[Tux4kids-tuxtype-dev] tuxtype localization

[Frederic Muller]

Dear Fazeena,

While the topic has been discussed a few times on this mailing list (the 
process is rather well documented), I will try to help you out. You 
asking whether TAMIL has been translated seems to tell you that you 
haven't even installed the application.

Localization is in fact a difficult task and one should be very familiar 
with the application before attempting to translate it.

So while Tamil has been added in the supported languages it seems the 
translation is not complete.

In order to translate tuxtyping, you need to:
1. Download a copy of the source code from the git repository
2. Create/look for a new folder into data/themes called 'tamil'
3. Create an images folder into data/themes/tamil
4. Copy keyboard.lst, settings.txt from the data folder into 
data/themes/tamil (if the language exists, this is not needed)
5. Copy the scripts and words folders and their content from the data 
folder into data/themes/tamil (be careful not to erase existing work)
6. You can make the map by adding a file called map.png into the 
themes/tamil/images folder. Map should be transparent png format of 300 
pixels wide x 200 pixels high. Use the file data/images/word.png as a 
starting guide.
7. you will find the typing lessons in the data/themes/tamil/scripts 
folder. You need to translate file names and content (without removing 
the markup)
8. you can change the words lists (and screen translation) in subfolder 
data/themes/tamil/words. Renaming the first line will change what is 
selectable inside tuxtyping, changing the words will... change the words 
into your own language (if it makes sense for you).
9. Last (but not least) edit the file data/themes/tamil/settings.txt and 
enter your language locale. It should be something like: 
theme_locale_name=en_US.UTF-8 - but with the locale value for tamil (in 
your case this should already be done and correct)
10. Some might need to change keyboard.lst but again it should already 
be done for tamil.

Hope that helps.

Let us know if you have any other question.

Thanks.

Fred

On 12/04/2010 11:19 PM, Fazeena Jamaldeen wrote:
> Sir/Madam,
>      I am a university student from SriLanka and I am willing to know
> about your Tuxtype localization project. It would be a great pleasure if
> i get a chance to participate in your localization project. I would like
> to know whether the game is already localized to Tamil. If not, it would
> be a great pleasure to join your development team in order to localize
> the project to Tamil. I am expecting your reply and the procedures to
> start the work. Expecting your reply...
>
> Yours,
> Sincerely,
> Fazeena.
>
>
>
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