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<body dir="ltr">Hi,<br><br>Transifex is indeed very user friendly, and there is a huge community of volunteers, and more translators means faster translation and more reviewing.<br>With Transifex the developer appoints some person to be in charge of a particular language with the right to lock translations and bring in or kick out other translators for that language. This the both a pro and a con: strings will eventually be decided on by one person, which is good for consistency and prevents vandalism, however it can also mean that personal preference of that person are dictating the entire localization to that language, such as using too formal language, or translating words too literally rather than conveying the intended meaning.<br>Transifex is a good tool, but it is best if devs stay involved and occasionally check with users if the translations are being received well.<br><br>Niels Lancel - Dutch translator / localizer<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Thomas De Rocker <thomasderocker@outlook.com> schreef op 4 december 2020 19:29:03 CET:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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Hi Jean-Baptiste<br>
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I'm no fan of Weblate, personally. Transifex is a lot more user friendly in my opinion, and it prevents new translators from messing things up because you can manage rights in a better way.<br>
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Note that the problem is not the translation platform, but the development .pot that isn't updated frequently. It's not necessary to change workflows on the side of the translation platform.</div>
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Regards</div>
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<b>Verzonden:</b> vrijdag 4 december 2020 11:41<br>
<b>Aan:</b> Yaron Shahrabani <sh.yaron@gmail.com>; Mailing list for VideoLAN's translators <translators@videolan.org><br>
<b>Onderwerp:</b> Re: [Translators] Possibility to have "realtime" updated .pot file for VLC development version (desktop)?</font>
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<div>Would it be easier if we move to weblate?<br>
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<div>On Fri, 4 Dec 2020, at 10:56, Yaron Shahrabani wrote:<br>
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I have a question about the possibility to translate the VLC (desktop) <b>development version</b> in
<i>realtime</i>. Right now, the VLC 3.0 .pot file hasn't been updated in quite some time. I fear that when the .pot file for 4.0 will be generated, translators will have lots of work at once. We also can't test translations because we need an updated .pot to
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In Audacity for example, the same question was asked because some translators like to work in a more continuous way, independent of string freezes. One of the Italian translators, Michele Locati, created a GitHub project that automatically updates the Audacity
source .pot every day. He used GitHub actions to automate this (see attached pdf for more information if you're interested). Transifex imports that file, enabling very fast translation updates.<br>
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<li>can the vlc development .pot be updated more frequently (weekly, monthly)? Could this be automated?<br>
</li><li>can the Transifex project add an extra resource file (vlc development .pot, additional to the current vlc 3.0 maintenance .pot)?<br>
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