Projects/Summer of Code/2007/Projects/KAider

KAider is a computer-aided translation system that focuses on productivity and performance. Translator does only creative work (of delivering message in his/her mother language in laconic and easy to understand form). KAider implies parapgraph-by-paragrah translation approach (when translating documentation) and message-by-message approach (when translating GUI). See KAider/Introduction

Current state

Already has:

• syntax highlighting
• spellcheck (problems with dividing filter:doesnt check the last word)
• search-n-replace, ignoring accel marks
• small features like quick tag insert, placing text cursor right after the tag in the beginning (e.g. '<qt>|foobar</qt>' where "|" is a cursor)
• entry bookmarks
• viewer of the difference between current msgid and previous one (i.e. msgid translation of which current msgstr really is -- for fuzzies generated with --previous gettext option)
• merge mode for editors (QA) or when several translators work on the same file screenshot
• basic projectmanager functionality screenshot
• glossary with basic tbx format support. KAider displays relevant entries on-the-fly and provides shortcuts to insert them. also, you can add new glossary terms via context menu of the glossary screenshot
• webquery view, flexible thanks to kross

Compiling

After you set kde env up (compiling kdelibs is enough):

cd trunk
svn up playground/devtools/kaider
su kde-devel
mkdir playground/devtools/kaider/build
cd playground/devtools/kaider/build
cmakekde ..

as a root, run sshd and then from the usual shell:

ssh -XC kde-devel@localhost
kaider

Roadmap

• [basic framework DONE] project management -- 1-2 weeks
• [DONE] context glossary -- 0.5-1 week
• translation DB (QtSql) -- 2 weeks
• [DONE] mode for merging translations for editors (QA) -- 1 week
• scripting API + sipping on google translate for live glossary (kross) - 2 weeks
• the remaining time is for perfection/polishing/small improvements and xliff+qt-linguist support

What i'm doing these days

• kross WebQuery framework - testing, final refinements
• impovements on ProjectView (dbus, etc), Glossary

Ideas

Current:

• Webquery scripts for close languages;
• project-wise and program-wise: webquery scripts, glossaries, TMs
• Glossary editing usability

Further work:

• Research on dividing into sentences rules (e.g. srx)
• Automate submitting translation suggestions to translate.google.com [Kross action]

Not for KDE:

• Be complete computer-aided translation system by providing e.g. actions to import+export openoffice, txt and documents of other formats by calling appropriate scripts/commands. Define for that general kross actions interface.
• Make nice windoze package for the windowzerz

KBabel features to be implemented

...in the smarter way :). After or during the summer.

• Character selection tool integration (kdelibs rule); sort by the frequency
• persistent bookmarks for messages in a file saved in the project
• extended marking of .po and .pot files (e.g. translator that currently works on the file and cince when) saved in the project
• Search/Replace functions in multiple files at once.
• Spellchecking of multiple files at once.
• Opening source code by references in message comments [Kross action]
• A plugin framework for validation tools for consistency checks [Kross action triggered on saving]
• Sending the file using email [Kross (project) action]
• Automatic syntax check with msgfmt when saving and, if an error occured, easy navigation to messages, which contain errors. == Syntax check (msgfmt --statistics) for existing files to control if the translated files will compile and, accordingly, work when distributed [Kross (project) action]
• CVS and SVN support [Kross project action] (is 'svn ci' so hard?)
• Automatic comparisons and statistics of POT and PO files for a quick overview which and how many files are translated (or not) and which files may be obsolete + [Kross (project) action] that merges translations with updated template
• PO File Header change [Kross action (+triggered on saving)]
• Printing of selected messages (eg fuzzy ) [Kross action]

KBabel features NOT to be implemented

• Automatic ("rough" in kbabel terms) translation. Pure machine translation is a joke. All machine-made translations must be verified by human (and let it be a translator rather then user).

Setup

• Create project, saving *.ktp file to l10n-kde4/<LangCode>
• Create in the same dir file called terms.tbx, and fill it with initial contents. See [1]