Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of Implementation_of_Internationalization_and_Localization

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Dec 27, 2021, 4:41:01 PM (2 years ago)

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Implementation_of_Internationalization_and_Localization

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 To run this script you need a transifex account and need to install the Transifex client library. See [https://docs.transifex.com/client/installing-the-client the transifex documentation] for installation and updating.
 
-== Long Strings Locale ==
-The `source/tools/i18n/generateDebugTranslation.py` is a special script that generates a PO file for an artificial language with code "long". This PO file consists of the longest strings (as in number of characters) of every available language for each message.
+== Localization Debug ==
+The `source/tools/i18n/generateDebugTranslation.py` is a special script that generates a PO files for debugging purposes. Currently it has two functionalities.
+=== Long String Locale ===
+Running `source/tools/i18n/generateDebugTranslation.py --long` generates PO files for an artificial language with code "long". This PO file consists of the longest strings (as in number of characters) of every available language for each message.
 
-The `generateDebugTranslation.py` script parses the PO files in the `l10n` folders of the sources, and generates the new PO file in each of those `l10n` folders as well. Remember to download the real PO files before you call the script, so that the script can read the translations from them in order to find the longest strings.
+The `generateDebugTranslation.py --long` script parses the PO files in the `l10n` folders of the sources, and generates the new PO file in each of those `l10n` folders as well. Remember to download the real PO files before you call the script, so that the script can read the translations from them in order to find the longest strings.
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+=== Non Translated Strings ===
+Running `source/tools/i18n/generateDebugTranslation.py --debug` generates a language, prefixing all untranslated string with `DEBUG_PREFIX`. This makes it easy to identify untranslated strings, while the game is still navigable. The language code is "debug".
 
 = Language Selection Menu =