Norwegian Nynorsk translation missing
Knut Ivar Nesheim
Currently Django is only translated to Norwegian Bokmål. I would very
much like to see a translation to Norwegian Nynorsk. I have a
sponsor, so I'll be able to do the hours required. I'll also be able
to help out with the Bokmål translation.
I don't know how to get started. Could somebody please give me some
advice?
Thanks!
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Knut Ivar Nesheim
Malcolm Tredinnick
We use the standard GNU gettext utilities and PO file formats for
translations. So make sure you have gettext installed (it exists for
Windows as well as more Unix-like platforms, although I have no
experience with installating it if you are using that platform).
1. Check out the latest Django code from subversion (see option 1 at
http://www.djangoproject.com/download/ ). We only commit translations to
the subversion trunk, so it's not practical to translate earlier
versions of the code -- it will cause conflicts with other translators.
2. Create the initial PO files: change to the the django/ directory
inside the source tree and run
bin/make-messages.py -l nn
(let's put Nynorsk under nn for now and we'll worry about the getting
no/nb/nn served correctly later. It's not important right now.)
3. Start translating the newly created
conf/locale/nn/LC_MESSAGES/django.po and djangojs.po files. You
obviously don't have to translate all of the strings at once.
4. After you have done as much as you want initially, check that there
are no errors. Under the django/ directory again, run
bin/compile-messages.py -l nn
If that reports any errors, you need to fix them. Files with errors are
not committed to Django, because it can cause crashes for people using
your particular translation.
5. The first time you've done enough to upload, create a new ticket in
Trac and upload the django.po and djangojs.po files (we don't need
the .mo files uploaded, because we'll recreate those at checkin time).
6. On subsequent times, use "svn diff" to generate the difference
between what is already in subversion and your changes. Then just upload
the changes to Trac. That way it is easy to merge in that patch with any
translations from somebody else. Uploading the whole django.po or
djangojs.po file each time makes my life (as the person who has to work
out whether the changes are current, etc) much harder.
Regards,
Malcolm