Complete German Translation 3.0.1_GA_160

[blue4koala]

Hello Everybody,

attached you will find my complete German translation (except Admin Console). To install simply copy the files AjxMsg_de.properties, ZMsg_de.properties and ZmMsg_de.properties into the subfolder zimbra/jakarta-tomcat-5.5.7/webapps/zimbra/WEB-INF/classes/msgs, restart server and clear local browser cache. Deinstallation is even easier - just delete the files. Region- or country-specific language files may be added as de_AT, de_CH, de_DE, de_LU.

Major goals of my translation were: Clear, simple, and short terms and phrases, used as consistently as possible; consistent usage of UNICODE; focussed on context, usability, and appearance.

Tests in my small environment have been very positive. Nevertheless response is appreciated as well as answers to following questions:

- Quota information in upper right corner of user interface seems to be hard-coded English (X KB of unlimited)

- "Add CC" and "Add BCC" when composing a mail also seem to be hard-coded even though corresponding vars do exist

- at end of line 275 of ZaMsg.properties a backslash seems to be missing

- the previous AjxMsg-Vars timeFormat, dateFormat and dateSeperator are missing in 3.0.1_GA_160. As necessary for a German translation I have re-included them and they seem to work (with the sole exception of the time line left of calendar view which always seems to output AM/PM time).

- I have ignored the two warnings in ZmMsg "# these need to be kept in sync..." and have translated those terms. If you should encounter problems simply uncomment the following entries.

Meaning or definition of following vars is not clear or complicated:

b = B (probably bytes?)
call = call (telephone call?)
party = party (a gathering of people, meeting?)
the = The (horrible as the German language hasn't less than three gender-specific translations, please avoid!)

Have fun, Blue4koala

[KevinH]

Blue4koala, Thanks! Have you signed and faxed in a contrib agreement. Once you do I can change your permissions and approve this attachment.

[blue4koala]

Some German informations about the translation, installation etc. can now be found at:

http://martin.esc.de/martin

Sincerely - Blue4koala

[Matthias Schröder]

Our version with some changes in your user message translations.
The time units ("Days", "Hours" etc.) may not be translated,
they are inline programmed in java scripts.

[KevinH]

Matthias, Have you mailed/faxed in a contrib agreement?

[Matthias Schröder]

Originally Posted by KevinH

Matthias, Have you mailed/faxed in a contrib agreement?

Did I miss something ?

We needed only the german translation for some potential customer and I thought, why not share our work with other people.

[KevinH]

Originally Posted by Matthias Schröder

Did I miss something ?

We needed only the german translation for some potential customer and I thought, why not share our work with other people.

To share it via Zimbra we need a signed contrib agreement to ensure the IP your sharing is yours and you (or your employer) have rights to share it with us.

http://www.zimbra.com/license/contri...agreement.html

[Risotto]

Thanks for the great work. I look forward to the day we will be able to switch languages in the user preferences. This is really an important option for customers in Europe.

Also, I hope RE: will never be translated to AW: in the german localization. This is a no-go. AW: has been introduced by Microsoft Outlook by *mistake*. Someone thought it would mean RE as in REply even though it means RE as in REs (latin). So there is nothing to translate. I hope this will be respected in the german translation of Zimbra. BTW, AW: breaks RFC compatibility!

[sdf]

anyone already working on german translation of 3.1?