[keycloak-dev] translate keycloak

[Stian Thorgersen]

Can you briefly describe how it works?

With regards to repository and commits we can't use anything that commits
directly to the repository. We need something where updates to a single
language can be batched and sent as a PR with a single commit.

On Tue, 5 Feb 2019 at 09:46, Eugen Stan <ieugen at netdava.com> wrote:

> Hello Stian,
>
>
> Weblate can wrok with the respository as is but it can introduce a lot
> of noise for the commits related to translation. That is why we chose to
> split the translations into another module.
>
> In our case we have quite a few languages and a lot of text to be
> translated so there is a lot of noise commming as git commits from
> translators.
>
> In keycloak I believe this will not matter that much since it has less
> text to be translated.
>
> Weblate has the feature to implement translators + reviewers processes.
> It can also work with offline translation.
>
> We had a very good experience with it so far. Michal (the creator of
> weblate) has proven very responsive and helpful even when we did not pay
> for maintenance. In our case we ended up paying for maintenance because
> it is worth it.
>
> For keycloak we have the following languages translated for all
> components (except Admin) with professional translators or local people:
> Arabic, Dutch, English Australia, English UK, Latvian, Lithuanian,
> Norwegian, Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, Vietnamese and more are
> comming.
>
> I think the setup can be done in a day or so.
>
> Regards,
>
> La 05.02.2019 08:16, Stian Thorgersen a scris:
> > I'm afraid using sub modules is not an option for us.
> >
> > I'm open to a tool to aid with translation, but we would need to
> > review what tools are available before selecting one. The tool would
> > have to be free for Open Source projects and self-hosting is not an
> > option. It would also have to work with the repository as is and not
> > require changes to where and how the translations are maintained.
> >
> > On Mon, 4 Feb 2019 at 14:41, Eugen Stan <ieugen at netdava.com
> > <mailto:ieugen at netdava.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     Bump.
> >
> >     Hello again. We managed to translate some languages already and we
> >     would
> >     like to contribute the translations upstream and hopefully improve
> the
> >     translation process.
> >
> >     We have some feedback from our process. We use this process
> internally
> >     and the idea is to have it working for keycloak open source
> >
> >     Proposal for Keycloak
> >
> >     - We propose to move the community translations in a separate git
> >     project - just with the translations
> >
> >     - That repository is going to be used by Weblate as a source of
> >     translations ( use Free Hosted Weblate -
> >     https://hosted.weblate.org/  )
> >
> >     - The translations project can be added as a git sub module to the
> >     keycloak project
> >
> >     - during build the translations can be copied to the final artifact
> >
> >
> >     We do this allready and we can help with the code migrations. Having
> >     this setup will improve the contributions to translations and also
> the
> >     ability to change the translations easily.
> >
> >
> >     WDYT?
> >
> >
> >     Regards,
> >
> >     Eugen
> >
> >     La 01.12.2018 19:22, Eugen Stan a scris:
> >     > Hello,
> >     >
> >     > Where can we find the translation files for Keycloak and what is
> the
> >     > process for upstreaming them?
> >     >
> >     > We are planning to deploy Keycloak for authentication for our
> >     services.
> >     > We have users all accross the globe and we have translators that
> >     we can
> >     > ask to translate.
> >     >
> >     > I'm planning to push the translations upstream once they are
> >     done (need
> >     > to get approbal on this).
> >     >
> >     >
> >     > Regards,
> >     >
> >     > Eugen
> >     >
> >     >
> >     >
> >
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