Virtaal

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Virtaal is a localization and translation tool, also called a CAT tool. It builds on the Translate Toolkit to offer translators a rich translation experience.

It support the editing of the following translation formats: XLIFF, Gettext PO, Qt Linguist, Gettext MO, Wordfast TM and others.

Its simple interface design focuses on removing the clutter associated with most localisation tools and allowing the translator to focus on task at hand with the information they need to complete the current task.

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Updated 09 Jun 2009 23:01 UTC

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9 months ago Avatar
Fast, simple, power at your fingertips

    by Dwayne Bailey

I've used many many translation tools. Some being simple, some being feature full, none matching both requirements.

I now use Virtaal for any GUI based translation work, its replaced my venerable vi. Caution: I'm also a Virtaal developer so don't expected an unbiased opinion!

The reason for my change is power and simplicity. The GUI just works, it isn't cluttered with things I don't need. The commands are consistent and ... [More] logical. The tools works in the way I expect a translation tool to work.

Looking at where Virtaal is going I can simply say this is more power to the people. The advanced features that I need as a translator still need to appear in Virtaal, but this is 0.2! But I know that these are going to be ready at my fingertip, not hidden behind some menu, or cluttering my work space.

Its the little things that sell me on Virtaal. Consistent and well thought out keyboard navigation. The power of the underlying Translate Toolkit that allows me to translate almost any format. I can even translate .mo directly if I want. Using navigation modes I'm in a power position to control how I work and the navigation simply work as normal but I step to the next translation in my selected mode whether its everything, incomplete work or I'm searching.

Don't let me forget autocomplete and autocorrect. I don't know what I was doing before autocomplete and the autocorrect borrowed from OpenOffice.org is simply power.

Did I say I love the fact that there is no catalogue manager, I think that device is a crutch because others have not thought too hard about how to aid how a translator works.

I can't wait for the checks from the Translate Toolkit to be put available directly from Virtaal. Doing that will give me the GUI power for tools that I have been using on the command line for years.

Well done to all the developers. I'm waiting in expectation for the next release. [Less]

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    virtaal:suggestions

    Posted 6 days ago

    @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@
    * When selecting a unit, select the translated text so that it can be overwritten. - is this a good idea, I would rather see fuzzy units highlighted, translated left unhighlighted and Ctrl-A able to select all text DB.
    ... [More] * <del>Check that row hints work in Windows.</del>
    * <del>Add syntax highlighting for the active unit's source text.</del>
    * Make more attractive:
    - * Add borders to source and target text views.
    + * <del>Add borders to source and target text views.</del>
    * Make modes more distinctive.
    * Change background color of unit editor to make it stand out.
    * Improve syntax highlighting so that translatable text is more distinguishable.
    * Change display of suggestions (pop-up?) - yuch no popups please, I think my idea is harder though, I'd like to see it like call tip that you can highlight and select when you go to that unit DB. [Less]

    virtaal:suggestions

    Posted 7 days ago

    @@ -11,10 +11,10 @@
    * Provide the ability to save files in a different format, eg. save MO files to PO, and vice versa.

    ===== GUI =====
    * When selecting a unit, select the translated text so that it can be overwritten. - is ... [More] this a good idea, I would rather see fuzzy units highlighted, translated left unhighlighted and Ctrl-A able to select all text DB.
    - * Check that row hints work in Windows.
    - * Add syntax highlighting for the active unit's source text.
    + * <del>Check that row hints work in Windows.</del>
    + * <del>Add syntax highlighting for the active unit's source text.</del>
    * Make more attractive:
    * Add borders to source and target text views.
    * Make modes more distinctive.
    * Change background color of unit editor to make it stand out. [Less]

    virtaal:development_plans

    Posted 7 days ago

    @@ -10,12 +10,12 @@

    View a list of open requests and bugs in Bugzilla [[http://bugs.locamotion.org/buglist.cgi?query_format=specific&order=relevance+desc&bug_status=__open__&product=Virtaal&content=|here]].

    ... [More] Features that are likely to get in the foreseeable future:
    - * Terminology help
    + * <del>Terminology help</del> - supported since version 0.4
    * Better handling of XLIFF inline elements and placeables
    * [[toolkit:pofilter_tests|Quality checks]] like in Pootle and [[toolkit:pofilter]]
    * Improved searching (to take accelerators into account, for example)
    * Better spell checking
    * Better support for XLIFF features

    Join the mailing list and/or IRC channel to discuss ideas and help us prioritise features for the next release. [Less]

    virtaal:features

    Posted 11 days ago

    @@ -22,8 +22,11 @@
    * Copying original string to target string taking your language's punctuation rules into account
    * Highlighting and copying [[placeables]] from the source text (since version 0.4)
    * Easily find your ... [More] work by moving between the units that are untranslated or fuzzy
    * Automatically update the PO header when saving
    + * Terminology help (since version 0.4). Suggestions can come from:
    + * Local files on your computer
    + * [[http://open-tran.eu|Open-Tran.eu]]
    * Reuse existing translations. Suggestions can come from:
    * The current file
    * Previously saved translations
    * [[http://open-tran.eu|Open-Tran.eu]] [Less]

    virtaal:using_virtaal

    Posted 11 days ago

    @@ -43,8 +43,13 @@
    ==== Copy a placeable to the target ====
    (Available since version 0.4)

    [[Placeables]] are special parts of the text that can automatically be highlighted and easily inserted into the translation. You will see ... [More] that certain parts of the source text will be highlighted. To select which placeable to insert, press <Alt+Right> to move the highlighting to the correct placeable. You can insert the currently highlighted placeable by pressing <Alt+Down>. After you have inserted a placeable, the next placeable will be highlighted.
    +
    + ==== Copy a term to the target ====
    + (Available since version 0.4)
    +
    + Highlighted text will show which terms Virtaal recognised, and allow you to handle them as placeables. You can use <Alt+Right> and <Alt+Down> the same way as with other placeables. If there is more than one suggestion for a term, Virtaal will display the choices in a menu. Select the translation you want, or press <Escape> to continue typing.

    ===== Navigation =====
    Above we saw how we can easily advance to the next point of translation by pressing <Enter>. You can also move around easily between rows with <Ctrl+Down> and <Ctrl+Up>. To move in large steps, use <Ctrl+PgDown> and <Ctrl+PgUp>. [Less]

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