fititnt/internationalization-localization-references

[work-in-progress] Curated list of strategies and open source tools for internationalization and localization with Computer-Assisted Translation.

References of Internationalization & localization

[work-in-progress] Curated list of strategies and open source tools for internationalization and localization with Computer-Assisted Translation.

Strategies

List of how big organizations deal with internationalization/localization/translation.

TODO: improve this list (fititnt, 2018-07-06 12:37 BRT)

IETF

• Do IETF have internationalization/localization process at all?

United Nations

• 2 tiers of translation
• Oficial translation
  • How to become UN translator: https://careers.un.org/lbw/home.aspx?viewtype=LCEFD&FId=7
  • 6 Official languages
• Volunteer translation
  • Submissions Guide: https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/SubmissionGuide.aspx
  • 508 translations https://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/SearchByLang.aspx
• ...

World Wide Web Consortium

• 2 tiers of translation
• Oficial translation
  • Policy for Authorized W3C Translations: https://www.w3.org/2005/02/TranslationPolicy.html
  • 16 Autorized Translations https://www.w3.org/2005/11/Translations/Lists/ListAuth.html
• Volunteer translation
  • How to Volunteer: https://www.w3.org/Consortium/Translation/#volunteer
  • 479 volunteer translations https://www.w3.org/2005/11/Translations/Query?rec=any&lang=any&translator=any&date=any&sorting=byTechnology&output=FullHTML&submit=Submit

Open Source Tools

Computer-Assisted Translation

Only open source software CAT tools will be listed. See also Comparison of computer-assisted translation tools at Wikipedia

TODO: convert this group to a tabular format (fititnt, 2018-07-06 11:32 BRT)

Gtranslator

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gtranslator
• Website: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Gtranslator
• Source: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gtranslator
• Platforms: Windows, Linux

MateCat

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MateCat
• Website: https://www.matecat.com/
• GitHub: https://github.com/matecat/MateCat
• Platforms: Web

OmegaT

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OmegaT
• Website: https://omegat.org/
• GitHub: https://github.com/omegat-org/omegat
• Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac

Pootle

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pootle
• Website: http://pootle.translatehouse.org/
• GitHub: https://github.com/translate/pootle
• Platforms: Web

Poedit

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poedit
• Website: https://poedit.net/
• GitHub: https://github.com/vslavik/poedit
• Platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac

Virtaal

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtaal
• Website: http://virtaal.translatehouse.org/
• GitHub: https://github.com/translate/virtaal
• Platforms: Windows, Mac
• Tags: works-offline

(To categorize)

Docusaurus

• GitHub: https://github.com/facebook/Docusaurus
• Website: https://docusaurus.io/

Weblate

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weblate
• Website: https://weblate.org/pt-br/
• GitHub: https://github.com/WeblateOrg/weblate

Here an article saying some people leave Transifex to go for Weblate https://medium.com/elementaryos/adios-transifex-weve-gone-to-weblate-59870dea06b2

Okapi Framework

• Website: http://okapiframework.org/

internationalization-localization-references's Issues

Consider dividing approach between Strategy References and Open Tools that can be used

Translation strategy by European Union

The European Union also has a translation process (texts only) for 24 languages. Let's search a bit more about and add it.

Some links:

• https://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/translation_en
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Translation_Centre_for_the_Bodies_of_the_European_Union

Add draft list of Computer-assisted translation tools

Test MateCat

MateCat

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MateCat
• Website: https://www.matecat.com/
• GitHub: https://github.com/matecat/MateCat
• Platforms: Web

Test Pootle

Pootle

• Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pootle
• Website: http://pootle.translatehouse.org/
• GitHub: https://github.com/translate/pootle
• Platforms: Web

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docker-compose: https://github.com/translate/pootle/blob/master/docker-compose.yml