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T3DD11 - Sursee - Dominique Feyer

Inspire People to Translate

TYPO3 meet XLIFF & Pootle

dimanche, 10 juillet 2011


About myself



About myself

• Dominique Feyer



About myself

• Dominique Feyer

• happy freelancer based in Lausanne



About myself

• Dominique Feyer


• 1x 4 years old daughter



About myself

• Dominique Feyer



• 1x amazing girlfriend



About myself

• Dominique Feyer




• work with TYPO3 since 2002



About myself

• Dominique Feyer




• work with TYPO3 since 2002

• french translation team “leader”



The project



What we have today ?

• Custom file format LLXML

• Online “homemade” translation server

• One translation team per language



What we have today ?

• Custom file format LLXML

• Online “homemade” translation server

• One translation team per language

we need standard based solutions



The first idea or the easy way

• Converting LLXML to a normalized format

• Translation online with Pootle or offline

• Converting back to LLXML to use it in TYPO3



The first idea or the easy way

• Converting LLXML to a normalized format

• Translation online with Pootle or offline

• Converting back to LLXML to use it in TYPO3

no core patch - no fear



The real project



The real project• Refactoring of the system extension lang




• Backward compatible with LLXML + LLPHP





• Backward compatible with the existing method






• Normalize the current language key







• Feature backported to 4.5 LTS








• Helping developer to switch to XLIFF








• Helping developer to switch to XLIFF

be ready for TYPO3 4.6



The actual tools



LLXML

• TYPO3 l10n XML file format

• No basic feature like plural forms

• Not supported by translation software



Translation server



Translation server• Only one account per translation team




• No tools to follow/manage the team





• No suggestion support






• Last edit/merge always win







• No tools to help translator








• Need security review








• Need security review

do you really need a demo ?



Translation team



Translation team• Who do the job ?




• Wiki based communication





• No validation/review workflow





• No validation/review workflow

• No quality check. We need the brother of Mr. Jenkins



The future tools



TYPO3 4.6 meet XLIFF

• Exchange file format: XLIFF 1.2

• Online translation tool: Pootle

• Offline translation tool: Virtaal or others



XLIFF ???• XML Localization Interchange File Format

• Normalized by OASIS in 2002

• Current version 1.2

• Key or source based translation

• Plural form support

• Suggestion support



PootleOnline translation portal to help translators




• Simple interface, focused on what need to be done





• Simple but flexible permissions






• Discoverable features






• Discoverable features

• Used by many big open source projectsLibreOffice, Mozilla, KDE, Gnome and in near future FLOW3 and TYPO3



PootleShort introduction to Pootle



PootleTry it by yourself




• Demonstration server: http://pootle.reelpeek.net/pootle/


http://pootle.reelpeek.net/pootle/





• You can subscribe by yourself








• One minute I need to activate your account, before you can login








• One minute I need to activate your account, before you can login

• Feedback are welcome-> [email protected]




mailto:[email protected]

mailto:[email protected]


Workshop

Pootle introduction & testing



PootlePermissions flexibility




• Permissions per language and project





• Basic permissions can be suggestion only






• Small team for review







• Private extension







• Private extension

• No support currently for group



PootleDocumentation Translation




• Gnome docutils provide XML to PO conversion tools





• Documentation translation into Pootle






• Easy to check “what’s new”







• Easy to review







• Easy to review

• Quality check



Offline translationThe real life is offline



We need you !!!

Translation is an easy way to contribute



The current status TYPO3 4.6



The current status TYPO3 4.6• alpha2 New l10n parser

Always use LLXML




Always use LLXML

• alpha3 Official ExtJS API New l10n XLIFF cache New translation server Tools to convert LLXML<->XLIFF Switch to XLIFF for core ext.




Always use LLXML


• beta1 Normalized language key




Always use LLXML


• beta1 Normalized language key

• TYPO3 4.6 Feature backported for 4.5 LTS



What’s next ?• Sleeping a bit after the release of 4.6

• A new API for l10n management,

unified between BE - FE - ExtJS

• l10n Extraction tools

• Automatic TER extension -> translation server

• TTG - TYPO3 Translation Groupbased on TUG model, real meeting in real life

• Documentation translation



We need help !!!• ExtJS: The new structure of TYPO3.lang

object break a lots of extension. We need a JS guru

• Review: Some change need reviewGo to gerrit http://review.typo3.org

• New l10n API FE + BE + ExtJSWe can start now, are you ready for a workshop ?


http://review.typo3.org

http://review.typo3.org


Questions ?



WorkshopReview of the current XLIFF implementation

Design of the future unified l10n API

ExtJS API


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