Revision of Pootle localisation documentation from Thu, 13/08/2009 - 14:00

Pootle is a web based system for translation and translation management. Read more about Pootle here.

To translate the user interface of Pootle, follow these steps:

• Visit the Pootle server
• Register an account
• Activate the account by following the instructions in the e-mail that you receive
• Set up your preferences by selecting your languages and the appropriate projects that you will be working on.

If your language is not available yet, ask for it to be added on the mailing list. If your language is not listed on this page, mention it on the mailing list so that the necessary information about Plural forms can be worked out.

• From the front page or from your account page, click on the project and language combination that you want to work on. To translate Pootle, select the project called "Pootle", and your language. Here you can see the progress so far.
• Activate the editing functions to find all the available actions
  • "Quick Translate" will take you to all the translations that need attention
  • "Show Checks" will show possible translation errors that you might want to review. For more information on what these checks mean, see the documentation
  • The download action will allow you to translate offline using Virtaal. To get your offline translations back onto Pootle, select the translated file in the upload dialogue, and check that the statistics for the files is correct after your upload. Remember to review the quality checks again.

If you selected your language when logging in (or in your preferences), you should see the translations updated while you translate.

For more information on how to use Pootle, visit the Pootle website or join the Pootle mailing list to ask any questions and to learn from the discussions. If your translation is reasonably complete, it will automatically form part of the next Pootle release.