Hello,

I wanted to do a subtitle translation. I'm writing this while I have the
information right here. Here was my experience, from the Wiki,

== 1 Gaupol

I tried Gaupol, out of repository. The program works, and looks good (my
kind of software), but will not work through Apertium.

I try installing the Apertium extension. This fails in the given 'local'
location. So I hack the Gaupol installation directly, inserting the
extension code and modifying the Gaupol version. This fails, telling me
that the module needs updating to Python3, GTK updates, etc.

Perhaps to be expected, but that's my first attempt failed.

== Apertium Subtitles
The Java tool.

First effort, the web, fails. So I install 'ant' and 'Open-JDK', go for
a compile.  This fails on a message similar to 'properties not set to
JDK_1_6'. Attempts to follow the given instructions fail.

I'm not surprised at this. No Apertium Java tool has ever worked for me,
and the instructions suggest the tool is best edited with NetBeans. I
don't want to install a full Oracle/Java development environment (none
of my computers are powerful enough to run that).

== Commandline tools
A tool called 'translation-tools'. In repositories. Then I find,
disappointingly, that 'sub2po' is not there. Strangely, the Python code
and the 'man' page is there. So I copy up a launcher in /usr/bin. The
launcher fails, complaining 'gaupol.subtitle' is missing (yes, I still
have 'Gaupol' installed.

Well, ok, presumably that is why the launcher was removed.
 
== Ending
Well, I'm not asking anyone to fix any of this. But some confirmation I
have not gone very wrong anywhere would be nice.

I might put some notes on the Wiki ...if this is a fair description of
the current state of these project (i.e. would need work to be up to
date or, perhaps, these are abandoned directions?)

Please, I do not want help for any of the projects above---if it will
not work from the Wiki, I loose interest. However, I would be interested
if there is a current method of levering Apertium translation for
subtitling e.g. a project exists which I have missed?

Regards,
Rob


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