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diff --git a/doc/TRANSLATE.md b/doc/TRANSLATE.md index 19d038472..8330c5f24 100644 --- a/doc/TRANSLATE.md +++ b/doc/TRANSLATE.md @@ -53,19 +53,31 @@ must: * on the release candidate date: * download (`tx pull -a -f`) and commit all the current translations (important: there's no revision history in Transifex!) - * regenerate the POT file and individual PO files for each language, - using `./script/generate_pot.sh` (which calls `rake gettext:find`, etc) + * you should also commit these translations to a hotfix for the + previous version, so they are preserved against the last known + good msgids + * regenerate the POT file and individual PO files for each + language, using `bundle exec rake + gettext:store_model_attributes`, followed by `bundle exec rake + rake gettext:find` * this updates the PO template, but also merges it with the individual PO files, marking strings that have only changed slightly as "fuzzy" - * you must emporarily move any theme containing translations out of the way (there's a bug in gettext_i18n_rails that can't cope with translation chains) - * reupload (`tx push -t`) the POT and PO files to Transifex - * The point of uploading the PO files is that Transifex converts the "fuzzy" suggestions from Transifex into "suggestions" under each source string - * Note that Transifex *does not* preserve fuzzy strings in the PO files it makes available for download, on the grounds that Transifex supports multiple suggestions, whereas gettext only allows one fuzzy suggestion per msgid. - * remove the fuzzy strings from the local PO files (because they make - Rails very noisy), and then commit the result. You can do this by re-pulling from Transifex. + * reupload (`tx push -s -t`) the POT and PO files to Transifex to the + current release branch + * The point of uploading the PO files is that Transifex + converts the "fuzzy" suggestions from Transifex into + "suggestions" under each source string + * Note that Transifex *does not* preserve fuzzy strings in the + PO files it makes available for download, on the grounds + that Transifex supports multiple suggestions, whereas + gettext only allows one fuzzy suggestion per msgid. + * remove the fuzzy strings from the local PO files (because they + make Rails very noisy), and then commit the result. You can do + this by re-pulling from Transifex. * on the release date: - * download and commit all the current translations + * download and commit all the current translations to the current + release branch # Translations: developers' view |