[jsword-devel] German Translation (BD) and more
Benny Wasty
bennywasty at gmx.de
Thu Mar 13 15:27:21 MST 2008
DM Smith schrieb:
>
> On Mar 2, 2008, at 1:09 PM, Benny Wasty wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>> now the German translation is complete (see attached zipped patch files).
>> I also changed 3 English entries in config.properties, which are a
>> bit clearer now I hope (Passages.BlurringRules.alternative.1,
>> Passages.PersistentNaming.name, Passages.PersistentNaming.help).
>>
>> I think there is one field missing in the translation files: the
>> summary-label in the Select Passage Dialog. I couldn't find where to
>> put the translation for "verses" and "book".
>
> This is in the jsword project at o.c.jsword.passage.UserMsg.properties
> In the entry:
> AbstractPassage.RefSummary={0,number,integer}
> {0,choice,0#verses|1#verse|1<verses} in {1,number,integer}
> {1,choice,0#books|1#book|1<books}
> Everything outside of {} needs to be translated. The words "choice",
> "number", "integer" should not be translated, but
> "verses", "verse", "books" and "book" need to be translated.
>
> Here is the breakdown of {0,choice,0#verses|1#verse|1<verses}
> 0 - the first argument provided to the format. This will be the number
> of verses. 1 will be the number of books.
> choice - is a programmer's keyword indicating that a choice needs to
> be made
> 0#verses - if the argument equals 0 then output "verses"
> | - separates one choice from another
> 1#verse - if the argument equals 1 then choose "verse"
> 1<verses - if the argument is greater than 1 then use "verses"
>
>
I translated that file - see attachment UserMsg_de.zip. I'll translate
license.warranty in the next few days, right now I'm too tired.
I also found a few wrong umlauts in the German quick search help -> see
o.c.bibledesktop.book.Msg_de.properties in Msg_de.zip.
I noticed that the Select- and Advanced-buttons now don't have an icon
any more - is that only on my machine?
And I've got another little suggestion: When for example the language is
changed a restart is required for the change to take effect. This should
be shown to the user as a popup when clicking Ok/Apply in the
Options-Dialog. It is said in the tooltip for the language field, but
hardly anyone will see that, but rather wonder that nothing happens when
he clicks Ok/Apply.
In Him,
Benny
>
>>
>>
>> And I noticed that the German translation of the GPL under "warranty"
>> in the About-Dialog doesn't show the German special characters
>> correctly. But why is the translation there anyway? It's somehow
>> confusing to have the German version under "warranty" and the English
>> version under "licence".
>
> I have fixed this, but license.warranty needs to be translated. The
> problem was twofold. First the file had UTF-8 in it and not ascii
> escapes for it. Second, the German GPL was in the wrong field,
> warranty and not details.
>
>>
>>
>> Finally I've got two suggestions for an improvement of the UI. The
>> toolbar should use the big icons as default. The small ones look too
>> small even with a moderate display resolution.
>
> Working on it.
>
>
>>
>> I would also swap the positions of the Go-buttons and the
>> Select/Advanced button in the main window so that the Go-buttons are
>> directly next to the input fields. It would be more natural and the
>> Select/Advanced Dialog do not operate on the the values in the input
>> fields anyway.
>
> Done.
>
>>
>>
>> I would do some of the changes myself, but I won't have the time
>> before the coming release I'm afraid.
>>
>> In Him,
>> Benny
>>
>>
>> DM Smith schrieb:
>>> On Feb 17, 2008, at 4:34 PM, Benny Wasty wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> I've got the German translation almost complete now, but a few
>>>> issues/questions came up:
>>>> What does the option "Default Number of Matched Verses" mean
>>>> exactly? I
>>>> couldn't figure it out and don't know how to translate it correctly.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This option pertains to the Advanced Search dialog, where you can
>>> prioritize the search result. The number of verses that is returned
>>> is configurable by a slider, where 0 means show all the verses. The
>>> slider defaults to the number set by "Default Number of Matched
>>> Verses". I think this starts at 20.
>>>
>>>
>>>> "Persistent Naming" still has "Should your input of names .." as the
>>>> Tooltip, which doesn't really explain it.
>>>>
>>>
>>> We've never really figured out what to call this. When the user
>>> types something into the "Show Passages" this setting indicates
>>> whether BD is allowed to rewrite it or not. If Persistent Naming is
>>> not set, then BD will re-write, using either full or abbreviated
>>> Bible book names depending on what the user has set in options.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> In the "Search Quick Help"-Dialog the Ok-Button is labeled
>>>> "Ok.Name=Alias.OK".
>>>>
>>>
>>> I thought I had fixed that. I have now and will be checking it in
>>> shortly.
>>>
>>>
>>>> In the Installation Manager Dialog the button for editing the
>>>> download-sites is labeled simply "Edit" now. It was "Edit Sites..."
>>>> before which would be more appropriate I think.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks for the input, I am reverting to the old ones.
>>>
>>>
>>>> A different issue: I see how the Java property jsword.home is
>>>> changed in
>>>> Portable BibleDesktop for the Linux-Version. I tried the same as a VM
>>>> argument in Eclipse (-Djsword.home=...) but then BD didn't start
>>>> because
>>>> of a NoClassDefFoundError (seems like the path is taken as the
>>>> classpatch).
>>>>
>>>
>>> I knew it would work externally. I'm surprised that it does not work
>>> when invoked within Eclipse.
>>>
>>> jsword.home is not actually used as the classpath. JSword has it's
>>> own ClassLoader which effective prepends JSword home to the classpath.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> As a workaround I hardcoded the folder to be used in the
>>>> place where the system property is read.
>>>>
>>>
>>> This is what I would have suggested if you are launching within
>>> Eclipse. I might figure out another way. But as long as you have a
>>> workable solution, I'm inclined to work on other things.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> And on startup I now get a few popups like "Ignoring Invalid Option:
>>>> [Module Name]" with Robinsons/Strongs/Personal Commentary/King James
>>>> Dictionary. I use the modules from my BibleCS installation (as
>>>> additional book location).
>>>>
>>>
>>> These are warnings that there is an option mentioned in the module
>>> that is not specified correctly. I have all the modules installed
>>> and I get a few of these on some of the beta modules. I think all
>>> the other current modules have the correct values in their conf.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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