On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:53 AM, Malcolm Greene <[email protected]> wrote:
> Any one using the GNU gettext utilities to internationalize their
> applications?
I have used it, in past apps, in PHP and Ruby.
Rather than try to change the msgid throughout the system and/or lose
the old translation, rename the old to msgid_v1, msgid_v2, etc and
name the new text to be translated to msgid. That retains them in the
file for reference by your translators. Then, before final processing
of the file, strip out all msgid's ending in _v{digit}
As for tools, most translation houses my clients have worked with have
their own systems inhouse, typically one of a small number of high-end
proprietary systems, which do first pass on the files, then a human
reviews and fine tunes. I think, like good book editing, this is
necessarily a time-consuming process.
--
Ted Roche
Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
http://www.tedroche.com
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