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A number of options exist for automating extraction of Symfony translations, or for allowing interactive editing inside the admin panel or profiler panel:
 
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://jolicode.com/blog/translation-workflow-with-symfony2
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* https://developer.happyr.com/how-happyr-work-with-symfony-translations
 
* https://github.com/deanc/silex-web-translator
 
* https://github.com/deanc/silex-web-translator
 
* https://github.com/Aecf/TranslatorToolBundle
 
* https://github.com/Aecf/TranslatorToolBundle
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* https://github.com/lexik/LexikTranslationBundle
 
* https://github.com/lexik/LexikTranslationBundle
 
* https://github.com/manuelj555/ManuelTranslationBundle
 
* https://github.com/manuelj555/ManuelTranslationBundle
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* https://github.com/Happyr/TranslationBundle
  
 
None of these quite match our requirements, but may be adapted to achieve our workflow.
 
None of these quite match our requirements, but may be adapted to achieve our workflow.

Revision as of 23:30, 31 December 2016

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:

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:

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