Software Translation Portal
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It is proposed to install a unified translation portal for OSGeo projects which use "gettext" based message translations.
Software Candidates
- pootle - http://pootle.wordforge.org/
- supports online message translation (much like Canonical's Rosetta, but this is free software)
- apparently supports integration of offline translated .po files
- integrates smoothly with version control systems (SVN)
- http://www.translate.org.za/
- offering their facilities for FOSS GIS translations
- helping out with FOSS GIS translations through OSGeo channels
- extending their model beyond South African languages
- but: some people maight have issues with the disclaimer
- TP - translation project:
Interested OSGeo projects
- GRASS: i18N efforts
- Probably GDAL (users requested translated messages)
- OSSIM?
- QGIS? QGIS translation
- gvSIG?
- ... (please update)
Demo server
- On OSGeo infrastructure or GRASS server or ...?
Translation Glossary
To avoid too much diverging jargon, it is requested to develop and follow a translation glossary.
Interested people
- Markus Neteler (proposer)