Re: [Enigma-devel] Finnish Translation/Localization

[Ronald Lamprecht]

Hi

> Mikke wrote:
> > I would like to write a Finnish translation of the game. I haven't 
> > started yet but I have a feeling I might even accomplish it
> > some time. After browsing some similar issues about translations into 
> > other languages, I have came across to a point
> > where you would need to modify the enigma.pot file into another 
> > language and that would do the translation.
> >
> > I was a bit unsure about this, so I have a couple of questions about 
> > this. First, is it really so that just modifying
> > enigma.pot file into a <country>.po file is enough? Do I need any 
> > specific tools for translation, excluding notepad?
> > Is there any way to test the language without any 3rd party tools? (As 
> > the localized versions are in .mo file a notepad
> > can't read very well.) If not, which tools would I need to test out 
> > the language translation? Also, is it recommended to
> > use my real name or could I use my internet nick for contributes?
>
>
> Yes, filling out the .pot file and then renaming it to <languagecode>.po 
> (it is based on language not country) is all that
> is needed to create a translation. Using notepad is ok, but there is a 
> slight chance your will run across some
> porblems with character sets. When you send the file to the Enigma 
> developers, we should be able to correct those problems
> if they still exist. (Unix/POSIX sytems have better tools for converting 
> text between chacter sets than Windows has).

It would be preferable if you could use a utf-8 aware texteditor like 
Jedit, Textpad,...

> To convert the files to .mo format requires the use of GNU gettext. It 
> can be a pain to work with on windows.
> If you send us a .po file we can convert it for you so you can test it. 
> That is probably easier than trying to setup
> GNU gettext on windows if you are not familar with GNU/Linux (or other 
> POSIX systems).

For testing your translations you will need the utility "msgfmt" out
of Gnu gettext. The GnuWin32 version is located at
http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/gettext.htm . The
bin package contains "msgfmt.exe".

Process your translation with the command:

msgfmt -c --statistics -o enigma.mo fi.po

and copy the resulting output file "enigma.mo" to an enigma
subdirectory of another language f.e. hungarian:

data\locale\hu\LC_MESSAGES\enigma.mo

Restart Enigma, select the substitute language (hungarian - magyar) to 
run and test your latest translations.

Feel free to ask any question you have.

Thanks for any contribution

-- Ronald