Maemo-Barcelona Long Weekend/Localization

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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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* 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]]

Revision as of 20:55, 26 November 2009

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
  • Translators meet Developers
    • Goal: Complete translations into Spanish/Catalan/... of community applications by the end of the weekend
  • Translators meet Maemo