[Whonix-devel] translation experiences

Mon Mar 3 11:37:33 CET 2014

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Hi,

a few Whonix wiki pages were translated. (To Russian, but the langauge
doesn't matter here.) The translator not having edited using mediawiki
was confused by the wiki markup.

A big issue is, that wiki pages need to be properly prepared for
translation. This isn't the case yet.

Currently, affected by a bug and confusing for the translator:
<translate>
== headline ==
{{
some box = do_not_translate
text = can_be_translated
}}
</translate>

(The bug is, the translation interface asks to translate
text = can_be_translated
}}
but doesn't let the user store it, because it will complain about
unbalanced parentheses.)

Better:

== <translate>headline</translate> ==

{{
some box = do_not_translate
text =
<translate>
can_be_translated
</translate>

}}

So only the really translatable strings end up in the translation web
interface.

We still don't have a translation coordinator working on these things.

Links such as [[Download]] were translated to
[[Download-in-other-language]]. This won't work. Syntax is
[[pagename|naming of link]]. In other words [[can not be
translated|translate]]. I think it would be better if all links would
use explicit descriptions such as [[Download|Download]]. So the
translator could be told [[can not be translated|translate]].

Cheers,
Patrick
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