Translating Sigil

[Jellby]

The Spanish translation is complete

[Divingduck]

I am currently working on the German translation. I have a small problem with short cuts for words where I don’t have an equivalent character:

'Save A &Copy…' will come to 'Sichere eine &Kopie…'

Can I make a new shortcut &K or will this end in a problem?

[meme]

You can put the & in front of any letter in the menu as long as that letter is unique for the entire menu (e.g. K is fine if no other word in the File menu has an & before the K). Most people use the keyboard shortcuts anyway, but its nice to have the menu letter shortcuts available too.

[Divingduck]

Thanks for your answer, meme. So I'll try to do some translations for the main window today.

Up to yesterday I completed a lot other areas and update the file at Transiflex. For user who want to take a first look on it can download the attached file and copy it in the translation folder (don’t forget to save the original file). It's completed up to 61%.

[Divingduck]

Meme,
I've done some more of the german translation (excluding dublin core).

I found maybe one minor problem in the code of Language section. There are two entries with the same code:
"new" << tr( "Nepal Bhasa" ) <<
"new" << tr( "Newari" ) <<

I guess, the first one have to be
"nep" << tr( "Nepal Bhasa" ) <<

Users who want to take a look on it can download the attached file and copy it in the translation folder (don’t forget to save the original file). It's completed up to 80%.

[meme]

Thanks. I've corrected it (merging it into "Nepal Bhasa/Newari"), although it might not make it into the translations string for this release.

That dublin core list is pretty long

[Divingduck]

"That dublin core list is pretty long - Yes, it is killing me

Due to the merging, if I'm looking in the documentation of ISO 639-2b, there are 2 entries, so it's better to have it separate:
"nep" = "Nepal Bhasa"
"new" = "Newari"

Some nice findings:
"lol" = "Mongo-Nkundu" and "tlh" = Klingon (Artificial language). I like to see a Klingon star trek version of Sigil

By the way, I made a update at transiflex. The de-File for the translation folder is attached below.

Nice WE

[meme]

Well from http://www.loc.gov/standards/iso639-...glish_list.php we're using the 639-1 code if it exists, and if not then the 639-2 code. So "ne" is "Nepali" (with "nep" the 639-2 code) and "new" is "Nepal Bhasa" and "Newari". Until someone actually using the code comments that a different code is needed, I think we'll leave it as is for now

Think of the Dublin Core as a challenge

You should have more time now as I think it will be frozen imminently for 0.6.0 and the next updates won't be seen until 0.6.1.

[Divingduck]

I made a update at transiflex. The de-File for the translation folder is attached below.

I am looking for some missing translation strings:

From menu:
Format -> Heading -> next window has no translation strings (pic Aufzeichnen)

Tools -> Metadata editor -> Metadata editor window: right click in field Title, Author or Save as open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 4)

Tools -> Index -> Index Editor -> Index editor window: right click in field Filter open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 4)

Tools -> Reports -> Report window: right click in field Filter open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 4)

Insert -> Picture -> next Window: right click in field Filter open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 4)

Insert -> ID -> next Window: right click in field Filter open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 4)

Insert -> Hyperlink -> next Window: right click in field Filter open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 4)

Search -> Go to line -> next Window: right click in field line number open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 5)

In code view:
Right click in window open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 2)

Right click in search or replace field open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 3)

In book view:
Right click in search or replace field open context menu in English, no translation strings found (pic Aufzeichnen 3)

Thanks for the new before chrismas version

[Mark Nord]

Divingduck

Can you please check the translation of "short-cut-strings"?

I think it is not correct to translate "Ctrl" to "Strg"

With GUI Language set to German goto Bearbeiten - Einstellungen - Tasterturkürzel and press button "Alle zurücksetzen"

All shortcuts former prefixed with Ctrl will loose this. E.g. it will become impossible to type square brackets.

Reset Language to English. Restart Sigil, reset keyboard shortcuts once again, you will see the difference.

Thanks.

[Divingduck]

I see the point. The correct translation is [Strg] because all German keyboards layout have a [Strg] instead of [Ctrl] key since the last 30 years I use keyboards.

Wikipedia: German keyboard layout and Wikipedia: Keyboard layout

I just recognize that unfortunately an international keyboard layout seems to be not supported in Sigil. That's the problem with language and translations. Surprises came up where you do not expect it.

Your point is correct and I think I need to change this back to Ctrl as long as there is no difference of international keyboard layouts in Sigil. By the way you are the first one who have recognize (ore let me say use) this. I had made the change some when mid October.

Thanks for your comment.

@User_none and meme
I will change this back but it is a problem for translation and documentation. People who a working with IT will have no problem to understand that [Ctrl] is the same as [Strg] but there is still the point that this key do not exist in a keyboard layout for Germany and Austria. As this isn't a common standard for these countries. My guess is to describe this in the documentation and may be in the shortcut editor window. Then there is no misunderstanding.
When I look into other programs like MS Windows, MS Office, Adobe products etc. this key will be translated and used as [Strg]. This is common standard. Maybe this is something you can implement some when in the future.

Have a nice sunday.

[Divingduck]

I did an update at Transiflex. Here is the update german language file. Replace file sigil_de.qm in subdirectory of Silgil translation files ( ...\Sigil\translations\) restart Sigil and reset the shortcuts in preferences.

Comments are welcome.

[Jellby]

What? Is the code to actually process the shortcuts using the translated strings? If that's the case, I think it's a bug (or a misfeature).

If the translation system is currently intended to allow adapting shortcuts for different languages, then I suggest adding strings for the different key names, so the code can compare the shortcut strings with them, and set the right shortcut.

(I've been using "Mayús" as a translation for "Shift" in the Spanish translation, and that's what non-computer-savvy people are most likely to understand.)

[Divingduck]

The problem accrued by changing the translation from Crtl+key to STRG+keys in the MainWindow translation source text. Pls. see attached file.

[meme]

There appears to be an option notr for no translation for strings that probably should be used in the ui files for all the shortcut strings. It was being used mistakenly for the heading formats - which is good because now I know what to change for the shortcuts