Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of TranslateProject

Timestamp:

May 22, 2009, 12:09:08 PM (16 years ago)

Author:

davea

Comment:

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TranslateProject

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+== Writing translatable web pages ==
+
+Translatable web pages must be PHP, and must include
+
+{{{
+require_once("../inc/translation.inc");
+}}}
+
+Literal text is replaced with `tra("text")`. For example,
+
+{{{
+page_head("Current version");
+}}}
+
+is replaced with
+
+{{{
+page_head(tra("Current version"));
+}}}
+
+For BOINC projects, the directory [source:trunk/boinc/html/languages/translations/ html/languages/translations] contains a number of 'translation files'. When a person accesses the page, the browser passes a list of languages. The BOINC PHP code finds the first of these languages for which a translation is available, or English if none. As the page is generated, each call to `tr()` replaces the token with the corresponding translated text.
+
+In developing web pages, keep in mind that word order differs between languages, so you should avoid breaking a sentence up into multiple translation units. For example, use constructs like
+
+{{{
+msgid "Already have an original 'Classic' account as of May 14, 2004?"
+"%1We've transferred it, just %2activate it%3. "
+"%4Otherwise %5create a new account%6."
+msgstr ""
+}}}
+
+with the corresponding PHP:
+
+{{{
+printf(tra("Already have an original 'Classic' account as of May 14, 2004? %1We've transferred it, just %2activate it%3. %4Otherwise %5create a new account%6."),
+"<br>", "<a href=\"sah_email_form.php\">", "</a>",
+"<p><img src=\"images/arrow_right.gif\">",
+"<a href=create_account_form.php>", "</a>"
+);
+}}}
+
+== Project-specific translations ==
+
+The web site of a BOINC-based project involves both
+
+    * BOINC pages, such as the forms for creating accounts. These are part of the BOINC source code distribution, and are updated periodically by BOINC.
+    * Project-specific pages (and BOINC pages that are modified by the project). 
+
+To allow translations of both types of pages, a project can haves its own 'project-specific translation files'. These are stored in a directory [source:trunk/boinc/html/user/project_specific_translations html/user/project_specific_translations]. Project-specific translation files override BOINC translation files.