Re: Translation problem

Renato,

I am prepared to help. I have recently completed the Slovenian
translation (it will be hopefully in the next build if the builders have
included it in the cvs, I have posted the file on this mailing list).

Please send me the text file and I will put the strings into proper
places. But please do not bother me for further updates of translation ;)

I will post the localized po file on this mailing list when finished.

Lp, m.

"First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win." -- Mohandas Gandhi

Renato Pavičić pravi:
>
> Hi all,
>
>
> Over a month ago I have translated Abi into Croatian and posted string
> file. Due to some ongoing PC problems, I cannot use Linux at full, and
> I cannot make convertion of string file into PO (I dont' know how, and
> frankly speaking, I don't care how to anymore). I have explained that
> at the mailing list and in personal mail to few other users, and all I
> receive are instructions. I do not need instructions any more.
> Anything I have tryed did not work.
>
> I am desperate here, and at the momment I do not have enough time to
> reinstall Linux and risk some further problems. I am just a
> translator, not a programmer. I am simple end user, I guess the kind
> of person Abi was created for. I dont know what it means "run you
> script against it". Where from? How? And no example WITHOUT lines like
> (put your path here) etc... I tryed to run convertion in shell on win,
> and it took me 3 days just to figure out how to change directory!
> Because manula says "chdir()", and it dous not says what to put into
> (). And it does not state at any logical place that there should be
> apostrophes!!! I get error mesages constantly, and I gave up.
>
> Wherever I look, instruction for translator are NOT! They are more
> like "instruction for programers interested in translating".
>
> Sorry, but I am regular human. Most programers know one or two
> programming languages. I am professional translator, and I encountered
> lng files that need FULL knowledge of about 10 different programming
> languages!!! It is too much for me! From C++, perl, python, java,
> html, php, xliff, ttx, xml... I wonder if there is ANY person in the
> world that knows all that. And don't let me start with mozilla! It is
> horrible when you work as translator for 10 years, and there are still
> people who cannot understand importance of easy translation in
> combination with translation database. I hate that I have to build
> database for each single application, and never to be able to import
> or export that or any database! Imagine if you must mork on each
> version of Abi in different enviroment/programming language and learn
> from scratch!
>
> This is the reason why I started to localize Opera. It took me 2
> minutes from import to the translation of the first line! Without any
> programming knowledge, additional instalations, setups and without
> days lost in studying programmers instructions. And, WITH my old
> database! And, with import and export!
>
> I have greatest respect for programmers. They do something that I do
> not know how to. But please, if I could have at least the same ammount
> of _understanding_ !
>
> If anyone willing to help, please mail me, and I will send him/her the
> latest string file. If not, I give up.
>
> People, it took me ONE week to translate Abi! And after total of FIVE
> weeks AFTER translation stil no PO file!!!
>
> I checked translation with Abi 2.4.4
>
> --Best regards,
> Renato Pavicic
>
> mailto:repavici@globalnet.hr
> also mailto:renato@translator-shop.org
> also visit: www.translator-shop.org
>
> Official Opera tanslator for Croatian language since April 2006
>
Received on Thu May 4 12:59:22 2006