GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 671152
Selection-to-path dialog: not translatable
Last modified: 2015-12-12 18:40:27 UTC
The German translation for the selection-to-path dialog is partially missing. This should happen: the whole dialog is translated This happens: only its title is translated ("Erweiterte Einstellungen von Auswahl-zu-Pfad") How to reproduce: 1. open an image or create a new one 2. make a selection 3. go to Path palette window 4. hold down Shift key and click on "Selection-to-path"-icon
Indeed, but first somebody should check if the strings are proper english in the first place, they look a bit german already ;)
Thanks, Mitch, for your fast reply. I didn't understand your comment very well. Did you mean the strings in the source file look a bit German? To me they look a bit too scientific for an average user. They could be done more user-friendly. Look at Inkscapes 'Trace Bitmap'-feature (under Path/Trace bitmap...). Maybe this will give some inspiration. Some previews in the dialog, for instance how the different settings apply, would also be helpful. See Inkscapes 'Stroke style' window as a similar example (to go there right-click on an object and select 'Fill and stroke' from the context menu; 'Stroke style' is the last tab in the appearing dialog). BTW: Would it be of help for GIMP development, if they use Inkscape's processing libraries for paths and vector functionality? Inkscape has a lot of useful vector functions, is standards compliant, open source and there is already cooperative work between GIMP and Inkscape. Maybe this could be discussed further on the imminent LibreGraphics-Meeting.
I meant the strings look a bit "constructed", almost as if done by a non native speaker. This attempt at being funny failed a bit tho... Generally, turning GIMP into a full-featured vector editor is not our primary goal, I would rather foster interoperability by seamless copy and paste etc. We should address this at LGM indeed.
This plugin is designed scientifically. You'd have to rewrite it to make it more user-friendly. Anyway, Marco Ciampa made this dialog translatable two years ago: https://git.gnome.org/browse/gimp/commit/plug-ins/selection-to-path?id=19dfcc5c9ec7090d931f7b379b1e803013903589 Can we close this now? :)
Oh, inded, fixed: commit 19dfcc5c9ec7090d931f7b379b1e803013903589 Author: Marco Ciampa <ciampix@libero.it> Date: Fri Sep 27 13:16:55 2013 +0200 Added internationalization macros to selection-to-path-dialog hidden parameters. plug-ins/selection-to-path/selection-to-path-dialog.c | 157 +++++++++++++++-------------- po-plug-ins/POTFILES.in | 1 + 2 files changed, 80 insertions(+), 78 deletions(-)