[jsword-devel] German Translation (BD) and more

[DM Smith]

Benny, see below. DM

On Mar 13, 2008, at 6:27 PM, Benny Wasty wrote:

>
>
> 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 saw those earlier. If I recall these are: "ueber", "koennen" and  
"naechsten"

How about in o.c.b.book.DisplaySelectPane_de.properties, do you want  
"oeffnen"?
PassageAction.ToolTip=Gew\u00FCnschten Abschnitt eingeben. CTRL+ENTER  
pressen oder den... Knopf pressen um ein Auswahlfenster zu oeffnen.

I searched all the German property files for ue, oe, ae and these were  
the only ones I had found. (My German is over 30 years old, so I could  
have easily missed them.)


>
>
> I noticed that the Select- and Advanced-buttons now don't have an  
> icon any more - is that only on my machine?

I changed that deliberately. I felt that the icons did not add a whole  
lot and the German "Navigation" was pretty long, especially with the  
button. Also having the icon on the button made them look odd on the  
Mac (squarish and not oval).

>
>
> 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.

This is a good idea. I have filed this until we get to it;
http://www.crosswire.org/bugs/browse/BD-125


>
>
> 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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