https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=421220
Bug ID: 421220
Summary: Add proofreading mode (similar to the ‘Alternate
Translations’ feature)
Product: lokalize
Version: unspecified
Platform: Other
OS: Linux
Status: REPORTED
Severity: wishlist
Priority: NOR
Component: general
Assignee: sdepi...@gmail.com
Reporter: k...@huftis.org
CC: sha...@ukr.net
Target Milestone: ---
SUMMARY
I sometimes get sent updated PO files from (new) translators. They can contain
new translations and/or improvements to existing translations (‘proofread
strings’). Before commiting them to SVN, I need to do some QA, i.e. go through
each change and accept, reject or modify it. So it would be nice to have a
proofreading mode in Lokalize that can be used for this, for merging the PO
files.
Basically, I have two files, the original PO file and a new PO file with
(exactly or mostly) the same source strings. The feature then needs to work
almost *exactly* like the existing ‘Alternate Translations’ feature. The only
difference is that the colour diffs shown in the panel should show the
difference between the original translation and the updated (e.g. ‘proofread’)
translation (instead of between the source/English string and the ‘alternate
translation’).
The new ‘proofreading files’ can be stored in a separate folder but with the
same filenames, just like for the ‘Alternate Translations’ translation. But
since the proofreading files are often ‘one-off’ files, it would be nice to be
able to drag and drop them to the new proofreading panel. And perhaps there
could be an ‘Open File’ button on the panel (since drag and drop is not very
discoverable, and not accessible for people who only use the keyboard).
The feature could also be used for other purposes. For example, if you have a
PO file with common/standardised translations across applications, you could
use this as a ‘proofreading file’, to quickly see (and possibly change) the
strings which don’t use the ‘standard’ translations. Perhaps a better name than
‘Proofreading’ should be used, but I’m not sure which (‘Alternate Translation’
is a good description, but is already taken).
Details:
1. It should work similar to the existing ‘Alternate Translations’ feature.
2. But the diff should be between the original translation and the proofread
translation.
3. There should be keyboard shortcut for copying the proofread translation
(overwriting the existing translation).
4. There should be keyboard shortcuts for going to the next/previous string
where the original translation and the proofread translation differ.
5. And perhaps a new filter in the ‘Translation Unit’ panel for only showing
strings where the two translations differ?
6. It should be possible to select/open a proofreading file by clicking ‘Open
File’ on the panel or by dragging and dropping a file to the panel.
7. The ‘are the two strings equal’ comparison used in item 2, 4, 5 should
ignore any differences in linebreak formatting between the two strings. (Here
I’m talking about *automatic* linebreaks that Lokalize and other tools
automatically add to PO files when saving/merging, not ‘\n’ or other
whitespace, which *are* significant, and *should* be shown in the diff.)
8. Any translations in the proofreading file that don’t have a corresponding
(source) string in the original file should simply be ignored.
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