Software Translation Portal

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:
  • http://translationproject.org/html/welcome.html

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.

• GRASS Translation Glossary

Interested people

• Markus Neteler (proposer)