How can I become a translator?

Troy Wolbrink — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:44:32 GMT

Current revision posted to Frequently Asked Questions (English) by Troy Wolbrink on 12/14/2009 12:44:32 PM

How can I become a translator?

Filed under: Translation

Set your profile language preference

In order to translate a project into your language, your profile must be set to this language. This should have been detected automatically, but to be sure, click on the "Edit" link next to your name so that you can edit your profile.

Your language preference is under "Regional and Language Options". Set this to your language preference. If your language preference is not listed, please contact Troy Wolbrink to request that your language be added.

Go to the online translation center

Click the "Translate" navigation link near the top right.

Note: If your profile language is "English" then you can't go any further. You can see the progress of translations, but you can't translate anything.

Click on the project you want to translate

If you want to translate the online help, click on "TntMPD Online Help".

Translate

Replace all the English text with the translated text. If you see placeholders such as "%s", "%d", "1:s", "{0}" or anything else that looks a little abstract, please treat this as a placeholder. What this means is that you can consider this a word that is filled in later. Keep these placeholders as is. If you don't, the translation screen will inform you, and give you a chance to correct it.

Save your work

When you are done translating, don't just close your browser. Be sure to click "OK" at the bottom of the screen. There area also other ways in which your work gets saved. Everytime you click the "Next>" or "<Previous" link to go to the next or previous page of translatable items, when you click "Apply" or when you click the "TntTranslator" link at the top of the screen all cause your work to be saved.

Not saving your work

To cancel (not save) your work since the last time your work was saved, you can either:

Close your browser window, or
Click the "Cancel" button.

Advanced options

Check the "Advanced" check box near the top left to reveal some additional options.

These options allow you to:

Filter by some custom text that you enter
Sort by the English text
Import a *.Translation.CSV or *.PO translation file.
Download a *.Translation.CSV file.
Work Offline.

Working Offline

When you click "Work Offline" under the "Advanced" area, you can download a file onto your computer, and disconnect from the internet. You need TntMPD 2.0 r73 or newer installed on your computer for this to work. Just double-click on this file to open it in TntTranslator. You can save your changes as you work. When you're all ready to upload your changes to the web, under the "File" menu, click on "Save to Web", or click the "Save to Web" button on the toolbar.

Testing

Learn how you can test your TntMPD translation.

How can I become a translator?

Troy Wolbrink — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:21:21 GMT

Revision 5 posted to Frequently Asked Questions (English) by Troy Wolbrink on 2/26/2009 2:21:21 PM

How can I become a translator?

Filed under: Translation

Set your profile language preference

Go to the online translation center

Click the "Translate" navigation link near the top right.

Note: If your profile language is "English" then you can't go any further. You can see the progress of translations, but you can't translate anything.

Click on the project you want to translate

If you want to translate the online help, click on "TntMPD Online Help".

Translate

Save your work

Not saving your work

To cancel (not save) your work since the last time your work was saved, you can either:

Close your browser window, or
Click the "Cancel" button.

Advanced options

Check the "Advanced" check box near the top left to reveal some additional options.

These options allow you tofilter :

Filter by some custom text that you enter, to sort
Sort by the English , or to import/export translations as csv textfiles
Import a *.Translation.CSV or *.PO translation file. There is also
Download a "[Work *.Translation.CSV file.
Work Offline].

Working Offline

When you click "Work Offline" link that allows under the "Advanced" area, you to work with TntTranslator that comes with can download a file onto your computer, and disconnect from the internet. You need TntMPD 2.0 r73 or newer . This allows you installed on your computer for this to workoffline, and from . Just double-click on this file to open it in TntTranslator, you . You can File | Save to Web save your changes as you work. When you're all ready to upload your workchanges to the web, under the "File" menu, click on "Save to Web", or click the "Save to Web" button on the toolbar.

How can I become a translator?

Troy Wolbrink — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:08:42 GMT

Revision 4 posted to Frequently Asked Questions (English) by Troy Wolbrink on 2/26/2009 2:08:42 PM

How can I become a translator?

Filed under: Translation

Set your profile language preference

Go to the online translation center

Click the "Translate" navigation link near the top right.

Note: If your profile language is "English" then you can't go any further. You can see the progress of translations, but you can't translate anything.

Click on the project you want to translate

If you want to translate the online help, click on "TntMPD Online Help".

Translate

Save your work

When you are done translating, don't just close your browser. Be sure to click "OK" "OK" at the bottom of the screen. There area also other ways in which your work gets saved. Everytime you click the "Next>" or "<Previous" link to go to the next or previous page of translatable items, when you click "Apply" "Apply" or when you click the "TntTranslator" link at the top of the screen all cause your work to be saved. The 2 ways you can avoid

Not saving your workis to just close

To cancel (not save) your work since the last time your work was saved, you can either:

Close your browser window, or to click
Click the "Cancel" "Cancel" button.

Advanced options

Check the "Advanced" check box near the top left to reveal some additional options. These options allow you to filter by some custom text that you enter, to sort by English, or to import/export translations as csv text files. There is also a "[Work Offline]" link that allows you to work with TntTranslator that comes with TntMPD 2.0 r73 or newer. This allows you to work offline, and from TntTranslator, you can File | Save to Web to upload your work.

How can I become a translator?

Troy Wolbrink — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:00:20 GMT

Revision 3 posted to Frequently Asked Questions (English) by Troy Wolbrink on 2/18/2009 5:00:20 PM

How can I become a translator?

Filed under: Translation

Set your profile language preference

In order to translate a project into your language, your profile must be set to this language...more info coming soon.. This should have been detected automatically, but to be sure, click on the "Edit" link next to your name so that you can edit your profile.

Go to the online translation center

Click the "Translate" navigation link near the top right.

Note: If your profile language is "English" then you can't go any further. You can see the progress of translations, but you can't translate anything.

Click on the project you want to translate

If you want to translate the online help, click on "TntMPD Online Help".

Translate

Save your work

When you are done translating, don't just close your browser. Be sure to click "OK" at the bottom of the screen. There area also other ways in which your work gets saved. Everytime you click the "Next>" or "<Previous" link to go to the next or previous page of translatable items, when you click "Apply" or when you click the "TntTranslator" link at the top of the screen all cause your work to be saved. The 2 ways you can avoid saving your work is to just close your browser window, or to click the "Cancel" button.

Advanced options

How can I become a translator?

Troy Wolbrink — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:50:29 GMT

Revision 2 posted to Frequently Asked Questions (English) by Troy Wolbrink on 2/12/2009 1:50:29 PM

How can I translate this software and website into my languagebecome a translator?

Filed under: Translation

...more info coming soon...

How can I translate this software and website into my language?

Troy Wolbrink — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 18:48:01 GMT

Revision 1 posted to Frequently Asked Questions (English) by Troy Wolbrink on 2/12/2009 1:48:01 PM

...more info coming soon...