[Localization] eToys L10n opportunity

[Xin Wang]

On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Chris Leonard
<cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com> wrote:
> eToys localizers may know that Dr. Geo (maintained by Hilaire Fernandes) has
> been integrated as a module in eToys, but as a new module it has not been as
> extensively localized as other eToys PO files (see DrGeoII-Core.po in the
> eToys project).
>
> What you may *not* know is that an earlier version (and it's localization)
> has been hosted for some time upstream.
>
> http://l10n.gnome.org/module/drgeo/
>
> There have been enough subtle changes in the strings (slight rewording,
> capitalization, punctuation, etc.) that an automated merge of the upstream
> and local files fails to harvest as many of the strings as a human-mediated
> copy/paste effort can accomplish (with the Mark One pattern recognition
> engine of eye and brain).  By opening these two files in separate windows. a
> great deal of localization can be accomplished quickly with copy/paste (with
> careful attention to subtle changes).  This is a valid approach as the
> context of the strings is essentially conserved (Dr. Geo) and it is unlikely
> to result in mistaking the intended meaning of a potentially ambiguous
> string.
>
> A native speaker will be able to quickly harvest several hundred strings in
> much less time than it would take to type them using the suggested
> *thoughtful* copy/paste method.  Of course, this opportunity flows both
> ways, as there may be strings translated in our DrGeoII-Core.po that are not
> complete in the upstream PO file and you can have a two-for-one impact by
> contributing back upstream using the upstream's process (claiming the PO
> file for translation, downloading and localizing it, submitting it for
> review and commit as an attachment via the package's page in your language
> project).
>
> This approach can help to bring our eToys project that much closer to
> completion, every string counts.  Thank you for attention to this matter.
>
> cjl
>
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Thanks for the reminder.

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Xin Wang