help us translate addons

**spiff** · 2010-04-27 11:24

hi,

tons of new fun for translators available Wink

let's start with scrapers.

http://xbmc.git.sourceforge.net/git/gitw...ers;a=tree

what's translatable?
1) description/summary/disclaimer/title in description.xml's (see http://trac.xbmc.org/changeset/29523)
2) scraper settings labels (note, not all scrapers have been converted yet. if this is the case, just translate and i'll make sure the strings get used). these are stored as normal translations (i.e. resources/language/<Lang>)

submit at trac.

cheers

sebak · 2010-04-29 00:00

What's the best way to commit description/summary/disclaimer/title in description.xml's: diff's or do we reupload the entire xml?

**jmarshall** · 2010-04-29 02:32

Diff's are easiest for us.

sebak · 2010-04-29 17:56

Ok, I'm working on Dutch translations.

kimp93 · 2010-05-04 18:12

Just to be to clear about description.xml.
Is it OK?

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<addoninfo>

  <id>metadata.yahoomusic.com</id>

  <type>scraper</type>

  <title lang="en">Yahoo! Music</title>

  <title lang="kr">Yahoo! Music</title>

  <library>yahoomusic.xml</library>

  <version>1.0.0</version>

  <platforms>

    <platform>all</platform>

  </platforms>

  <minversion>

    <xbmc>20000</xbmc>

  </minversion>

  <summary lang="en">Yahoo! Music Video Scraper</summary>

  <summary lang="kr">야후! 뮤직 비디오 스크래퍼</summary>

  <description lang="en">Download Music Video information</description>

  <description lang="kr">뮤직 비디오 정보 다운로드</description>

  <author>TEAMXBMC</author>

  <supportedcontent>

    <content>musicvideos</content>

  </supportedcontent>

</addoninfo>

**spiff** · 2010-05-04 19:07

yeah. except no reason to translate the title unless you have something to translate (goes for all fields but title is the most likely to be left alone).

also a lot of the english descriptions are just placeholders, feel free to give suggestions for better english descriptions etc as well.

Dakhar · 2010-05-04 20:56

I want to help you with Russian translations, but I can't understand how to apply my translation to the source Sad

kimp93 · 2010-05-04 21:22

Dakhar Wrote:I want to help you with Russian translations, but I can't understand how to apply my translation to the source

You are not applying changes yourself. You make a diff from current source, then post it to the trac.

@spiff

Should I change encoding based on what xml indicate? Virtually all description xml and strings.xml are ANSI while xml indicate they should be UTF-8.

**jmarshall** · 2010-05-04 23:53

Please use utf8, yes. Doesn't really matter whether the BOM is there or not as we specify it in the XML.

Cheers,
Jonathan

kimp93 · 2010-05-05 06:08

jmarshall Wrote:Please use utf8, yes. Doesn't really matter whether the BOM is there or not as we specify it in the XML.

Cheers,
Jonathan

Thanks for response. Laugh

translation added on the trac.
http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/9173

sebak Junior Member Posts: 31 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 0 Location: Belgium	2010-04-29 00:00 Post: #2 What's the best way to commit description/summary/disclaimer/title in description.xml's: diff's or do we reupload the entire xml?
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jmarshall Team-XBMC Developer Posts: 24,523 Joined: Oct 2003 Reputation: 138	2010-04-29 02:32 Post: #3 Diff's are easiest for us. Always read the XBMC online-manual, FAQ and search the forum before posting. Do not e-mail XBMC-Team members directly asking for support. Read/follow the forum rules. For troubleshooting and bug reporting please make sure you read this first.
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sebak Junior Member Posts: 31 Joined: Mar 2010 Reputation: 0 Location: Belgium	2010-04-29 17:56 Post: #4 Ok, I'm working on Dutch translations.
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Dakhar Junior Member Posts: 9 Joined: May 2010 Reputation: 0 Location: Moscow, Russia	2010-05-04 20:56 Post: #7 I want to help you with Russian translations, but I can't understand how to apply my translation to the source
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kimp93 Aeon Group Posts: 156 Joined: Mar 2004	2010-05-05 06:08 Post: #10 jmarshall Wrote:Please use utf8, yes. Doesn't really matter whether the BOM is there or not as we specify it in the XML. Cheers, Jonathan Thanks for response. translation added on the trac. http://trac.xbmc.org/ticket/9173
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