[kdewebdev-site] Localisation

[Chris Hornbaker]

On Thursday 29 April 2004 05:43, David Joham wrote:
> On Wednesday 28 April 2004 10:04 pm, Chris Hornbaker wrote:
> > On Thursday 29 April 2004 02:46, David Joham wrote:
> > > Chris, you're still in the running and I *will* fully consider your
> > > proposal, but I have to admit I'm really liking how Jacob's and
> > > DReddish's proposal is turning out primarily due to my perception that
> > > reasons #5 and #6 above are better suited by their design.
> >
> > Your perception is incorrect, as what Jacob showed is exactly what I do,
> > except I make it easier for translators by using the tools/formats of the
> > trade.
> >
> > Also, with Jacob's and D's design, you have one file per translation per
> > file, which creates a huge mess of files to deal with and possibly you
> > have translators messing with more markup than they should. This is the
> > exact reason why I initially liked kde.org's design so much.
>
> Are you still planning on sending me a demo?

Yes, but I'm very busy today. I should be able to get it to you tomorrow 
morning at 04:00 UTC.

> It would help if you could 
> send the demo and include with it the necessary steps for extending it to
> another language. Something like:
>
> 1) Pretend you want to translate this site into Romulan
> 2) Open xgettext......
> ....
> x) And there you have it - a Romulan version of the web site.
>
> This will really help me fully understand where you're coming from.
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> David
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