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Re: Internationalization of the part library?
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lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw
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Mon, 28 Feb 2005 14:43:59 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev.org.ldraw, Jacob Sparre Andersen wrote:
> Willy Tschager wrote:
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> > could you please work out a standard for the
> > internationalization of the part names.
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> I don't think it is really the task of the LSC to define a
> standard for internationalization (i18n) of part names
I feel it falls more to the LSC than any other group currently in existence.
Although, the SteerCo could appoint a new i18n group...
> here is a sketch of how I believe it should be handled:
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> + The names found in LDraw files (parts and models) are
> considered to be in the "POSIX" locale.
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> + LDraw.org publishes a ".pot" file (translation template)
> containing the names of all the parts files available
> from LDraw.org (both official and unofficial).
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> + Translators can submit translations (as ".po" files) back
> to LDraw.org for distribution to users and developers.
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> + Developers of applications using the LDraw.org parts
> library are encouraged to use the translations of the
> parts names available from LDraw.org to make the parts
> names available to the users in their preferred
> languages.
I am picking my way through
http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/html_node/gettext.html
Is there another source of a good summary?
From what I've read, this approach doesn't quite fit our needs, but would be
useable. That is, we've got a good key (the part number) to use as a basis for
looking up translations, but gettext uses the original part title.
> Putting the translations in the parts files would mean that
> the parts library would have to be updated, every time
> somebody added a translation of the name of a part to one
> more language.
Nod, true.
> Using the (GNU) Gettext approach of keeping translations in
> separate files is in my opinion preferable.
I agree.
Steve
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