On Tue, Nov 11, 2003 at 10:11:35AM -0800, Josh Berkus wrote:
> Euler, Alvaro,
> > If the text could be automatically generated from a DocBook source, then
> > the translation could be handled by the same mechanism the KDE guys use:
> > a Docbook -> PO -> Docbook tool. Translator don't have to know HTML;
> > they just use KBabel or gtranslator, etc. That's the theory at least ...
>
> This is a fine idea if we can come up with a tool which is available on all
> major platforms: win95, winNT/2k, Mac OS X, Linux and BSD. Otherwise, a web
> form will be a *lot* easier to manage.
Personally, as a seasoned translator ;-), I find a web form practically
unusable compared to a PO catalog editor. I think the pgAdmin guys have
some indication of a program that works on Windows. I dunno about Mac
OS X. Gnome and KDE both have good tools that work on Linux, BSD and
some others.
--
Alvaro Herrera (<alvherre[a]dcc.uchile.cl>)
"Aprende a avergonzarte más ante ti que ante los demás" (Demócrito)
