[sword-devel] Portuguese translation - request for help

[Mattias Põldaru]

Ühel kenal päeval, T, 2010-05-18 kell 21:16, kirjutas Manfred Bergmann:
> Hi Peter.
> 
> If you send me the PDF and/or the XML file I'll have a look though it.
> 
> 
> Manfred
> 
> Am 18.05.2010 um 08:50 schrieb Peter von Kaehne:
> 
> > Dear all,
> > 
> > We have been granted permission for a Portuguese modern translation. The
> > reason that it is not in the repos is entirely my fault as I am
> > currently extremely slow in all CrossWire work.
> > 
> > The problem with the text is as follows:
> > 
> > I have two texts to work with:
> > 
> > a) a totally unstyled and rather horrendous MS Word 95 document
> > b) a reasonably clean and highly styled PDF.

I would take a look at this Word document, it may still be easier to use
than PDF.

Mattias


> > 
> > Former I have given up upon. It is simply not possible with any
> > contortions to make it work.
> > 
> > Latter is much better. It is the produce of a publishing house who have
> > gone through (a), styled it properly and produced the PDF in final
> > outcome. The intermediate step - which would likely be the best text to
> > work with is not available.
> > 
> > So I have taken the PDF and run it through pdf2xml and got something I
> > think I can work with.
> > 
> > The xml documents are structured with pages as the main structural
> > element, which in turn are the only way of relating reliably the (ample)
> > foot notes) to chunks of text.
> > 
> > If I would filter the footnotes out, I would probably have a decent text
> > fairly fast. But that would be a waste
> > 
> > So, are there any more experienced volunteers who could help me?
> > 
> > Many thanks!
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
> > 
> > 
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