Pootle: a web translation and translation management engine

• How it works
• References
• Requirement
• Installing and running
• Bug reporting/Feature requests
• Notes
• Assignments

How it works

Pootle can host a number of translation projects for a number of languages. It allows a team to manage their files, permissions, projects, and also allows for translation on-line. Files can be downloaded for offline translation and later uploaded again.

Pootle tries to lower the barrier of entry, but also provides tools to enable teams to work towards higher quality while welcoming newcomers.

References

Web: http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/index Bugzilla: http://bugs.locamotion.org/ Mailing List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/translate-pootle IRC: #pootle on irc.freenode.org

Requirements

Pootle usually requires the latest Translate Toolkit package: http://translate.sourceforge.net/ Note all the optional dependencies of the Translate Toolkit for optimal performance and functionality in Pootle.

Python version 2.4 or later is required.

Pootle requires Django (at least version 1.0) (http://www.djangoproject.com/) Django applications can run under Apache using mod_python or mod_wsgi, but they're also bundled with a standalone webserver that can be run from the command line. Pootle works well on all Django deployment scenarios. The standalone server is the easiest to set up and get running, whereas Apache will give the best performance.

To run Pootle you need to have Django 1.0 installed properly

   tar xzvf Django-1.0.2-final.tar.gz
   cd Django-1.0.2-final
   sudo python setup.py install

you can also install Django using easy_install

   easy_install django

The commandline utilities "zip" and "unzip" can speed up handling of ZIP files. For integration with a version control system, the relevant version control command line client must be installed and accessible from the PATH.

Installation of an indexing engine (PyLucene or Xapian) is optional, but helps to speed up searching. Note that Xapian before version 1.0.13 is incompatible with Apache, and Pootle will not enable Xapian indexing if running under mod_python or mod_wsgi with problematic versions.

Further performance might be displayed on the admin page if Pootle detects anything non-optimal.

Installing and running

Check the INSTALL file.

Bug Reporting/Feature requests

You can always report bugs or feature requests on the mailing list but because of the increase in users and the fact that bug reports do go missing it is probably best to place your bug report in Bugzilla: http://bugs.locamotion.org/

If you have a traceback or a patch then please include it. Also please be quite specific about how the bug occured and what you expected to happen.

If this is a feature request then try to be specific about how you think this feature should work.

Notes

Files should be reindexed automatically. To ensure that all statistics and indices are up to date for the current projects and languages, run PootleServer --refreshstats

Assignments

Goals and assignments don't work at the moment, but should be re-instated soon.