[jboss-dev] jboss i18n and localization (l10n)

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

Thomas Heute wrote:
> Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:
>>>> what is that PO stuff?
>>>
>>> PO files are pretty simple:
>>> http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/manual/gettext.html#PO-Files
>>>
>>> Basically they are text files carrying the original text and their
>>> translations made by the translator.  Our translators have tools
>>> for and are quite familiar with working with them.
>>
>> ...but does our (the other part of the Open Source World) community 
>> have access to it ? Is it cross platform (linux,windows,mac or in 
>> short java ?)
> 
> We used po stuff to translate the diffrent JBoss AS guides in French, 
> using Mac, Windows and Linux, so yes you have the tools, and i actually 
> 'liked' the tools, it's not perfect but better than dealing with plain 
> docbook.

ok, cool. any docs that explains the tools without having to install and 
run them ?

> The advantages i could notice:
>     - possibility to 'mark' keys as dirty (need rework)
>     - possibility to add bookmarks if i remember well
>     - easy to see what is not yet translated

> But i'm pretty relectant to use gettext for JBoss Portal localization.

exactly ;)

In eclipse it would be against everything else so at runtime it should 
be properties.

> Also, it's still a pure translation tool, not something that would help 
> you keep your code in sync with the property files for example.

> Now you mentioned tools for Eclipse, i'm curious to hear about. I never 
> looked at this. You mentionned an article ? Which one ?

hmm - i thought I had already posted it...anyway:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-i18n/
http://www.eclipse.org/articles/Article-Internationalization/how2I18n.html

Most of it is related to plugins, but the externalize strings should be 
applicable to any kind of i18n work.

/max