Converting to PO format

[scootergrisen]

Are there any code to convert the translation PHP files to PO files?
So that i can use various software to check the translations like they can check for missing "." at the end and correct case at the beginning of each string, etc.

[mdkdio]

Hi scootergrisen!

Are you using GNU gettext by any chance?
If so, check out their manual for some help

[scootergrisen]

I do have the gettext tools but i dont see how the link to PHP Format Strings could help me.
I have made some code to take extract the british english strings and the danish strings and then combine them to make a PO file but its but pretty and parts i have to do manually.

But i do manage the generate a PO file that i could open other translation programs (like Virtaal) and found errors to correct in the translation with the quality control.

What code generates the british english php files?
Or are they changed manually?

[david63]

Or are they changed manually?

There is no other way

[scootergrisen]

If some want to see their translation in PO format you can say it and i can make it for you.
I have managed to create some code to extracts the strings and create a PO file from it but i have to do some parts manually so the code is not so good yet.
You can use the PO file it to find all kinds of errors like missing "." at the end of the string and so on with many tools.

[scootergrisen]

I managed to make all the po creation automatic so now i dont have to do some parts manually.
I have put the files on GitHub so other people can try it and help improve the code.
https://github.com/scootergrisen/phpbbpo

Tell me the problems you have with the files so we can improve it.

[Crizzo]

Hi,

I still don't get the advantage of this PO format.

How is that better than the simple php-files?

[scootergrisen]

Suppose you translate a string in a phpBB language pack.
What will you do?
Go to https://www.phpbb.com/customise/db/tran ... h_english/ download the correct version, extract zip file, find the correct file, open two files in text editor, switch multiple times between tabs to see the source string and translate in the other tab.
I'm guessing this is the way phpBB translators do.

In a PO file you have the source string with the translation in the same file.

Its easier, made for translation.

Here is the German (Casual Honorifics) translation if you want to check it.
Board would not allow me to upload file ending with ".po" so i added ".txt" which you can remove after download.

german_casual_honorifics_3_2_2.po.txt

(981.02 KiB) Downloaded 68 times

You can open the po file in Virtaal.
See how many erros you can find with the quality check.

[Crizzo]

See how many erros you can find with the quality check.

The programm told me: 0 errors found.

So I think the translation is not that bad.

But on the first view, it looks quite okay. But I don't know, how you could find specific language-keys for bug fixing and little changes?

[scootergrisen]

Like this:

I added the keys from the PHP files as comments (and also msgctxt at the moment) which you can use to search in the php files.

Code: Select all

#. DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_EXPLAIN
msgctxt "DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_EXPLAIN"
msgid "The date format is the same as the PHP <code>date</code> function."
msgstr "Die Syntax entspricht der der <a href=\"http://www.php.net/date\"><code>date()</code></a>-Funktion von PHP."

You can see it says "der" two times in the translation.
So if that is a mistake you can search for "DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_EXPLAIN" in the german language pack php files and correct it.

[Crizzo]

You can see it says "der" two times in the translation.
So if that is a mistake you can search for "DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT_EXPLAIN" in the german language pack php files and correct it.

But then I don't see, why I need the PO format here? Finding typos and similar looks not easier to me with the PO format, then using just the php-file or the translated board.

[scootergrisen]

Here is command line tool that can find the same things and it can also show in colors on the command line which can help.
You could redirect the output to a file and read it.

But then I don't see, why I need the PO format here? Finding typos and similar looks not easier to me with the PO format, then using just the php-file or the translated board.

If its not easier then why have the "der der" typeo not been fixed?
How would you have found if i did not tell you about it?

[Crizzo]

Okay, I see what the tool does. The problem is, we have something like this e.g. in german quite often:

Den Hostname oder DSN des Datenbankservers — die Adresse, unter der der Datenbankserver erreichbar ist.

from INSTALL_INTRO_BODY.

If its not easier then why have the "der der" typeo not been fixed?
How would you have found if i did not tell you about it?

It is no typo.

[scootergrisen]

Ok its not everything the tools reports that are mistakes/typos.
It just help find some of them and then you can check everything and ignore some of the checks.

[Crizzo]

I think if this should be a real alternative to the existing way, there should be a tool which converts the php-files in two-ways.

For such quick edits for any admins of boards, there was a acp-editor, but it was removed due to too much problems at the end-user side.