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diff --git a/doc/translations.md b/doc/translations.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5834078 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/translations.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Translations +============ + +There is a three-step process for translating man pages. Most +of the work happens in the po-man directory. + +> make -C po-man translate-templates +Creates the translation templates (the .pot files) for translators +to use as a base. These, along with the tar file, should be sent +to the tp-coorindator before release. + +> make get-trans +rsyncs the latest translated (.po) files for both the programs and +man pages. + +> make -C po-man translate-mans +This is also called in the dist-hook and is where the translation +magic happens. Take the original man page, the relevant .po file +and produce a translated man page in that language. +All of the man pages generated are found in +po-man/(LANG)/man(SECTION)/ |