Hi there,
I registered at the site and I intend to translate into Albanian, but that
language is not available.
Can I have admin/translator rights (user blqrtzalb) and Albanian as an
option please?
Sincerely,
Neritan Myftiu
--- Michael Stauber <bq (at mark) solarspeed.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Many thanks to all who recently offered to help with the translation of
> BlueQuartz GUI into new and so far unsupported languages.
>
> To make things easier for everyone who wants to contribute we set up a
> webpage
> that allows you to view the progress of the translation for various
> languages
> and to directly make your contributions through it:
>
> http://bluequartzmirror.smd.net:8080/
>
> The page allows you to either download the language files and edit them
> on
> your own PC and once done you can upload them again. Or you can edit the
> language files directly through a web browser (which is recommended).
>
> Changes that someone makes are added as "suggestions" first and need to
> be
> approved by a moderator or by the person who administrates the
> translation
> into a certain language.
>
> The big benefit here is that the work can be spread upon different
> shoulders
> and people can see what others have already worked on. So ideally nobody
> has
> to start from scratch and do it all alone.
>
> The website has been populated with the latest *.po files from the SVN
> repository of BlueQuartz and this is what we got right now:
>
> English:
> 100% complete
>
> Japanese:
> 79-100% complete. The encoding of the *.PO files is currently in a format
>
> that's not fully compatible with the web frontend. Hence it shows a
> percentage of less than 100%. We'll fix that later.
>
> German:
> 84% complete. BUT: The translation was started by a non native German
> speaker,
> so grammar and spelling need to be improved. Also has corrupted or
> missing
> umlauts which need to be fixed.
>
> French:
> 57% complete. This may be misleading as well and what's there needs to be
>
> checked by a native French speaker.
>
> Spanish:
> 34% complete. This may be misleading as well, as I don't comprehend
> enough
> Spanish to make any statement about the quality of the translation.
>
> Other languages:
> 0% But don't hesitate if you want BlueQuartz to be available in your
> preferred
> language which may not yet be supported. Start a new translation and
> eventually other likeminded people will jump in to assist.
>
> If you want to translate BlueQuartz into a language that is not yet
> listed on
> the site, then please let us know and we'll add that language as well.
>
> How to:
> ======
>
> 1.) If you want to contribute, please register an account on that site.
> Once
> you received your email activation key you can activate that account and
> can
> start using the GUI.
>
> 2.) If you want to help with the translation of your own native language
> (or
> one you are *very* fluent in!): Speak up here we give you administrator
> rights for the language in question. This gives you more administrative
> options. If multiple people want to work on any given language, then
> that's
> fine, but try to organize the work between participants to make best use
> of
> your time and efforts.
>
> 3.) Editing the files through the GUI is prefered as this will guarantee
> a 'what you see is what you get' effect which makes sure that special
> characters are not lost during import. If you intend to download the *.po
>
> files for offline editing and later upload, then make sure that your
> editing
> software adds a header into the *.po file that will retain any special
> characters (umlauts, accents, special characters) during import. KBabel
> and
> POedit can do this if configured correctly.
>
> 4.) To "fill in the blanks" you should also open up the English version
> of the
> *.po files on the webpage and possibly put two browser windows side by
> side
> so that you can directly see what needs to be translated and how it's
> worded
> in the English original.
>
> 5.) Once a language is 100% complete and has been OK'ed for usage by a
> native
> speaker of that language it'll be uploaded to the BlueQuartz SVN by one
> of
> the BlueQuartz project maintainers.
>
> So lets get busy. :o)
>
> --
> With best regards,
>
> Michael Stauber
>
>
>
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