Demos of Translate.org.za’s Localization Software
I’d like to point everyone to a set of screencasts available for download on the l10n server. These videos demonstrate the functionality of Translate.org.za’s set of localization tools, including Pootle.
At my request, Dwayne Bailey and Friedel Wolff worked very hard to produce these videos so we could have screencasts showing just how to use their tool set. Thank you so much, guys!
Their software is available for everyone to use, but only if you choose. If you’d like to learn more about the project, click here to reach their home page. Or, you can click here to get a glimpse at the code and other aspects of the project.
I asked Dwayne and Friedel to create the demos so that our Mozilla l10n team and the Mozilla community could get a much closer look at the tool set. We have been working with Translate.org.za over the past several weeks on a grant proposal where Mozilla would provide them funding for their project to help them advance their overall mission. Additionally, many of our existing localization teams are using the Toolkit to translate Firefox and Thunderbird. Empowering them to make their toolset better seems to be a good thing for the Mozilla community.
…more details to come soon about the decision of the grant proposal. For now, please take a look at the screencasts, tell me what you think of the software as an option for a translation tool, and reach out to me/Dwayne/Friedel with your ideas or questions.
Here is an account of my experiences with the tools:
http://brian.kingsonline.net/talk/?p=306
Screencasts are a great idea!
Thanks, Brian. Terrific writeup. Hopefully Dwayne and Friedel can make the process even smoother. It seems from your writeup that you had to go in and manually edit a few strings. Wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to do that??
We’ll get there one day.