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h1. Translations
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h2. General
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After doing some more experimenting with translation workflows, our Master of Translation Daniel "al" Albers has agreed to support Transifex as an additional means to create and maintain translations for Quassel. Thus, people not having or wanting a Launchpad account can use the Transifex portal for contributing translations now!
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Since we're not dependending on Ubuntu downstream for managing the translations at Transifex, we are a bit more flexible when it comes to working with contributors, and we can sync the codebase with it more easily and more often. Please do check the other system though before starting, in order to not needlessly duplicating work.
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al will integrate translations from both systems into Quassel, so we're not abandoning Launchpad/Rosetta, just providing an alternative.
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h2. The Process
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* Go to "Transifex - the open translation platform":https://translations.launchpad.net/quassel/ or "Launchpad/Rosetta - Ubuntu Translators":https://translations.launchpad.net/quassel/
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* Have a look if your language exists
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> a) If it exists, you can contribute your changes,
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> b) otherwise grab quassel.pot and rename it to xx.po (replace xx with your iso language code).   
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* Both plattforms support online editing, for launchpad it is prefered.
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* If you want to edit file locally, we suggest the editors: "Lokalize":http://i18n.kde.org/tools/ and "Poedit":http://www.poedit.net/
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h2. FAQ
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*Q: Why do you intend to switch over to manage translations by third-party tools/teams?*
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A: While some languages are very well maintained, others have grown stale over time, as some contributors are busy or have found other interests. Also, while a dozen languages is quite impressive for an independent, rather small project like Quassel, there are many more languages in the world. Having experienced teams to handle that will certainly improve both the number and the quality of our translations.
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*Q: I would like to continue helping you with translations!*
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A: We are happy to every contribution at Transifex/Launchpad. This community sites also seems to make it quite easy for individual translators to add strings without going through the hassle of getting a git checkout, sending patches etc.
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*Q: Why did you choose Transifex/Launchpad, and not, say, KDE's teams for translating Quassel?*
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A: First of all, we didn't "choose" this, it was offered to us and the import happened more or less automatically once we had proper gettext support going. Secondly, we do have quite good relations with Kubuntu downstream, and they helped us getting the localization stuff in shape in the past months. We also have synced our releases with Kubuntu releases for a while now, which certainly helps getting translations in time for final releases (due to a string freeze in place a few weeks before that). Lastly, getting Quassel to use KDE's infrastructure would've been a lot of effort. We're not hosted in their repositories and we don't use KDE's localization mechanisms (due to KDE support being optional). Supporting Transifex/Rosetta, on the other hand, didn't require any upstream changes (so far) other than getting gettext working properly.
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*Q: I used to translate Quassel, and now I feel alienated by your decision to switch to something else!*
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A: Don't! We are very thankful for all the hard work you've done before, and none of your work has been lost as it all has been imported. You can also continue to contribute via Transifex/Rosetta, if you'd like!
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h2. Links
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"Transifex - the open translation platform":https://translations.launchpad.net/quassel/
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"Launchpad/Rosetta - Ubuntu Translators":https://translations.launchpad.net/quassel/
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"Poedit":http://www.poedit.net/
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"Lokalize":http://i18n.kde.org/tools/