Hi! I become interrested in translating amarok to my native language (1.3 version). I\'m a newbie regarding translating in linux, I would like to know what tools do you use to translate/keep translations up-to-date.

Post edited by: kriko, at: 2005/07/02 22:24

Yes some of that info would be welcome here. I \'d be glad to translate to Greek!

amaroK\'s translations are handled by the KDE translation team. Check out their website:
http://i18n.kde.org/

You can also write to the mailing list:
kde-i18n-doc@kde.org

Omg! Our (slovenian) page is so outdated! markey: where can I subscribe to the mailing list? Anyway, does someone knows what tools to use to manage translations. I tried with kbabel, but it needs some .po files, which aren\'t with amarok from svn.

Post edited by: kriko, at: 2005/07/03 13:30

Ok, I got everything from mailing list, but I I dont know how to apply the translated .po file to svn build.

Anyone? How do you guys use the .po files? How do you test amarok translation, before adding to svn?

I really have no idea. I\'m sure its somewhere on the i18n site. Otherwise ask them.

I wouldn\'t mind knowing though so that I could try out amaroK in Spanish.

eean: run this in console, from folder, where your translation is:

#msgfmt amarokTranslationFile.po -o amarok.mo

Put your amarok.mo file into:
/opt/kde3/share/locale/depends*/LC_MESSAGES/

*Folder depends on your default language for kde. If you have spain, then this folder would be sp (just guessing):

/opt/kde3/share/locale/sp/LC_MESSAGES/

Start amarok. If nothing happens, it is because your distro uses other folder for locale translations, mostly:
/usr/share/locale/sp/LC_MESSAGES/

But in most times, the first solution is correct.