all of these are in English, users you can find there are not
representative of the target audience).
About the time frame: long, if you aim for completion (possibly
months if you do it in your free time as a single person who is not
a professional translator)
Inkscape contains many specialized graphics terms, and many terms
that only make sense when you know where in the interface they are
being used.
It is possible (and recommended), however, to start out by focusing
on immediately visible strings, that would already bring great
benefit with a lot less effort.
There is no threshold for how much of the interface must be
translated for the translation to be available, so users can see
strings in their own language from the first string.
You can find more information about translating Inkscape and all
relevant links to the Wiki pages that explain the translation process
in more detail at: https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations
<https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations>
Kind Regards Maren
Am 05.05.22 um 00:56 schrieb Gabriel Van Wyk:
> Hi All
>
> I am a long-time user of Inkscape - love the product!
>
> I am a native speaker of Afrikaans from South Africa and I am
wanting to
> find out if there would be any interest in an Afrikaans
translation?
> If yes, what is the required time frames and estimate of effort
involved?
>
> -- *
>
> Kind regards
>
>
> Gabriel van Wyk
>
> Principal / Director* * gaby(a)whereabouts.biz
> <mailto:gaby@whereabouts.biz>
<mailto:gaby@whereabouts.biz <mailto:gaby@whereabouts.biz>>*
>
>
> www.whereabouts.biz <http://www.whereabouts.biz>
<http://www.whereabouts.biz <http://www.whereabouts.biz>>
>
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>
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12:25 a.m.
Hi Maren
Thanks for all that! No I do not intend to have this done for the next
release - way too little time!
I thought that I will work on it for a week or so, then submit a file -
just to have it in the repository (hopefully so other Afrikaans speakers
will see and join the language effort), however, I would not want it to be
submitted to be incorporated into any builds at this stage. Is there a way
to do this?
Thanks again
Gabriel
On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 00:06, Maren Hachmann <maren(a)goos-habermann.de> wrote:
Hi Gabriel,
> Please may I ask for access to the translate website.
please see
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#5._G...
and
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Translation_information#Submit_f...
for where to put the translated file.
There is no translation website, you need to install a program to your
computer which you use to translate the files. Examples are given on
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Translation_information#Tools_fo...
> In the meantime I have downloaded the InkscapeTranslate package. The
> ISO 639-1 Code for Afrikaans is 'af', whereas the ISO 639-2 Code is
> 'afr'. I assumed that I will use 'af', so I have created a copy of
> the en_AU.po and renamed it to af.po. I assume that I will now focus
> my attention on Is this correct procedure so far?
Yes, .af seems to be the correct file name.
Please use the file named inkscape.pot (po *t*emplate) from the archive
you found linked from
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#2._G...
as a starter file for your new translation file, and adjust the front
matter to your language's requirements (i.e. plural forms, language
team, your name - compare, for example, the German or French translation
files).
> From the file and website I figured out that I always leave the msgid
> string intact and translate the msgstr string. But looking at the
> en_AU.po, this does not make sense. (Eg. 'Bevels' is translated as
> 'Wheel'). Please comment.
The translation that you see there is marked as 'fuzzy'. 'fuzzy' means
that the software that created the file guessed a translation from
another translated item. Fuzzy items are not visible in the user
interface and are meant as a help for translators. In some cases, it
helps, in others, the guess is far off the mark.
Translating will be easier if you familiarize yourself with po file
translation and the usage of
the selected translation program, e.g. by checking out the translation
program's documentation, or maybe additionally reading here:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/PO-Files.html or
maybe here: http://pology.nedohodnik.net/doc/user/en_US/ch-poformat.html
– there may be other, more beginner-friendly introductions that I wasn't
able to find quickly.
I know, it's a lot to learn. But don't worry, there's no hurry – I'm
assuming you are not intending to finish this before the release of
Inkscape 1.2 (which will be within the next 3 weeks, supposedly), and
the next major version is due next year May.
If your intention actually *is* to work on translations for 1.2, though,
make sure to use the correct translation file bundle as a base, which is
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/jobs/artifacts/1.2.x/download?job=...
There will be two minor releases of 1.2 - one is timed for autumn
(September, I think) and the other for February 2023.
Those may be possible targets to work towards, too.
Kind Regards
Maren
> Gabriel
>
>
>
> On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 10:05, Maren Hachmann <maren(a)goos-habermann.de
> <mailto:maren@goos-habermann.de>> wrote:
>
> Hi Gabriel,
>
> welcome!
>
> I can't say anything about user interest in Afrikaans specifically,
> but the project is always interested in expanding its list of
> available languages.
>
> To hear from users, you may need to ask around locally or maybe on
> the user mailing list, in the user chat or on the forums (but given
> that all of these are in English, users you can find there are not
> representative of the target audience).
>
> About the time frame: long, if you aim for completion (possibly
> months if you do it in your free time as a single person who is not
> a professional translator)
>
> Inkscape contains many specialized graphics terms, and many terms
> that only make sense when you know where in the interface they are
> being used.
>
> It is possible (and recommended), however, to start out by focusing
> on immediately visible strings, that would already bring great
> benefit with a lot less effort.
>
> There is no threshold for how much of the interface must be
> translated for the translation to be available, so users can see
> strings in their own language from the first string.
>
> You can find more information about translating Inkscape and all
> relevant links to the Wiki pages that explain the translation process
> in more detail at: https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations
> <https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations>
>
> Kind Regards Maren
>
> Am 05.05.22 um 00:56 schrieb Gabriel Van Wyk:
>> Hi All
>>
>> I am a long-time user of Inkscape - love the product!
>>
>> I am a native speaker of Afrikaans from South Africa and I am
> wanting to
>> find out if there would be any interest in an Afrikaans
> translation?
>> If yes, what is the required time frames and estimate of effort
> involved?
>>
>> -- *
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>>
>> Gabriel van Wyk
>>
>> Principal / Director* * gaby(a)whereabouts.biz
>> <mailto:gaby@whereabouts.biz>
> <mailto:gaby@whereabouts.biz <mailto:gaby@whereabouts.biz>>*
>>
>>
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1:46 p.m.
Hi Gabriel,
that sounds like a very good plan and a realistic view of timing!
Yes, you can do one of two things:
1. create a merge request and put it into 'draft' status (that is:
linking your work to the Inkscape repository, and telling developers
that you have made changes, but that they are not ready to go into the
repository yet.) This allows others to see your work (in code), and to
make suggestions / comments on it.
2. make a merge request and allow to merge what you have translated
already, using the branch 'master' (not any of the release branches).
That way, people can try out your translations in the automated test
builds and can build up on them independently. It also guarantees that
your work will not be overlooked or get too outdated to be taken up.
I'd go for option 2, even if that means that there will be builds that
include it. Those builds are not release builds, only test builds.
Kind Regards
Maren
Am 06.05.22 um 02:25 schrieb Gabriel Van Wyk:
Hi Maren
Thanks for all that! No I do not intend to have this done for the next
release - way too little time!
I thought that I will work on it for a week or so, then submit a file -
just to have it in the repository (hopefully so other Afrikaans speakers
will see and join the language effort), however, I would not want it to
be submitted to be incorporated into any builds at this stage. Is there
a way to do this?
Thanks again
Gabriel
On Fri, 6 May 2022 at 00:06, Maren Hachmann <maren(a)goos-habermann.de
<mailto:maren@goos-habermann.de>> wrote:
Hi Gabriel,
> Please may I ask for access to the translate website.
please see
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#5._G...
<https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#5._G...
and
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Translation_information#Submit_f...
<https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Translation_information#Submit_f...
for where to put the translated file.
There is no translation website, you need to install a program to your
computer which you use to translate the files. Examples are given on
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Translation_information#Tools_fo...
<https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php/Translation_information#Tools_fo...
> In the meantime I have downloaded the InkscapeTranslate package. The
> ISO 639-1 Code for Afrikaans is 'af', whereas the ISO 639-2 Code is
> 'afr'. I assumed that I will use 'af', so I have created a
copy of
> the en_AU.po and renamed it to af.po. I assume that I will now focus
> my attention on Is this correct procedure so far?
Yes, .af seems to be the correct file name.
Please use the file named inkscape.pot (po *t*emplate) from the archive
you found linked from
https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#2._G...
<https://wiki.inkscape.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interface_translation#2._G...
as a starter file for your new translation file, and adjust the front
matter to your language's requirements (i.e. plural forms, language
team, your name - compare, for example, the German or French
translation
files).
> From the file and website I figured out that I always leave the msgid
> string intact and translate the msgstr string. But looking at the
> en_AU.po, this does not make sense. (Eg. 'Bevels' is translated as
> 'Wheel'). Please comment.
The translation that you see there is marked as 'fuzzy'. 'fuzzy'
means
that the software that created the file guessed a translation from
another translated item. Fuzzy items are not visible in the user
interface and are meant as a help for translators. In some cases, it
helps, in others, the guess is far off the mark.
Translating will be easier if you familiarize yourself with po file
translation and the usage of
the selected translation program, e.g. by checking out the translation
program's documentation, or maybe additionally reading here:
https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/PO-Files.html
<https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/PO-Files.html> or
maybe here:
http://pology.nedohodnik.net/doc/user/en_US/ch-poformat.html
<http://pology.nedohodnik.net/doc/user/en_US/ch-poformat.html>
– there may be other, more beginner-friendly introductions that I wasn't
able to find quickly.
I know, it's a lot to learn. But don't worry, there's no hurry –
I'm
assuming you are not intending to finish this before the release of
Inkscape 1.2 (which will be within the next 3 weeks, supposedly), and
the next major version is due next year May.
If your intention actually *is* to work on translations for 1.2,
though,
make sure to use the correct translation file bundle as a base, which is
https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/jobs/artifacts/1.2.x/download?job=...
<https://gitlab.com/inkscape/inkscape/-/jobs/artifacts/1.2.x/download?job=...
There will be two minor releases of 1.2 - one is timed for autumn
(September, I think) and the other for February 2023.
Those may be possible targets to work towards, too.
Kind Regards
Maren
> Gabriel
>
>
>
> On Thu, 5 May 2022 at 10:05, Maren Hachmann
<maren(a)goos-habermann.de <mailto:maren@goos-habermann.de>
> <mailto:maren@goos-habermann.de
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>
> Hi Gabriel,
>
> welcome!
>
> I can't say anything about user interest in Afrikaans specifically,
> but the project is always interested in expanding its list of
> available languages.
>
> To hear from users, you may need to ask around locally or maybe on
> the user mailing list, in the user chat or on the forums (but given
> that all of these are in English, users you can find there are not
> representative of the target audience).
>
> About the time frame: long, if you aim for completion (possibly
> months if you do it in your free time as a single person who is not
> a professional translator)
>
> Inkscape contains many specialized graphics terms, and many terms
> that only make sense when you know where in the interface they are
> being used.
>
> It is possible (and recommended), however, to start out by focusing
> on immediately visible strings, that would already bring great
> benefit with a lot less effort.
>
> There is no threshold for how much of the interface must be
> translated for the translation to be available, so users can see
> strings in their own language from the first string.
>
> You can find more information about translating Inkscape and all
> relevant links to the Wiki pages that explain the translation process
> in more detail at: https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations
<https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations>
> <https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations
<https://inkscape.org/contribute/translations>>
>
> Kind Regards Maren
>
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> wanting to
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> translation?
>> If yes, what is the required time frames and estimate of effort
> involved?
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