Improve Localization Process

Purpose of this page is to collect ideas to improve the Localization process of the several GnuCash components.

Motivation

It is often heard by translators, it is so hard to get a recent pot file for the one or other Gnucash component. This is the right place to sketch and evaluate ideas to improve the process.

Web Based Translation Tools

Several services for translation coordination exist:

FOSS

GlotPress

a site using the wordpress plugin, PHP based

Pootle

for localization of applications' GUIs using, uses Translate Toolkit

translatewiki.net

uses mediawiki Extension:Translate

Weblate

(suggested by Pedro (pt_PT)), uses Translate Toolkit

Zanata

site CLI, REST-API, java/js based

Proprietary

Crowdin

integrations, for FOSS free

POEditor

free for FOSS

Transifex

GSM, SaaS, for FOSS free

and several more

Checklist

VCS integration? GitHub vs. GitLab should not be an issue

Are they free? (Both meanings)

Toolkits

Translate Toolkit