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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/internals/contributing.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/internals/contributing.txt b/docs/internals/contributing.txt index dd66ecfe92..007de8bdf8 100644 --- a/docs/internals/contributing.txt +++ b/docs/internals/contributing.txt @@ -402,15 +402,18 @@ translated, here's what to do: * Join the `Django i18n mailing list`_ and introduce yourself. + * Make sure you read the notes about :ref:`specialties-of-django-i18n`. + * Create translations using the methods described in the - :ref:`i18n documentation <topics-i18n>`. For this you will use the - ``django-admin.py makemessages`` tool. In this particular case it should - be run from the top-level ``django`` directory of the Django source tree. + :ref:`localization documentation <topics-i18n-localization>`. For this + you will use the ``django-admin.py makemessages`` tool. In this + particular case it should be run from the top-level ``django`` directory + of the Django source tree. The script runs over the entire Django source tree and pulls out all strings marked for translation. It creates (or updates) a message file in - the directory ``conf/locale`` (for example for ``pt-BR``, the file will be - ``conf/locale/pt-br/LC_MESSAGES/django.po``). + the directory ``conf/locale`` (for example for ``pt_BR``, the file will be + ``conf/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/django.po``). * Make sure that ``django-admin.py compilemessages -l <lang>`` runs without producing any warnings. @@ -419,7 +422,7 @@ translated, here's what to do: ``-d djangojs`` command line option to the ``django-admin.py`` invocations). - * Create a diff of the ``.po`` file(s) against the current Subversion trunk. + * Create a diff against the current Subversion trunk. * Open a ticket in Django's ticket system, set its ``Component`` field to ``Translations``, and attach the patch to it. |