[wp-polyglots] Plugins and themes localization

[Amir Helzer]

Hi Cátia,

Actually, we're planning to build something like this:
http://wpml.org/2009/11/wpml-1-5-0-translation-hub-for-plugins-and-themes/

In case you don't know, WPML is a plugin for running WordPress 
multilingual. Getting everything translated is very important to us and 
our users.

WPML already includes facilities for translating themes and plugins:

* Scans the PHP and extract strings that need translation
* Includes a string translation interface that allows entering 
translation for everything. It's organized by context and is made for 
translators.
* Hooks to the gettext calls and injects the translation from its own 
string translation interface.
* Imports and exports .po files.

What we're planning to do, in the very near future, is allow it to 
synchronize translations with a central repository. This will allow 
automatically downloading missing translations for everything that the 
blog includes.

To upload translations, people will have to complete a short sign up 
procedure. This will allow us to do some filtering and make sure that 
contributors can write in the language they're contributing to. 
Plugin/theme owners will have superuser privileges and will be able to 
edit their translations.

Is this, more or less, what you're talking about?

Amir

Cátia Kitahara wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Some people asked me if there's a repository of plugins/themes 
> translations.
> Well, that made me remember of an idea I had talking to Zé, while he 
> was here, do you remember, Zé?
> The idea was to add to the plugins/themes repository the information 
> wether a plugin/theme is internationalized or not and if so, in which 
> languages it's available. Maybe it would be also nice to have a 
> message telling people who localize plugins/themes to send their files 
> to the plugin/theme author, so it's distributed with it. I'm saying 
> that because sometimes people make localizations for their own use and 
> they just don't think of sharing it. Also because others just 
> distribute their localizations through their own sites without 
> contacting the plugin/theme author.
> Is it possible? What do you think?
> Cheers
> -- 
> Cátia Kitahara