Translation FAQ: Difference between revisions

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I'd like to help with translating Moodle. What do I do?

Please see Translation for details of how you can help.

I've found an error in a language pack. Who do I contact?

Please contact the language pack maintainer. See the Translation credits for contact details.

The month names and days are displayed in English. How can I translate them?

Names of days and months are pulled out of your operating system. The system is configured for Moodle in langconfig.php where you have the strings locale (for -nix type operating systems) and localewin (for Windows operating systems) that should point to the right locale on your server. Your server operating system should support the language (= locale should be installed) - see also Month-name translation problem for an alternative solution.

I'm starting a new language pack or i'm contributing to one. Can I do the user interface strings first?

No, there is no way to know which strings will be shown for users and which not. But to help you a little bit, there are some unofficial priorities you can take into account.

First:

make sure langconfig is properly set up.
take a look at Translation priority. All files have a rating according to how urgent they need translating.
less urgent are also the contributed plugins, since they are not part of a standard Moodle distribution.

I've found an error in the English language pack. How do I report it?

See the section 'Suggesting improvements to English language strings' in AMOS for details of what to do.

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-==I'd like to help improve an existing language pack. Where do I start?==
+{{Language}}
+==I'd like to help with translating Moodle. What do I do?==
-Please contact the maintainer of the language pack and ask where you can help. See [[Translation credits]] for a list of translators. The top name of each language pack is the current language pack maintainer. If you don't receive a response within a reasonable time, please email [mailto:translation@moodle.org translation@moodle.org].
+Please see [[Translation]] for details of how you can help.
-Another option is to check whether your language has a community discussion course - see http://moodle.org/course/category.php?id=3 - and if so, post in a forum.
+==I've found an error in a language pack. Who do I contact?==
-==I've found an error in a language pack. Who do I contact?==
+Please contact the language pack maintainer. See the [[:dev:Translation credits|Translation credits]] for contact details.
+==The month names and days are displayed in English. How can I translate them?==
-Please contact the language pack maintainer. See [[Translation credits]] for contact details.
+Names of days and months are pulled out of your operating system. The system is configured for Moodle in langconfig.php where you have the strings ''locale'' (for -nix type operating systems) and ''localewin'' (for Windows operating systems) that should point to the right locale on your server. Your server operating system should support the language (= locale should be installed) - see also [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=79792 Month-name translation problem] for an alternative solution.
-Another option is to check whether your language has a community discussion course - see http://moodle.org/course/category.php?id=3 - and if so, post in a forum.
+==I'm starting a new language pack or i'm contributing to one. Can I do the user interface strings first?==
-==I'd like to help with translating Moodle 2.0. What do I do?==
+No, there is no way to know which strings will be shown for users and which not. But to help you a little bit, there are some unofficial priorities you can take into account.
-Please contact the maintainer of the language pack and ask where you can help. See [[Translation credits]] for a list of translators. Once you have agreed on an area of Moodle that you intend to translate, create an account on the [http://lang.moodle.org/ Moodle languages portal] and follow the instructions on the front page.
+First:
+* make sure [[dev:Translation_langconfig|langconfig]] is properly set up.
+* take a look at [[Translation priority]]. All files have a rating according to how urgent they need translating.
+* less urgent are also the contributed plugins, since they are not part of a standard Moodle distribution.
-==The month names and days are displayed in English. How can I translate them?==
+==I've found an error in the English language pack. How do I report it?==
-Names of days and months are pulled out of your operating system. The system is configured for Moodle in langconfig.php where you have the strings ''locale'' (for -nix type operating systems) and ''localewin'' (for Windows operating systems) that should point to the right locale on your server. Your server operating system should support the language (= locale should be installed) - see also [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/discuss.php?d=79792 Month-name translation problem] for an alternative solution.
+See the section 'Suggesting improvements to English language strings' in [[AMOS]] for details of what to do.
 ==See also==
+* [[Translation]]
+* [[Language customization]] and editing existing language packs
 * [[Language FAQ]]
-* [[Translation]]
+* [[Translation priority]]
-* [[Translation 2.0]]
 * Using Moodle [http://moodle.org/mod/forum/view.php?f=26 Languages forum]
-[[Category:Language]]
 [[Category:FAQ]]
+[[de:Übersetzung FAQ]]

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