October 2004 - Koha-translate - lists.koha-community.org

Translate Turkish/Russian/Kyrgyz..............
by Gerry Arthus 29 Oct '04

29 Oct '04

Paul, I will be working on the Turkish translation first. A few points: - I have installed Koha on Aurox version 10.01a (Fedora core 1.0). It works fine, however I have noted a few idiosynchrancies in the install process and will post my install procedure soon. - I installed KOHA version 2.0.1 and would like to start working on the translations. Would work on 2.0.1 be transferable to later versions of KOHA or should I install the latest version and work on translations for it? Gerry Gerry Arthus Systems Administrator: Long Island Library Resources Council SUNY at Stony Brook Stony Brook, New York US 11794-3399 Phone: 1-631-632-6652 FAX: 631-632-6662 Home: 631-289-7565 Email: garthus(a)lilrc.org Professor: Departments of: Graduate Computer Engineering, Earth and Environmental Science, and Engineering Management C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University 720 Northern Boulevard Brookville, New York US 11548-1300 Phone: 516-299-2293

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(minor) problem with translator tool
by Paul POULAIN 28 Oct '04

28 Oct '04

Hello all, I've translated the french OPAC with the misc/translator/tmpl_process3.pl script. Works fine EXCEPT for strings with a point (.) Could anyone (Ambrose ?) explain what it is due to ? I don't understand the tmplTokenizer.pm at all, and I suspect it's an escape problem. If you want to check with 2.1.3 and french, look at opac-search.tmpl, the sentences in the "hint" box are not translated, all the rest is. Of course, the strings are translated in the .po file ! -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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CALL for HELP (french => english) translation
by Paul POULAIN 26 Oct '04

26 Oct '04

Hi, I've written a 15 pages OpenOffice document that describes Koha 2.2 (all features : old and new ones). It's in french. So if someone volunteers to translate it english or any other language, feel free to ask. Note it's NOT a user manual. It's a "should I become a user ?" manual ;-) -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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Re: [Koha-devel] CALL for HELP (french => english) translation
by Gerry Arthus 20 Oct '04

20 Oct '04

Paul, Here is rough draft, just has to be cleaned up. Gerry POULAIN wrote: > Stephen Hedges a écrit : > >> Paul, please send me a copy -- thanks! >> >> > Irma asked the document to translate it too. > PLEASE divide the work between you, to avoid doing twice the same thing ! > > Use Stephen (documentation dictator) as needed. > > Keep on good work. >

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Comments on terminology in the interface
by lars＠rovaniemelainen.com 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

Two comments. What do others here think? 1) The string "issue" seems to pop up in many different contexts where other words might be less ambiguous to humans and cause less trouble with kbabel. kbabel seems to search after strings, which gets screwed up over words with the same spelling but mean different things. e.g. issue (as in problem), issue (as in to lend), issue (as in journal number) Perhaps, some other words could be found for the first two and the last one could be 'disabmiguated' by saying 'number' or journal issue. 2) 'digital' or 'electronic' have been established terms when referring to online and computerized information resources for a long time within the library community. So, "virtual shelves" and "virtual bookshelves" probably ought to be called "electronic shelves" and "electronic bookshelves" respectively. In English, virtual tends to mean "not really" or "almost" and is often a weasel word in advertising campaigns. The information being aggregated using the metaphor of a shelf is quite real even if it has no physical manifestation. -Lars ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through L-secure: http://www.l-secure.net/

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Framework == controlled vocabulary / classification scheme?
by lars＠rovaniemelainen.com 11 Oct '04

11 Oct '04

I'm still chugging through making a Swedish translation and expect to be able to upload preliminary draft "Real Soon Now (tm)" However, I have a question about the term "framework". What is "framework" refering to? It's hard to be sure what the context is from kbabel. Perhaps it refers to a controlled vocabulary or classification scheme. e.g. ERIC or LCSH for the former or DDC for the latter. A controlled vocabulary is merely a list of subject terms or keywords used to describe the content or topic of a resource. A classification scheme is a subset of controlled vocabularies. If it does refer to a controlled vocabulary or classification scheme, then it might be better to say that so that the interface will be in more familiar terms for librarians / catalogers. -Lars ------------------------------------------------- This mail sent through L-secure: http://www.l-secure.net/

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Re: [Koha-translate] Re: Koha 2.2 release plan & translations
by Dana Huff 07 Oct '04

07 Oct '04

Hola Pablo, ¿Donde estas? I have Koha running in a small seminary library in Madrid. I took a translation from someone in Bolivia - it's not Castellano and there is still some inglés scattered about from .pl code, but it works. It might be a good starting point. Dana Huff

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Koha 2.2 release plan & translations
by Paul POULAIN 05 Oct '04

05 Oct '04

Hi Koha fans, I'm fixing a lot of bugs at the moment (some on bugs.koha.org, some reported directly by EMN and not on bugzilla) There are a few features to add (like searching in order history), but 95% of the software is ready. So, there are 2 major needs to release a great 2.2 : * OnlineHelp * Localized versions. OnlineHelp : ************ I already asked on those lists for help to write OnlineHelp. I ask again. Some stuff has been done by Stephen Hedges, thanks to him. But he NEEDS HELP to complete this help. You can do it on a 2.0 install, i'll take care of improvements when needed. Anyone can help here : http://www.saas.nsw.edu.au/koha_wiki/index.php?page=OnlineHelp Localized versions : ******************** The ./tmpl_process3.pl is a great tool that generates a .po file that can be translated with many tools. The french translation will use it and the old ./tmpl_process.pl script is deprecated & will be dropped soon. I encourage all the translators team to work on actual CVS. I can send a uptodate file to translate to anyone requesting it. the opac is about 500 lines, the librarian interface is about 3000 lines (without OnlineHelp for instance) RELEASE PLAN : ========= The next release can be called 2.2RC1 I think. Question to the QA manager : do you want see it in stable or in unstable on sourceforge ? The next version should be released in a week or two (maximum) Note that I think we waited too much to announce 2.0 officially stable, in France that was a problem for some librarians that hesitates to install the soft even if 5+ libraries already used the 2.0.0rcX version. So I think we should release a 2.2.0 sooner and then 2.2.1, 2.2.2, as quickly as needed. -- Paul POULAIN Consultant indépendant en logiciels libres responsable francophone de koha (SIGB libre http://www.koha-fr.org)

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