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authorHenare Degan <henare.degan@gmail.com>2013-02-15 17:40:04 +1100
committerHenare Degan <henare.degan@gmail.com>2013-02-15 17:59:06 +1100
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Merge branch 'develop' into rails-3-spike
Conflicts: Gemfile Gemfile.lock app/controllers/general_controller.rb app/controllers/track_controller.rb app/models/outgoing_message.rb app/models/public_body.rb app/models/user.rb app/views/general/frontpage.rhtml config/environment.rb config/initializers/inflections.rb config/initializers/mime_types.rb db/migrate/094_remove_old_tags_foreign_key.rb lib/timezone_fixes.rb spec/models/request_mailer_spec.rb spec/views/request/list.rhtml_spec.rb
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@@ -39,6 +39,21 @@ The release manager will also give you a **translation deadline**. After
this date, you can continue to contribute new translations, but they
won't make it into the release.
+## General notes on translation in Transifex
+
+Some bits of text will have comments attached to them from the Alaveteli
+application developers about the context in which the text appears in the
+application - these comments will appear under the 'Details' tab for the
+text in Transifex.
+
+Some bits of text are in the form of two bits of text separated by a `|`
+character e.g. `IncomingMessage|Subject`. These represent attribute names, so
+`IncomingMessage|Subject` is the subject attribute of an incoming message on
+the site. You should not prioritise these types of text when translating -
+they do not appear on the site anywhere at the moment, and when they do,
+they will only be used in the admin interface. If you do translate them, only
+translate the text after the `|`.
+
# Translation process: release manager's view
Before the Alaveteli release manager cuts a new release branch, they