convert IA generated strings to po file for pottle

[alibaba]

Hi IA support and users,

can anybody tell me if it is possible to convert the IA generated localizeable strings (automatically) to a .po file that is required by the Pootle translation toolkit?

I can not paste in every string manually, including the already existing translations.

I would like to use Pootle as setup string database cause it automates a lot steps in translation process.

[giaviv]

Hi,

We are unfortunately unfamiliar with Pottle - what is it exactly?

[alibaba]

"Pootle is an online translation management tool with translation interface. [...] Its main focus is on localization of applications' graphical user interfaces as opposed to document translation."

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pootle

I want to use it as a text ressources database, but atm it is almost not possible to convert the IA files to po-files.

Would be great if IA could offer a tool to convert the translation tables into .po files to make localisation process much more comfortable.

[alibaba]

An XML-Export of the IA generated localizeable strings would also be helpful. Is there a change that IA will implement such a function?

If I have the strings in an xml-file I would also be able to convert it into a po-file.

[FrancescoT]

Hi alibaba,

I do not really know if that can be implemented.

Anyway I will forward it to the project team and of course it will have a look at your request.

I can't promise nothing.

Regards

[alibaba]

Thank you anyway Francesco!

It would also be helpful if any string would get a explicit identifier in ONE file for each language like:

dialog.licensetext.back=Zurück

An xml-file would automate the import process to our company localization string database.

We use pootle (and the translation manager for IA) as I mentioned in first post, this is a well known gpl translation toolkit.