Using Crowdin and Ulteo

Open Virtual Desktop in the

translation process of Salome

2014-11-27

Salome User Day 2014 | Christophe Bourcier

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Manage locale in Qt

Source file (*.ts):

xml

key/translation

one file per locale

edited via:

- text editor

- Qt Linguist

Binary file (*.qm):

compact binary format

used by the localized application

provides extremely fast lookups for translations

generated by lrelease at make install

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<!DOCTYPE TS>

<TS version="2.0" language="en_US">

<context>

<name>@default</name>

…

<message>

<source>GEOM_BOOL_REMOVE_EXTRA_EDGES</source>

<translation>Remove extra edges</translation>

</message>

…

</context>

</TS>

Qt Linguist

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GUI to edit .ts files

Example: fuse dialog box

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Crowdin

Goal:

manage localization of a project by a community of users

for mobile apps, web, desktop software and related assets

free for open-source projects

How:

web interface: https://crowdin.com

command line interface (java or ruby): crowdin-cli

History of Crowdin use for Salome:

initiated by Luca Dall’Olio (Alneos)

Japanese translations done by Japan Salome-Meca Working Group (JSWG)

integration of first Japanese translations in Salome 7.3.0 (Renaud Nedelec,

Euriware)

automatization of the integration of translations to update Japanese translations

in Salome 7.4.0 (Christophe Bourcier, CEA)

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Crowdin: Salome localization

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Translation 16% done

(the user first copied all english translations,

then translates to Romanian)

Crowdin: French localization progress per file

Crowdin: display untranslated sentence

See translation in

other languages

Crowdin: translate sentence

See translation of

similar sentences

Update translation source files in Crowdin

When:

before a new release (in beta stage)

so that users can translate the new features

Notify the translators:

Crowdin RSS feed

Message on Crowdin form

E-mail by the integrator to translators

What is done (in CLI):

get Salome sources from git master

put translation files in Crowdin source directory (local):

- "*_msg_en.ts"

- YACS/src/salomegui/resources/YACS_msg_fr.ts

- GUI/src/Qtx/resources/Qtx_msg_fr.ts

remove language suffix

upload new sources to Crowdin

upload new translations done on git to Crowdin

- only for English and French

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Integrate translated files to Salome git repository

When:

when many files have been translated so that users can check their translations

before a new release (before rc stage)

Notify the integrator:

E-mail by a translator or a Salome manager

Crowdin RSS feed

What is done (in CLI):

download translation files from Crowdin

copy wanted languages in Salome sources (only Japanese for now)

git add only translation files

git commit -m "Update translation files from Crowdin"

git push

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Check the translations

What has been done for 7.4.0:

download translations from Crowdin

integrate translated files to Salome git repository

compile Salome on Fedora 18

provide an archive with SalomeTools in CEA ftp

installation by the translators

check of the translations

update of the translations in Crowdin

loop until the translators give their agreement or the release date is reached

Idea to improve this workflow:

automatically build Salome on Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop

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install

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Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop

Who:

founded by Gaël Duval in 2006

acquired by AZNetwork in 2014

Goal:

provide desktop apps as web apps

provide remote desktop with your favourite apps

provide same apps to a group of users

opensource

similar commercial products:

- Citrix

- OVH HPC Spot

How:

works in any web browser (html5 or java client)

PC, tablet, smartphone

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Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop

OVD installation for Salome:

installation of OVD on a Kimsufi server http://lides.fr/ovd

- Atom QuadCore 1.86GHz, 2Go de RAM

- hosted by OVH in Roubaix

creation of a Debian Squeeze 64 bit subsytem

- to replace Ubuntu Lucid 32 bits provided by Ulteo

- documented on http://lides.fr/cms/how-to-create-your-own-ovd-subsystem

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Check the translations (OVD workflow)

What has been done to improve the check translation workflow:

installation of Salome 7.5.0b1 on Ulteo Open Virtual Desktop

one application per language

every ½ hour:

- check if new translations have been done

- if needed, download translations

- make install in updated Salome modules

The new check workflow:

wait ½ hour max

launch Salome in the Virtual Desktop

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check

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Ulteo login

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Ulteo desktop: check last Salome build information

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Check Salome translation in Ulteo desktop (French)

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Check Salome translation in Ulteo desktop (Japanese)

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Check Salome translation in Ulteo desktop (Romanian)

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Don’t forget to logout or disconnect to be able to

login again (without having to wait until the timeout)

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What’s next?

Require help from volunteers to translate Salome:

on Salome forum

from your native speaking colleagues

you!

Need one trusty person per language.

Contact me for a user account: christophe.bourcier@cea.fr

Install OVD on a better server.

Find new ways to use OVD in your projects.

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