Request for comment on feasability of translating OSMTracker for Android
I have pushed for managed translation of OSMTracker for Android on Transifex and Translatewiki. Transifex was tried first because it is easy and fast to set up. However, Transifex chokes on one xml file defining the "tracking buttons". Would it be possible to have OSMTracker included on Translatewiki? It is probably the best tracking app available or OpenStreetMap mapping, would be nice addition to OpenStreetMap, Potlatch and Waymarked Trails, has a steady history of improvements, and uses Github. The files needing translation are described on Google Code (third section).
We do not have support that file format at the moment, but looking at the files it looks like a hour or few hour job depending on who wants to implement support.
We ended up with Transifex, which might look cooler but certainly is an inferior tool for the translator I can say now after having used for some hours.
Thank you for your feedback and update. This is both saddening and interesting: it would be wonderful if you could elaborate on why Transifex looks (or might look) cooler although it isn't and most importantly on why it's an inferior tool and how we can highlight this. Thanks,
I decided to add support for that format anyway, since it's nice selling point. It can be improved further by exporting author names and pretty-formatting the XML.
Just have time for a very short reply: Transifex has a cleaner and slicker interface. It is inferior because it is harder to share translation memory, because of the community here at Translatewiki and the contests, because it is easier to use translations from other languages here, and it is easier to switch among, and edit several languages at a time.
Thanks. You just made my day. We're working hard on getting the UI/UX further improved. We should have results before the calender year is over.
Another great advantage of Translatewiki is that you support all languages that there are translators for (right?), on Transifex they have to implement support in the software before one can translate to that language, and many of the languages supported here aren't listed there. They also treat national varieties ("nn-NO") as proper languages which makes for a proper mess.