Converting to PO format

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scootergrisen
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Re: Converting to PO format

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It was not meant to be convertable back to php files.
Its just as a help to improve translations with the tools that knows PO files.
Find mistakes that would otherwise be hard to find.

The real advantage would be if phpBB switched to using PO files for translations.
Then translators could focus on translating and using the many tools instead of looking at PHP files in text editors.

I dont know how hard to would be switch phpBB to using PO files. Maybe if the code is well written it is not hard even though its a project with alot of code.
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Re: Converting to PO format

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scootergrisen wrote: Fri Apr 13, 2018 1:09 am The real advantage would be if phpBB switched to using PO files for translations.
as it may be a little advantage to "professional" translators using the same tool for different projects, it would be a big disadvantage for others, like:
You need a separate tool instead of the quite simple text editor to create and maintain language files for extensions as a extension developer.
You need a separate tool as a board owner who just want to fix a minor translation glitch on his own board or change some simple text in a welcome E-Mail
So, please, don't switch away from the plain text file
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scootergrisen
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Re: Converting to PO format

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PO files are plain text.
You can check the file at viewtopic.php?f=566&t=2466211#p14985416
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