[nycbug-talk] OT: gettext

[Sujit K M]

seems to be very similar to locales in java environment. Is this an
effort for internalization or localization.

On Tue, Jan 18, 2011 at 4:29 AM, Charles Sprickman <spork at bway.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone here has experience using gettext to
> internationalize an application...  I've been trying to lend a hand on a
> project where the main developer's first language is not english and the
> source is full of lots of little grammar and spelling problems.
>
> What I haven't found yet is something sort of outlining best practices when
> using gettext - our current plan is for me to just use the .pot file from
> the project to find all the source files and make corrections there.
> Thankfully poedit can open each file with an external editor, so this part
> is not too tough.  My changes (and we're talking upwards of a few hundred
> edits across a few dozen files) though are going to cause the other
> translators some grief.  As I understand it, this is what the process is:
>
> *I open the template.pot file, which has a list of every translatable string
> as well as comments noting what files/line #'s the string is in.
> *I edit each file, making my corrections, submit back to the project.
> *At this point, I've changed the "keys" - the english strings in the source
> are what all the .po files for each other language reference - ick
> *Some poor bastards now have to re-do every .po file to match my new message
> strings
>
> Something smells wrong about that setup -  by changing the source I'm
> altering something that all the other translations rely on to key their
> translated strings.  That's making a ton of work for other people who may
> already have totally correct and clear translations.
>
> Am I missing something?  Is the project lead pointing me in the wrong
> direction?
>
> My idea was to make english.po file and leave the source untouched, but I've
> been told that's the "wrong way" to do this.
>
> Any pointers appreciated...
>
> Thanks,
>
> Charles
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