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Video Disk Recorder ('VDR') - Internationalization
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The internationalized texts of VDR and its plugins use the 'gettext'
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functionality. This file provides information on how to maintain
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these texts. The instructions apply equally to VDR itself or any
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plugin.
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How to translate to a new language
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- Change into the source directory.
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- Do a 'make i18n' to have the current *.pot file created.
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- Make sure your locale is set to the language you want to
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translate to.
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- Change into the 'po' subdirectory and run 'msginit'. This
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will create a new *.po file for your language.
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- Edit the new *.po file and translate the texts.
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You can do this either with your favorite text editor, or
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with a specialited tool like POEdit, GTranslator, KBabel
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or whatever you have.
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How to maintain an existing language file
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- Do a 'make i18n' to have the *.po files brought up-to-date
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with the texts in the source code.
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- Edit the new *.po file and translate the texts.
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If you are using a plain text editor, you should search for
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empty strings ("") to find new, untranslated texts. Also,
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look for the "fuzzy" keyword to find translations that have
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been "guessed" from other, similar texts, and make sure they
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are correct. After that you may want to remove the "fuzzy"
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keyword. Specialized tools for maintaining translation
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files may provide particular functions to guide you through
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updating translations.
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Once you have created or updated a translation file, please
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send it to the maintainer of the respective plugin (in case
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it belongs to a plugin) or to kls@cadsoft.de (for core VDR
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language files).
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