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Leo at 00:23, 16 August 2006

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‎Translating with templates

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‎How to translate / use translation files

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‎Translating with templates

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‎Translating plurals

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‎Translating simple strings

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‎Localization

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‎Localization

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 [[Category:Internationalization]]
-[[Category:Internationalization SA project]]
 = How to design the software =

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	= How to design the software =		= How to design the software =

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 <code>[eiffel,N]
-string := "Number " + i
+string := "Number " + i.out
 </code>
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    string := "There is 1 file"
 else
-   string := "There are " + i + " files
+   string := "There are " + i.out + " files
 </code>

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	= How to translate / use translation files =		= How to translate / use translation files =
		+
		+	== Editing PO files ==
		+
		+	You can edit the PO files created with your preferred editor; some possible tools are listed [[Internationalization/tool_evaluation\|here]].
		+
		+	== Issues with MO files ==
		+
		+	Into the header section of the PO file must be present the "Plural-Forms" header.
		+
		+	It looks like this line:
		+
		+	"Plural-Forms: nplurals=2; plural=(n!=1);"
		+
		+	with "nplural" being the number of plurals of the destination language and "plural" the C-like function for finding the right plural form starting with an integer.

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	=== Translating with templates ===		=== Translating with templates ===
		+
		+	{{Warning\|We encourage you to use a stand alone template engine and not rely on our built-in functions, which will not be maintained.}}
		+
		+	You can use our library to translate something like this
		+
		+	<code>[eiffel,N]
		+	string := "Number " + i
		+	</code>
		+
		+	in this way
		+
		+	<code>[eiffel,N]
		+	string := i18n_comp("Number $1", [i])
		+	</code>
		+
		+	and of course you can do the same with the plural forms
		+
		+	<code>[eiffel,N]
		+	if i = 1 then
		+	string := "There is 1 file"
		+	else
		+	string := "There are " + i + " files
		+	</code>
		+
		+	would look like this
		+
		+	<code>[eiffel,N]
		+	string := i18n_comp_pl("There is 1 file", "There are $1 files", [i], i)
		+	</code>
		+
		+	we've so covered all the possibilities.

	= How to translate / use translation files =		= How to translate / use translation files =

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 === Translating plurals ===
 === Translating with templates ===
 = How to translate / use translation files =

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	=== Translating simple strings ===		=== Translating simple strings ===
		+
		+	If you have a simple string to translate, like this
		+
		+	<code>[eiffel,N]
		+	simple_string: STRING
		+
		+	simple_string := "A simple string"
		+	</code>
		+
		+	you only have to enclose the string by the simple i18n() function
		+
		+	<code>[eiffel,N]
		+	simple_string := i18n("A simple string")
		+	</code>
		+
		+	the system will then be charged of the translation in whatever language you've chosen.

	=== Translating plurals ===		=== Translating plurals ===

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	== Localization ==		== Localization ==
		+
		+	Here you can find some instructions to translate the strings of you program, including substituting variables into templates.

	=== Translating simple strings ===		=== Translating simple strings ===

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	== Localization ==		== Localization ==
		+
		+	=== Translating simple strings ===
		+
		+	=== Translating plurals ===
		+
		+	=== Translating with templates ===

	= How to translate / use translation files =		= How to translate / use translation files =