[mythtv] Italian localization

[Alessio Milan]

I started using Qt Linguist, it's a lot faster than using Emacs ;-)

Other question: is there a way to test translated text without compiling
and installing the whole program?

Thanks for the help.
--malex


Daniel Staaf wrote:
> Alessio Milan skrev:
>> Hi mythtv developers,
>>
>> I'd like to help translating texts in Italian language, because current
>> translation is very poor. I checked out "mythtv" subdir from subversion
>> repository and I found that I need to edit i18n/mythfrontend_it.ts. So
>> it seems that the correct steps I should perform are:
>>
>> 1) translate text on that file, removing the attribute
>> 'type="unfinished"' from all translated items.
> 
> Note that the .ts files are in UTF-8, I suggest you use Qt Linguist or
> Kbabel to edit them. In Qt Linguist you press Ctrl+L to move to the next
> untranslated message, translate it and then press Ctrl+Enter to mark it
> finished and jump to the next untranslated message. Kbabel has support
> for spell checking. To make sure you have all new strings run
> 
> lupdate translate.pro
> 
> When you are done translating run
> 
> lupdate -noobosolete translate.pro
> 
> to remove old obsolete translations.
> 
> To test your translations run
> 
> lrelease translate.pro
> 
> or (faster)
> 
> lrelease mythfrontend_it.ts
> 
> to compile mythfrontend_it.qm and then install as usual.
> 
>> 2) generate a patch with svn diff
>>
>> 3) post the patch file as an attach to a new Trac ticket.
> 
> Mark it patch and assign it to "oscar".
> 
>> 4) repeat 1 to 3 steps for plugins as well, if my fingers are still
>> working. ;-)
>>
>> Are the steps above correct?
> 
> Yes.
> 
>> Are there other files to be translated?
> 
> Yes, there are a few files under the themes directory too:
> 
> DVR/mainmenu.xml
> DVR/tv_schedule.xml
> DVR/tvmenu.xml
> DVR/main_settings.xml
> DVR/util_menu.xml
> DVR/tv_search.xml
> DVR/tv_lists.xml
> DVR/tv_settings.xml
> DVR/recpriorities_settings.xml
> classic/mainmenu.xml
> classic/tv_schedule.xml
> classic/tvmenu.xml
> classic/main_settings.xml
> classic/tv_search.xml
> classic/tv_settings.xml
> classic/recpriorities_settings.xml
> 
> An Italian translation is provided in some of the sections but not all.
> 
> / Daniel
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