[Foss-sadc] [DigAfrica] Fwd: Announcing Pootle: an online translatio

[Jennifer Radloff]

Pootle: the online translation and translation management system
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The Translate Toolkit team are pleased to announce the availability of Pootle,
an online translation and translation management system.

Pootle aims to help people translate software into their language with the
minimum of fuss while also aiming to help simplify the translation process for
software and translation maintainers.


Using Pootle
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Using pootle is simple.  Go to http://pootle.wordforge.org/register.html and
create your translation account.  You may translate online using the web
interface or download files for translation using your existing translation
tools.

Current translation maintainers should please contact us at:

	translate-devel at lists.sourceforge.net

to request that your language and software component be enabled on Pootle. You
will then be able to manage your translation project through Pootle.


Why do you need Pootle?
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If you are a translator Pootle makes it easy to translate software without you
having to learn the intricacies of the tools traditionally needed to translate
Free and Open Source Software. But if you already use those translation tools
Pootle is designed to enhance your experience and improve your performance.

For language maintainers the evolving feature set will allow you to target
releases, monitor progress and manage your team.

Software maintainers will now find it easy to publish software for translation
and retrieve the translations for inclusion in your next software release.

Pootle aims to improve and enhance the way you work.


Who built Pootle?
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The portal was developed by Translate.org.za through the Translate Toolkit
community.  The development was funded by the CATIA project with assistance
from St James Software.

	CATIA: http://www.catia.ws/
	St James Software: http://www.sjsoft.com/
	Translate.org.za: http://www.translate.org.za/
	Translate Toolkit: http://translate.sourceforge.net/

Pootle embodies the experience of the Translate.org.za project and other Free
Software translation projects including KiLinux and KhmerOS. It builds on and
extends the features of the existing Translate Toolkit.

Pootle is Free Software released under the GPL licence.


What's in a name?
-----------------

Pootle was a working title that just stuck. If you really must know where the
words comes from then visit:

	http://www.thechestnut.com/flumps.htm


Bugs, Feature requests, offers of help
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Pootle is already used by various Translate.org.za translation teams and has
worked well at translation events held in South Africa.  We do however expect
bugs to surface as more people begin to use the tool.

Please email bug reports and feature requests to the development mailing list
translate-devel at lists.sourceforge.net.


On behalf of the Translate Toolkit team.

-- 
Dwayne Bailey <dwayne at translate.org.za>
Translate.org.za
+27-12-460-1095
+27-83-443-7114

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