Locale files
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The  catalogs  contained in the Locale directory are for use primarily with
Workbench  2.1  and 3.0.  They are automatically copied to your system disk
by the installation scripts.


How to localize PowerCache
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I  have included the source required to localize PowerCache to any language
(standard  CatComp .ct (catalog translation) file format).  It is stored as
a standard LhA archive in this directory.

If  PowerCache is not yet localized in your particular language, I would be
most  grateful  for  any translation you can provide me with.  However, you
should probably contact me first, so I can coordinate who's doing what.

The .ct format may not be particulary intelligible to you, if you are not a
programmer.  You may want to have a look at the other .ct files, to see how
others have done.

There are a few important points that you must observe, when translating:

· Make clear, understandable translations. Your target is a user who
  has no understanding whatsoever of programming lingo.

· Try translating EVERY english word. Use synonyms for the hard ones. For
  example, use "read-ahead" in stead of "prefetch", or "reserve" or "get"
  in stead of "allocate". I'll allow some rephrasing in the translation
  of the longest strings, but not too much.

· Leave words you have NO translation for, in english.  For example, if you
  have no translation for "hotkey", don't try translating "hot" and "key"
  seperately, in desperation.  Such attempts usually give meaningless
  results (funny, but meaningless).

· Very technical phrases may remain in english.

· Cross-check with other .ct files if you have any doubts about what to
  translate, and what to leave in english.

· Make sure gadget and other GUI related strings still fit when translated.
  Abbreviate if you have to.

· Some strings contain control information such as "%s" or "%ld". This
  indicates that a string or number is to eventually appear at that
  position, so you'll have to include this information in your translation
  as well.

· A \n means "new line". Include this information in translated strings,
  too. Keep lines approximately as long as they were originally.


Lastly, let me remind you that a complete translation requires not only the
program  strings,  but also the install script to be localized.  Since this
requires  some  basic information on how The Installer works, I'd prefer if
you just translated all the english strings you can find in the script, and
put  this translation into a seperate file.  I will then insert the strings
at the correct positions.

As  previously  mentioned,  translations  are  most welcome.  I aim to have
PowerCache  100%  localized  in  all  the  standard  languages -- and a few
others,  if  possible  (where's  that Polish translation, Chris? :-).   I'm
afraid I can't pay anyone for their trouble, but I do offer a free key file
for anyone who contributes a translation.  Good enough?

One  important  note:   Do  NOT  release .catalog or .ct files on your own.
Mail  translations to me.  I will then incorporate it into the distribution
and  give  you  proper  credit  in  PowerCache's  manual.  Further, I can't
coordinate  anything  if  catalog  files  of  all  kinds of languages start
floating around.