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Month: January 2012

Re: [trinity-devel] Need translation help

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2012 23:21:31 -0600
> I am revising and updating the Trinity documentation. In
> tdebase/khelpcenter/plugins/ is a desktop file named userguide.desktop.
>
> That file is used to create the table of contents in the Help Center.
>
> Although minor, the file is inconsistent with terminology used everywhere
> else in TDE.
>
> AS IS:
> Name=KDE Users' Manual
>
> CHANGE TO:
> Name=TDE User Guide
>
> Changing KDE to TDE is straightforward as well as changing the English
> text. The challenge is updating all of the other languages to "TDE User
> Guide."
>
> If somebody wants to help with the documentation and is familiar with
> using various language translation tools, would you please consider
> updating this file?
>
> I would be much grateful for the help. Thank you!
>
> Darrell

One suggestion I have is to translate the string with Google Translate and
then run the translation in reverse (i.e. back into English) with the same
tool.  If they match there is a good chance the translated string can be
safely used.

Tim