Maemo-Barcelona Long Weekend/Localization

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This wiki page is a complement of [http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?p=395595 this discussion thread]
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Just some brainstorming here. Feel free to add/modify/remove :)
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* For Developers
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** How to enable localization in your application (for different languages)
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** How to write good strings (singular, plural, format strings, ...)
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** What to avoid when writing strings (positional arguments, ...)
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** How to enable Transifex submissions into your SCM repository
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* For Translators
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** How to get started / i18n basics
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** Translation best practices / common pitfalls
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** How to test your translations on the device
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** How to commit translations using Transifex
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** Available tools
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** How to translate packages name and description
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* Translators meet Developers
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** Goal: Complete translations into Spanish/Catalan/... of community applications by the end of the weekend
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* Translators meet Maemo
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** [[Objective:Community localization]]
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== Result ==
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The result of the workshop was the [[Community_localization|Community Localization System]]. See also [[:Image:L10n.pdf|a PDF of notes from the workshop]].
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== Participants ==
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/noguer/ Joaquim Perez]
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/mdamt/ Mohammad Anwari]
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/papapep/ Josep Sanchez Mesegue]
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* [http://maemo.org/profile/view/gforcada/ Gil Forcada]
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* Andreas Loupasakis (Transifex)
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* Cornelius Hald
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* Eduard Pertinez
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[[Category:Maemo-Barcelona Long Weekend]]

Latest revision as of 13:18, 20 January 2011

This wiki page is a complement of this discussion thread

Just some brainstorming here. Feel free to add/modify/remove :)

  • For Developers
    • How to enable localization in your application (for different languages)
    • How to write good strings (singular, plural, format strings, ...)
    • What to avoid when writing strings (positional arguments, ...)
    • How to enable Transifex submissions into your SCM repository
  • For Translators
    • How to get started / i18n basics
    • Translation best practices / common pitfalls
    • How to test your translations on the device
    • How to commit translations using Transifex
    • Available tools
    • How to translate packages name and description
  • Translators meet Developers
    • Goal: Complete translations into Spanish/Catalan/... of community applications by the end of the weekend
  • Translators meet Maemo

[edit] Result

The result of the workshop was the Community Localization System. See also a PDF of notes from the workshop.

[edit] Participants

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