Translation portal

The newest language packages can be installed / updated from the Setup tab, Install / update languages.
The central repository is always updated with the latest packages.

/Joe

We used to translate the messages using poedit or similar tools. According to my feelings the problem here is not lack of tolls, but rather lack of translators .
I'm not sure what we can do to help you with the problem?
Janusz

You have to install proper locales on your ubuntu server. See here for more info.

Look into the sticky topics in this forum about how to translate into a language.

/Joe

use ur_PK.po and compile it to ur_PK.mo and use it.

When i save the file with ur_PK.po it saves but generate an error .
error : "Entries with error were marked in red list.Details of error will be shown when you select such an entry.
The file was saved safely,but cannot be compile into the MO format and used."

I once considered cleaning up the Swedish translation, but decided to use it in English instead. (Apparently the poedit version available from the Ubuntu repo was rather buggy, and then even the translations which looked correct turned out not to "line up" with the phrase they were supposed to replace. That was enough to put me off the project.)

Had there been a "translation portal" along the lines spott suggested, I could have changed a word or a phrase without downloading anything and without having to submit a file anywhere. The problem is not so much the lack of translators, but rather the lack of translators wiling to accept responsibility for maintaining a translation.

The current system expects the translator to be a software developer, which obviously limits the number of potential translators available. In fact, any "professional" user (accountants etc.) would have the "domain knowledge" (terminology) required for translating the application. And any literate user would be able to fix typos and spelling mistakes.

Enabling them to do so without commitment would surely lead to better translations.

I believe web translating services are handy (personaly I have never used them), but *.po files are textual and have obvious format, so you can make translation with any text editor.  If you do not want to download and install any translation tools, MS Note will suffice. Sending translated file by email is also not rocket science.

Janusz

Thank you for your link share. I have seen and tried it (translation for typo3), and I liked it.

This will make translation easier since it uses crowdsourcing for translation. I think it is a good idea to implement in FA for enhancement. I still don't know the difficulties, though. So let FA team makes the decision.

Have created an account for FrontAccounting on Transifex for public viewing - interested translators can request for write access.

Tested out GlotPress and it has the same UTF-8 only limitation although it allows for downloading .mo files. It can run as standalone on Windows XAMPP - just tweak the directory settings by replacing "\" with "/".