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HOW TO DO A GOOD TRANSLATION FOR MPLAYER
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We always welcome new translations, but please be aware that
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translations are not just one time jobs. They have to be maintained
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in order to be useful. Otherwise they quickly get outdated and become
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obsolete, useless cruft. That said, we would be happy if you could
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maintain a new documentation translation.
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Documentation related discussions happen on the MPlayer-DOCS mailing list.
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If you want to maintain a translation you should subscribe there, as all
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documentation CVS changelogs are also sent there, which you need to keep
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the translation up to date. You can subscribe here:
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http://mplayerhq.hu/mailman/listinfo/mplayer-docs
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Send updates and patches to this mailing list or directly to the documentation
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or console message maintainers, see DOCS/tech/MAINTAINERS for details.
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Translations of MPlayer documentation consist of 3 parts in descending
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order of importance:
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1) console messages (help/help_mp-XX.h)
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2) man page
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3) XML documentation
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Please note that only doing 1) or 1) + 2) is perfectly fine.
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You can find the latest versions of the help_mp-XX.h files in CVS or
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here:
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http://www.mplayerhq.hu/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/main/help/
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help_mp-en.h is the master file that you should use as a base for translations.
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If you are adopting an already existing translation, please check it from top
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to bottom once. Later it should suffice to just translate missing messages. If
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you want to check for untranslated messages the help/help-diff.sh script comes
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in handy:
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help_diff.sh help_mp-XX.h < help_mp-en.h
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will print untranslated messages to the screen, just substitute XX with your
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language code. Additionally, please make sure that your translated messages fit
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on an 80 character wide display to avoid overflowing output.
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Translations are for documentation what porting is for code. Many more eyes
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see it and get to find mistakes. If you stumble over mistakes, inaccuracies,
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clumsy wording, spelling/grammar errors or if you notice that something is
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incomplete, please let us know, we'll fix it. Patches are more than welcome,
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of course.
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