[Bug 68959] Re: Should handle Qt/KDE '.ts' Translation Source files in addition to '.po'

[Dmitry Shachnev]

** Description changed:

  Recent KDE or Qt applications have started having their translation
  saved and updated in the '.ts' Translation Source format.  This format
  is different to the '.po' format that Rosetta currently supports.
  
- The following page has some information about Qt Linguist, a translation
- application that speaks this file format:
+ The following pages has some information about Qt Linguist, a
+ translation application that speaks this file format:
  
-   http://www.kde.gr.jp/~ichi/qt/linguist-manual-3.html
+   http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/linguist-translators.html
+   http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/linguist-ts-file-format.html
  
  According to the following page, the "web-based Pootle" supported
  several formats, including '.ts' files:
  
-    http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=91920
+   https://sourceforge.net/projects/translate/files/
  
  This is an XML-based format that looks like:
  
- <!DOCTYPE TS><TS>
-   <context>
-     <name></name>
-     <message>
-         <source>Colors</source>
-         <translation>Colours</translation>
-     </message>
-   </context>
+ <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+ <!DOCTYPE TS>
+ <TS version="2.0" language="en_GB">
+   <context>
+     <name></name>
+     <message>
+         <source>Colors</source>
+         <translation>Colours</translation>
+     </message>
+   </context>
  </TS>

** Description changed:

  Recent KDE or Qt applications have started having their translation
  saved and updated in the '.ts' Translation Source format.  This format
  is different to the '.po' format that Rosetta currently supports.
  
  The following pages has some information about Qt Linguist, a
  translation application that speaks this file format:
  
    http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/linguist-translators.html
-   http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/linguist-ts-file-format.html
+   http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/linguist-ts-file-format.html
  
  According to the following page, the "web-based Pootle" supported
  several formats, including '.ts' files:
  
-   https://sourceforge.net/projects/translate/files/
+   https://sourceforge.net/projects/translate/
  
  This is an XML-based format that looks like:
  
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <!DOCTYPE TS>
  <TS version="2.0" language="en_GB">
    <context>
      <name></name>
      <message>
          <source>Colors</source>
          <translation>Colours</translation>
      </message>
    </context>
  </TS>

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Title:
  Should handle Qt/KDE '.ts' Translation Source files in addition to
  '.po'

Status in Launchpad itself:
  Triaged
Status in “pkgbinarymangler” package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Recent KDE or Qt applications have started having their translation
  saved and updated in the '.ts' Translation Source format.  This format
  is different to the '.po' format that Rosetta currently supports.

  The following pages has some information about Qt Linguist, a
  translation application that speaks this file format:

    http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/linguist-translators.html
    http://doc.qt.nokia.com/latest/linguist-ts-file-format.html

  According to the following page, the "web-based Pootle" supported
  several formats, including '.ts' files:

    https://sourceforge.net/projects/translate/

  This is an XML-based format that looks like:

  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
  <!DOCTYPE TS>
  <TS version="2.0" language="en_GB">
    <context>
      <name></name>
      <message>
          <source>Colors</source>
          <translation>Colours</translation>
      </message>
    </context>
  </TS>

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