Get The Text - Call For Translations
We have now switched the git master version of Quassel to support gettext translations (.po files) as opposed to Qt translations (.ts files). Qt >= 4.5 provides the tool lconvert which can convert between the two, and we (al, in fact) have modified the build system to use that.
Our hope is that using the wide-spread .po format will attract more translators, as they can use their usual tools and workflows. We currently have more or less current/complete and actively maintained translations for Czech, Finnish, French and German, and more or less outdated ones for Danish, Hungarian, Italian, Norsk, Russish, Slovenish and Turkish. Any help is appreciated, but please consult in our IRC Channel first to avoid duplicating work.
If existing translation teams (such as KDE's or Ubuntu's) are willing to work with a project that's not hosted on their infrastructure, that would be very appreciated too, as this would probably help with the coordination effort.
Thanks!
~ Sputnick
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Slovenian translation
Thanks for switching to PO file format, it just makes things easier for us as we don't have to convert it ourselves (a couple of steps less to do). Anyways, I'll go back to updating Slovenian translation, probably this weekend. I couldn't do it for the last couple of releases as I was short on free time. It is starting to look better now so I'm slowly getting back to translation and FOSSing in general.
Translation insonsistent
Speaking of translations, I wanted to add that the translations seem to be inconsistent somehow. I am running quassel on english Win 7 with german locale for time/date and stuff. I want quassel to be completely english but it is always a mix of german and english. The menu bar for example is english. The settings dialog however is german.