Commit 5f841f28 by Sarina Canelake

Update i18n coding guidelines

parent 0acb18fe
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* `Django Translation guidelines <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/translation/>`_
* `Django Format localization <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/i18n/formatting/>`_
Presented in this document are the following sections:
* `General internationalization rules`_
* `Editing source files`_
* `Coverage testing`_
* `Style guidelines`_
General internationalization rules
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produce the best translation. They have a "Translators:" marker. They must
appear on the line preceding the text they describe.
The code samples below show how to do each of these things. Note that you have
to take into account not just the programming language involved, but the type
of file: Javascript embedded in an HTML Mako template is treated differently
The code samples below show how to do each of these things for:
* `Python source code`_
* `Django template files`_
* `Mako template files`_
* `Javascript files`_
* `Coffeescript files`_
* `Other kinds of code`_
Note that you have to take into account not just the programming language involved,
but the type of file: Javascript embedded in an HTML Mako template is treated differently
than Javascript in a pure .js file.
Python source code
......@@ -210,16 +225,20 @@ the strings, or checking the translations into Github, see use cases).
$ rake i18n:generate
4. Django should be ready to go. The next time you run Studio or LMS with a
browser set to Esperanto, the accented-English strings (from step 3, above)
should be displayed. Be sure that your settings for ``USE_I18N`` and
``USE_L10N`` are both set to True. ``USE_I18N`` is set to False by default
in common.py, but is set to True in development settings files.
4. Django should be ready to go. The next time you run Studio or LMS, append
``?preview-lang=eo`` to the URL to turn on Esperanto as a dark language. The
accented-English strings (from step 3, above) should be displayed.
If you experience issues, be sure that your settings for ``USE_I18N`` and
``USE_L10N`` are both set to True.
5. With Esperanto turned on as a dark language (see Step 4), review the pages
affected by your code and verify that you see fake translations. If you see
plain English instead, your code is not being properly translated. Review
the steps in editing source files (above).
5. With your browser set to Esperanto, review the pages affected by your code
and verify that you see fake translations. If you see plain English instead,
your code is not being properly translated. Review the steps in editing
source files (above).
6. When you are done reviewing, append ``?clear-lang`` to the LMS or Studio URL
to reset your session to English.
Coverage testing
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