ARK2/Localization

Localization

Localization is the process of translating the user interface and data into the language and formats of the user.

ARK2 uses the following components for localization and translation:

• The Symfony Intl component as a wrapper for the PHP Intl extension and ICU, for collation, formatting and parsing
• The Symfony Translation component for translation
• Punic, using CLDR, as a source of some translations

Translation

• Translations are stored and transmitted in the XLIFF file format
• Translations uses keys rather than source strings
• Translations will be split in a number of catalogues:
  • Core interface
  • User interface
  • Admin interface
  • Schema (one for each created)
• Actor and User IDs are translated using a custom loader from the database

The Admin Interface provides a basic interface for the maintaining of translation. Export and import interfaces are provided for the ???? online translation community.

Design Decisions To Be Made

Potential online portals include:

• Transifex - Market leader, but now closed source, offers free hosting to open source projects, large community, great features and automated workflow, API, Github integration, etc.
• Zanata - A Red Hat open-source project (in response to Transifex going closed) with free hosting and large existing community, or can be self-hosted (JBoss based), great features and automated workflow, API, Github integration, etc. No RTL?
• Weblate - An open-source project with free and paid-for hosting, but no central community, or can be self-hosted, good features, API, Github integration, etc. Django based.
• Translation Project - A FSF open-source project with free hosting and large existing community, but very basic features and manual workflow.
• Pootle - An open-source project, self-hosted, Django based

Zanata would seem the preferred option for a hosted service, but Weblate might be better if self-hosting.

A number of options exist for automating extraction of Symfony translations, or for allowing interactive editing inside the admin panel or profiler panel:

• https://jolicode.com/blog/translation-workflow-with-symfony2
• https://developer.happyr.com/how-happyr-work-with-symfony-translations
• https://github.com/deanc/silex-web-translator
• https://github.com/Aecf/TranslatorToolBundle
• https://github.com/instaclick/TranslationEditorBundle
• https://github.com/lexik/LexikTranslationBundle
• https://github.com/manuelj555/ManuelTranslationBundle
• https://github.com/Happyr/TranslationBundle

None of these quite match our requirements, but may be adapted to achieve our workflow.