Commit cacb5836 by Sarina Canelake

Respond to DB comments

parent 4c1c2ea0
......@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ to interact with the software without having to set it up themselves.
* `edx.org Sandbox`_ for those looking to try out the software powering edx.org
* `Language Sandboxes`_ for contributors helping to translate OpenEdX into
* `Language Sandboxes`_ for contributors helping to translate Open edX into
various languages, who have a need to see translations "in context" - that is,
in use on an actual website.
......@@ -59,7 +59,14 @@ Accessing The Sandboxes
=======================
There are two language sandboxes, one for right-to-left, aka "RTL", languages
(Arabic, Farsi, Hebrew, and Urdu) and a second one for left-to-right, aka "LTR",
languages.
languages. Right now, RTL and LTR cannot be supported on the same installation,
because the CSS needs to be compiled separately. Fixing this is a task on our
backlog.
This is our first deployment of our alpha version of RTL language support! If
you have any comments or find any visual bugs, please let us know by posting on the
`openedx-translation <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/openedx-translation>`_
mailing list.
You can visit the LMS, or learning management system, at:
......@@ -95,7 +102,8 @@ So if you are working on Chinese (China), you'll log in with these credentials:
You can also make new student-level user accounts, which is useful for verifying
translations within the registration flow.
Feel free to mess around in these sandboxes, you can't break anything!
Feel free to mess around in these sandboxes. They can be reset if anything breaks,
and are completely disconnected from the production version of the edx.org website.
Caveats and Warnings
......@@ -107,12 +115,16 @@ Caveats and Warnings
dashboard page to set your language. However, when viewing Studio or when
viewing the site logged-out, the site will use your browser preference to pick
which language to display, so make sure your browser is set to the language
you're translating to.
you're translating to. See `this page on changing browser language
<http://www.wikihow.com/Change-Your-Browser's-Language>`_ if you need help.
Note that we recommend users utilize Chrome or Firefox when using the edX
courseware.
#. To see a normal edX instance in English (useful for comparing), switch your
language to English, or visit the `edx.org Sandbox`_.
#. At the moment, the side does not properly work for languages with an ``@``
#. At the moment, the site does not properly work for languages with an ``@``
symbol in the language code, so for now, those languages cannot use the
sandbox.
......@@ -121,11 +133,15 @@ Caveats and Warnings
tx pull -l LANGUAGE_CODE
Replace ``LANGUAGE_CODE`` with your code, eg ``zh_CN``. Next, run the script::
Replace ``LANGUAGE_CODE`` with your code, eg ``zh_CN``. See `this page for instructions on how to
configure Transifex <https://github.com/edx/edx-platform/wiki/Internationalization-and-localization>`_.
Next, run the commands::
rake i18n:generate
python i18n/verify.py
This generates a report of broken translations in your language. This will not, however,
This will generate reports of broken translations in your language. This will not, however,
catch HTML tags that are out of order (ex. ``</b> <b>`` instead of ``<b> </b>``).
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