Introduction to Open Source lsoftware localization
October 4, 2006 12:46 AM Subscribe
I want to introduce a group of students to how open source software is localized (translated). What I am looking for is some software (preferebly cross platform) which uses text/po/mo files to store the text strings for each language.
The idea is to give the students some hands on experience on open source software localization. I know of a lot of web applications which use this approach, but one web application per student is to much work, which is why I am looking for a desktop application.
I am open to other approaches to how to achieve my goal, so if you have a better one, please share!
The idea is to give the students some hands on experience on open source software localization. I know of a lot of web applications which use this approach, but one web application per student is to much work, which is why I am looking for a desktop application.
I am open to other approaches to how to achieve my goal, so if you have a better one, please share!
Firefox extensions?
posted by orthogonality at 4:20 AM on October 4, 2006
posted by orthogonality at 4:20 AM on October 4, 2006
Guido van Robot has been translated in French, Spanish, Romanian, Catalan, Italian and Dutch. It uses the po/mo files.
RUR-PLE has been translated in French, English and Spanish (German and Turkish version exist but have not been integrated yet in the public release). It uses po files (but not mo files).
If you want student to actually work on new translations,
Crunchy is in development and has been translated in French and English. It uses po files (but not mo files).
All three are crossplatform; they are written in Python. The first two require wxPython; the last one require the Python module elementtree as well as Firefox.
posted by aroberge at 4:36 AM on October 4, 2006
RUR-PLE has been translated in French, English and Spanish (German and Turkish version exist but have not been integrated yet in the public release). It uses po files (but not mo files).
If you want student to actually work on new translations,
Crunchy is in development and has been translated in French and English. It uses po files (but not mo files).
All three are crossplatform; they are written in Python. The first two require wxPython; the last one require the Python module elementtree as well as Firefox.
posted by aroberge at 4:36 AM on October 4, 2006
I work on Audacity, which is cross-platform (Windows/Mac/Linux) and localized using gettext/po/mo files.
Rosetta is a central repository of PO files for programs in the Ubuntu operating system.
posted by mbrubeck at 7:05 AM on October 4, 2006
Rosetta is a central repository of PO files for programs in the Ubuntu operating system.
posted by mbrubeck at 7:05 AM on October 4, 2006
Response by poster: Thanks everybody! Great links and resources!
posted by eatmytag at 1:52 AM on October 5, 2006
posted by eatmytag at 1:52 AM on October 5, 2006
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posted by beerbajay at 2:56 AM on October 4, 2006