Get Started
If you want to contribute to the translation of one of the tesselle packages, make sure the package has started the process of providing translations by checking for the po/ directory in the package root. If you don’t see this directory, you may want to create an issue to see if the maintainer is ready to receive translations.
Basic Workflow
As a translator, you’ll mainly be working with .po files. If you’re not familiar with these files, it’s best to use the potools package. This package will make your translation task much easier. Start by reading the vignette for translators, the gist of which is given below.
## Install
install.packages("potools")
## Load
library(potools)If no translation exists, run po_create('<language code>') to create a .po file for the language you are translating. If you want to update an existing translation, run po_update() to update the .po files.
Next, open the .po file with your favourite text editor. You’ll see some metadata at the top of the file, start by updating Last-Translator to your email address.
The rest of the file consists of pairs of msgid and msgstr. The msgid is the string that appears in the R source (be it an error, warning, message, etc.). The msgstr is the translated equivalent: just go through the file and fill in the translated strings.
Finally, the plain text .po files are converted into binary .mo files to be distributed with the package, either by you or by the package developer, using po_compile().
Code of Conduct
Please note that the tesselle project is released with a Contributor Code of Conduct. By contributing to this project you agree to abide by its terms.