678996 - [wo] [Fx] Reactivated localization: Wolof

Status: RESOLVED FIXED

(Mozilla Localizations :: Registration & Management, defect)

Description

[Dominique Rochefort]

The Wolof language team has completed translation for Aurora 7.0, with technical help from Dwayne Baileys and his team at translate.org.za.

We are currently reviewing our translations, and would like to be candidate to enter Aurora 8 official build.

My name is Dominique Rochefort
I am the contact person for the Wolof team at ANAFA, Dakar, Sénégal.

Our website is: http://www.alfanet.anafa.org/

Our address is: 
Association nationale pour l'alphabétisation et la formation des Adultes (ANAFA)
Villa 17bis, Patte d'Oie Builders Nord Ext., B.P. 10453 DAKAR-LIBERTÉ
Dakar, Sénégal

We are translating using POOTLE (http://pootle.locamotion.org/) with the help of ANLOC / Translate.org.za.

Comment 1

[Dwayne Bailey]

Attachment: Firefox 8.0a2 translation (based on 7.0)

These are the l10n sources for Wolof (wo).  They are at 8.0a2 but the translations are still 7.0 (with some minor updates).

The updates to 8.0 are small and I expect these to happen shortly.

I just wanted to get these up for review so that we can get Wolof into VC and building.  The 7.0 contains the bulk of the strings and is at 76% complete in total and 93% if we exclude the security, less important components and items that shouldn't be translated.

Comment 2

[Dwayne Bailey]

I have used English fallback, we probably should be using French fallback.  Am looking at instrumenting that in the building process.

Comment 3

[Dominique Rochefort]

Definitively, French fallback for untranslated strings would be more appropriate since the majority of Wolof speakers which live in Senegal knows some French and almost no English at all. Also, for more technical string, it would be more useful to have them in French so that technicians in Senegal better understand what it means.

We target 100% translation before Saturday (other, never, notnd and security excepted).

In parallel we are testing the interface, and reviewing the strings,

Dominique

Comment 4

[Dominique Rochefort]

The 8.0a2 Wolof language pack is currently broken on Aurora 8.

Until we find the offending strings, please just uninstall your Aurora 8, and delete the "Program Files/Aurora" directory.

Then perform a fresh Aurora8 install from the web : http://www.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/channel/
You should then be able to use Aurora in French or English again, but don't try to install the wolof until we fix this bug.

Thanks,

Dominique

Comment 5

[Dominique Rochefort]

Please fin here a working language pack for now :

http://download.locamotion.org/aurora8/firefox-8.0a2.wo.langpack.xpi

Thanks Dwayne.
We continue the review.

Comment 6

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

Comment on attachment 558409 [details]
Firefox 8.0a2 translation (based on 7.0)

I'm seeing both scope and technical issues here:

with the current fallback to en-US, I see a coverage of 65% in my metrics. Given that you want to head over to fr for fallback, that concerns me, as I'll never get traction on how "wolof" this localization is. I'm open for suggestions on how to overcome this?

Technically, the current hg version of compare-locales finds 8 errors, see

wo
  browser/chrome/browser
    aboutHome.dtd
        ERROR: mismatched tag at line 19, column 118 within abouthome.defaultSnippet2.v1
    aboutPrivateBrowsing.dtd
        WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `toolsMenu.label` (basePBMenu.label, privateBrowsingCmd.start.label known) at line 20, column 0 within privatebrowsingpage.howToStart2
        WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `toolsMenu.label` (basePBMenu.label, brandShortName, privateBrowsingCmd.stop.label known) at line 19, column 0 within privatebrowsingpage.howToStop2
    baseMenuOverlay.dtd
        WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `brandFullName` (brandShortName known) at line 12, column 0 within aboutProduct.label
    browser.dtd
        WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `syncBrand.fullName.label` (syncBrand.shortName.label known) at line 556, column 0 within syncSetup.label
        -backForwardButtonMenu.tooltip
        -backForwardButtonMenuMac.tooltip
        -searchFocus.commandkey2
    browser.properties
        ERROR: argument 2 `S` obsolete at line 81, column 28 within lwthemeNeedsRestart.message
        ERROR: Found single % at line 332, column 38 within telemetryText
    feeds/subscribe.properties
        WARNING: trailing argument 2 `S` missing at line 2, column 11 within addHandler
    preferences
      colors.dtd
          ERROR: not well-formed (invalid token) at line 19, column 2 within links
      main.dtd
          -restoreOnDemand.accesskey
          -restoreOnDemand.label
      preferences.properties
          +differentAccount.label
          +differentAccountConfirm.label
          +stopUsingAccount.title
          -syncUnlink.label
          -syncUnlink.title
          -syncUnlinkConfirm.label
      sync.dtd
          +changePassword.label
          -changePassword2.label
          +deactivateDevice.label
          +resetSync.label
          -resetSync2.label
          -unlinkDevice.label
    scratchpad.dtd
        +textbox.placeholder1
    tabview.properties
        +tabview.groupItem.newTabButton
        -tabview.notification.sessionStore
  dom/chrome
    dom/dom.properties
        -nsIDOMWindowInternalWarning
        -nsIJSONDecodeDeprecatedWarning
        -nsIJSONEncodeDeprecatedWarning
    netError.dtd
        ERROR: mismatched tag at line 63, column 430 within proxyConnectFailure.longDesc
  services/sync/sync.properties
      WARNING: trailing argument 1 `S` missing at line 5, column 18 within lastSync2.label
  toolkit/chrome
    global
      aboutRights.dtd
          WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `nbsp` (blockAttackSites.label, blockWebForgeries.label known) at line 59, column 0 within rights.safebrowsing-term3
      aboutSupport.dtd
          ERROR: mismatched tag at line 6, column 73 within aboutSupport.pageSubtitle
          -aboutSupport.appBasicsCrashIDs
      aboutSupport.properties
          -adapterDescription2
          -adapterDeviceID2
          -adapterDrivers2
          -adapterRAM2
          -adapterVendorID2
          -driverDate2
          -driverVersion2
          -isGPU2Active
      mozilla.dtd
          WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `nbsp` at line 2, column 0 within mozilla.quote
    mozapps
      downloads/unknownContentType.properties
          -fileSizeWithType
      extensions
        newaddon.dtd
            // remove this file
        newaddon.properties
            // remove this file
        selectAddons.dtd
            // remove this file
        selectAddons.properties
            // remove this file
      plugins/plugins.properties
          WARNING: trailing argument 1 `S` missing at line 23, column 33 within pluginInstallation.restart.label
      profile/profileSelection.properties
          ERROR: argument 3 `S` obsolete at line 3, column 23 within restartMessageUnlocker
      update
        updates.dtd
            WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `nbsp` (brandShortName known) at line 18, column 0 within manualUpdateGetMsg.label
        updates.properties
            ERROR: argument 2 `S` obsolete, argument 3 `S` obsolete at line 19, column 21 within incompatAddons_minor
wo:
errors: 8
warnings: 10
keys: 1017
unchanged: 1905
changed: 3652
obsolete: 25
missing: 8
65% of entries changed

Comment 7

[Dominique Rochefort]

Thanks Axel for the error report,

I will go through it and fix all the errors.

About French fallback, I think we could like without it in the immediate.
I'll let Dwayne come back for any suggestion to help you keep track of progress even with French fallback.

Dominique

Comment 8

[Dwayne Bailey]

(In reply to Axel Hecht [:Pike] from comment #6)
> Comment on attachment 558409 [details]
> Firefox 8.0a2 translation (based on 7.0)
> 
> I'm seeing both scope and technical issues here:
> 
> with the current fallback to en-US, I see a coverage of 65% in my metrics.

The team has about 22% unchanged strings on Pootle plus the untranslated in security, never and notnb would seem to align with you figures.

The team has been reviewing their strings and removing any direct copies (to make the French fallback possible) which might have pushed down their translated figures.  These files have also been updated quite a bit since the upload for review.

> Given that you want to head over to fr for fallback, that concerns me, as
> I'll never get traction on how "wolof" this localization is. I'm open for
> suggestions on how to overcome this?

Some suggestions:
1) In the PO files we'll have the best indication as the teams won't be copying any English across if they don't have a Wolof translation, since the idea is to use the untranslated status to drop in French.  Means reading this on Pootle.

2) Giving translation figures on commits that want approval

3) Committing two sets of Wolof files: Wolof+English and Wolof+French.  Measure against the first and use the second.

> Technically, the current hg version of compare-locales finds 8 errors, see
> 
> wo
>   browser/chrome/browser
>     aboutHome.dtd
>         ERROR: mismatched tag at line 19, column 118 within
> abouthome.defaultSnippet2.v1
>     aboutPrivateBrowsing.dtd
>         WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `toolsMenu.label`
> (basePBMenu.label, privateBrowsingCmd.start.label known) at line 20, column
> 0 within privatebrowsingpage.howToStart2
>         WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `toolsMenu.label`
> (basePBMenu.label, brandShortName, privateBrowsingCmd.stop.label known) at
> line 19, column 0 within privatebrowsingpage.howToStop2
>     baseMenuOverlay.dtd
>         WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `brandFullName` (brandShortName
> known) at line 12, column 0 within aboutProduct.label
>     browser.dtd
>         WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `syncBrand.fullName.label`
> (syncBrand.shortName.label known) at line 556, column 0 within
> syncSetup.label
>         -backForwardButtonMenu.tooltip
>         -backForwardButtonMenuMac.tooltip
>         -searchFocus.commandkey2
>     browser.properties
>         ERROR: argument 2 `S` obsolete at line 81, column 28 within
> lwthemeNeedsRestart.message
>         ERROR: Found single % at line 332, column 38 within telemetryText
>     feeds/subscribe.properties
>         WARNING: trailing argument 2 `S` missing at line 2, column 11 within
> addHandler
>     preferences
>       colors.dtd
>           ERROR: not well-formed (invalid token) at line 19, column 2 within
> links
>       main.dtd
>           -restoreOnDemand.accesskey
>           -restoreOnDemand.label
>       preferences.properties
>           +differentAccount.label
>           +differentAccountConfirm.label
>           +stopUsingAccount.title
>           -syncUnlink.label
>           -syncUnlink.title
>           -syncUnlinkConfirm.label
>       sync.dtd
>           +changePassword.label
>           -changePassword2.label
>           +deactivateDevice.label
>           +resetSync.label
>           -resetSync2.label
>           -unlinkDevice.label
>     scratchpad.dtd
>         +textbox.placeholder1
>     tabview.properties
>         +tabview.groupItem.newTabButton
>         -tabview.notification.sessionStore
>   dom/chrome
>     dom/dom.properties
>         -nsIDOMWindowInternalWarning
>         -nsIJSONDecodeDeprecatedWarning
>         -nsIJSONEncodeDeprecatedWarning
>     netError.dtd
>         ERROR: mismatched tag at line 63, column 430 within
> proxyConnectFailure.longDesc
>   services/sync/sync.properties
>       WARNING: trailing argument 1 `S` missing at line 5, column 18 within
> lastSync2.label
>   toolkit/chrome
>     global
>       aboutRights.dtd
>           WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `nbsp`
> (blockAttackSites.label, blockWebForgeries.label known) at line 59, column 0
> within rights.safebrowsing-term3
>       aboutSupport.dtd
>           ERROR: mismatched tag at line 6, column 73 within
> aboutSupport.pageSubtitle
>           -aboutSupport.appBasicsCrashIDs
>       aboutSupport.properties
>           -adapterDescription2
>           -adapterDeviceID2
>           -adapterDrivers2
>           -adapterRAM2
>           -adapterVendorID2
>           -driverDate2
>           -driverVersion2
>           -isGPU2Active
>       mozilla.dtd
>           WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `nbsp` at line 2, column 0
> within mozilla.quote
>     mozapps
>       downloads/unknownContentType.properties
>           -fileSizeWithType
>       extensions
>         newaddon.dtd
>             // remove this file
>         newaddon.properties
>             // remove this file
>         selectAddons.dtd
>             // remove this file
>         selectAddons.properties
>             // remove this file
>       plugins/plugins.properties
>           WARNING: trailing argument 1 `S` missing at line 23, column 33
> within pluginInstallation.restart.label
>       profile/profileSelection.properties
>           ERROR: argument 3 `S` obsolete at line 3, column 23 within
> restartMessageUnlocker
>       update
>         updates.dtd
>             WARNING: Referencing unknown entity `nbsp` (brandShortName
> known) at line 18, column 0 within manualUpdateGetMsg.label
>         updates.properties
>             ERROR: argument 2 `S` obsolete, argument 3 `S` obsolete at line
> 19, column 21 within incompatAddons_minor
> wo:
> errors: 8
> warnings: 10
> keys: 1017
> unchanged: 1905
> changed: 3652
> obsolete: 25
> missing: 8
> 65% of entries changed

A lot of these have been corrected in Pootle.  I'll review Dominiques corrections and upload a new tarball.

Comment 9

[Dominique Rochefort]

I believe I have now fixed all the above critical errors in the Wolof localization.

We are now at 100%, except the following sections in POOTLE:
never, notnb, other & security.

We are continuing the review, on both tech and language issues.
But I think most of the current localization could be considered stable.

That is, we should be ready before this weekend to try again entering the build.

Dominique

Comment 10

[Dwayne Bailey]

(In reply to Dominique Rochefort from comment #9)
> I believe I have now fixed all the above critical errors in the Wolof
> localization.
> 
> We are now at 100%, except the following sections in POOTLE:
> never, notnb, other & security.

Please include 'other' in your localisations as these are simply items that I have not yet classified.

> 
> We are continuing the review, on both tech and language issues.
> But I think most of the current localization could be considered stable.
> 
> That is, we should be ready before this weekend to try again entering the
> build.
> 
> Dominique

Comment 11

[Dwayne Bailey]

Attachment: Firefox 8.0a2 translations (updated to 8.0)

These are the latest translations from Pootle.  All previous compare-locales errors have been fixed.  Changed units sits at 61%.

Comment 12

[Gordon P. Hemsley [:GPHemsley]]

How does this bug related to bug 661060?

(In reply to Axel Hecht [:Pike] from comment #6)
> with the current fallback to en-US, I see a coverage of 65% in my metrics.
> Given that you want to head over to fr for fallback, that concerns me, as
> I'll never get traction on how "wolof" this localization is. I'm open for
> suggestions on how to overcome this?

If it helps, I filed bug 687215 for this.

Comment 13

[Dominique Rochefort]

Bug 661060 is duplicate of this bug.

This bug is the official Wolof l10n bug.

Dominique

Comment 15

[Dominique Rochefort]

We have been working hard the last two weeks to review and test our translation, and fix l10n errors and warnings.

We know that Aurora 8 closing date is planned for September 27, and would like to do everything required so that we can get into it as an official Aurora 8 localization.

We have not had feedback from Firefox quality check for 15 days now, and our translation greatly improved since then.

We know our localization is not fully complete yet, but still our testing shows us that Aurora is now fully usable in Wolof.

Do we still have the opportunity to get in on time?

Thanks,

Dominique

Comment 16

[Dwayne Bailey]

ping

Comment 17

[Dominique Rochefort]

pong

Comment 18

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

Comment on attachment 560326 [details]
Firefox 8.0a2 translations (updated to 8.0)

Hi there, sorry for the long lag in response. I'll give this an r+. I have some nits below, but I'm really on the border with the translation coverage. We should make a good step there before going to beta.

In browser/searchplugin/list.txt, there's no twitter. Is that intentional or should we add that, now that en-US is shipping with it?

In intl.properties, 
general.useragent.locale should be wo.
Is the pluralForm the right one?
intl.accept_languages should mention wo as preferred language, and probably other popular languages in Senegal, in particular, I'd expect French to come before English. Also, should en-GB be preferred English, or en-US?

The rest looks technically good, I'll file more bugs on the release process in a few. Again, sorry for the lag in response.

Comment 19

[Axel Hecht [:Pike]]

Congratulations, filed bug 709148 to get this landed and shipped. Marking this bug FIXED.