Adding translations to PO file


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After you have added custom text in translatable form to a TT2 template, you need to add the custom strings and its translations to the PO file containing the translations. Evergreen PO files are stored in /openils/var/template/data/locale/

The PO file consists of pairs of the text extracted from the code: Message ID denoted as msgid and message string denoted as msgstr. When adding the custom string to PO file:

The line with English expressions must start with msgid. The English term must be enclosed in double apostrophes.
The line with translation start with /msgstr/. The translation to local language must be and enclosed in enclosed in double apostrophes.
It is recommended to add a note in which template and on which line the particular string is located. The lines with notes must be marked as comments i.e., start with number sign (#)

Example:

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------
# The lines below contains the custom strings manually added to the catalog
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------

#: ../../Open-ILS/src/custom_templates/opac/parts/topnav_links.tt2:1
msgid "Union Catalog of the Czech Republic"
msgstr "Souborný katalog České republiky"


#: ../../Open-ILS/src/custom_templates/opac/parts/topnav_links.tt2:1
msgid "Uniform Information Gateway "
msgstr "Jednotná informační brána"

Note

It is good practice to save backup copy of the original PO file before changing it.

After making changes, restart Apache to make the changes take effect. As root run the command:

service apache2 restart

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