List of resources and their priority for translation

rakekniven · April 18, 2020, 10:19am

General

On Transifex there is a main project called “Nextcloud”. There is a subproject under it which is also named “Nextcloud”. This project contains many single resources. These resources are parts of the server, the apps, the clients. We use these resources daily when we use Nextcloud.

A new translator often asks what to translate first, what is important. The following list shows the resources prioritized by server, clients, core apps and the rest of the Nextcloud world.

The other subprojects to the website of Nextcloud and also the documentation projects are not an issue here.

Priority 1: Server (Shipped with server bundle)

Priority 2: Most used apps (according to a survey Nov 2021) and mobile clients

Most used server apps

calendar GitHub - nextcloud/calendar: 📆 Calendar app for Nextcloud
files (part of the server bundle)
contacts GitHub - nextcloud/contacts: 📇 Contacts app for Nextcloud
deck GitHub - nextcloud/deck: 🗂 Kanban-style project & personal management tool for Nextcloud, similar to Trello
spreed GitHub - nextcloud/spreed: 🗨️ Nextcloud Talk – chat, video & audio calls for Nextcloud (talk)
notes GitHub - nextcloud/notes: ✎ Distraction-free notes and writing
tasks https://github.com/nextcloud/tasks
OnlyOffice (3rd Party and not at Transifex)
news https://github.com/nextcloud/news
richdocuments https://github.com/nextcloud/richdocuments and richdocumentscode https://github.com/CollaboraOnline/richdocumentscode (Collabora Office)
bookmarks https://github.com/nextcloud/bookmarks
photos (part of the server bundle)

Mobile clients

android https://github.com/nextcloud/android
client https://github.com/nextcloud/desktop/ (desktop client)
ios https://github.com/nextcloud/ios
- ios-info https://github.com/nextcloud/ios
talk_desktop https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-desktop
- Follows the language pattern of the web apps, therefore translations should be available for all server supported languages, e.g. de and de_DE
android-talk https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android
talk-ios https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-ios
- talk-ios-info https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-ios
- talk-ios-plurals https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-ios

Priority 3: App resources (sorted alphabetically)

Other clients

Android AppStore Listing ?
android-deck https://github.com/stefan-niedermann/nextcloud-deck
android-news https://github.com/nextcloud/news-android
android-notes https://github.com/stefan-niedermann/nextcloud-notes
android-singlesignon https://github.com/nextcloud/Android-SingleSignOn
android-sms https://github.com/nerzhul/ncsms-android (Still active?)
android-sms-playstore ?
android-tables https://github.com/stefan-niedermann/nextcloud-tables
passman-android https://github.com/nextcloud/passman-android
cookbook_flutter https://github.com/Teifun2/nextcloud-cookbook-flutter

Apps not using Transifex for i18n

Apps with resources not integrated into Transifex workflow (due source code hosted on not yet supported code forges:

cospend https://crowdin.com/project/moneybuster
csp_editor https://weblate.framasoft.org/projects/nextcloud/csp-editor/
drop_account https://weblate.framasoft.org/projects/nextcloud/drop-account/
gpxedit https://crowdin.com/project/gpxedit
gpxmotion https://crowdin.com/project/gpxmotion
gpxpod https://crowdin.com/project/gpxpod
holiday_calendars https://weblate.framasoft.org/projects/nextcloud/holiday-calendars/
login_notes https://weblate.framasoft.org/projects/nextcloud/login-notes/
nextcloud-webdav-filepicker https://crowdin.com/project/nextcloud-webdav-filepicker
passwords https://weblate.passwordsapp.org/languages/
passwords desktop app https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/nextcloud_password_client/translations/
passwords_for_nextcloud_ios_client https://hosted.weblate.org/projects/nextcloud-passwords-ios/#languages
phonetrack https://crowdin.com/project/phonetrack
side_menu https://translate.codeberg.org/projects/custom-menu/#languages

Then these, which are on Transifex, but not under Nextcloud project:
facerecognition https://app.transifex.com/matias/nextcloud-facerecognition/dashboard/
quicknotes https://app.transifex.com/matias/quicknotes/dashboard/
quicknotes Android https://app.transifex.com/matias/nextcloud-quicknotes-android/dashboard/
Floccus https://app.transifex.com/floccus/floccus/dashboard/

Priority 4: Resources with status unknown

client-desktop ? (Closed source?, Branding of client?, only 4 strings)

OCBookmark https://gitlab.com/bisada/OCBookmarks

No priority: Deprecated resources

browser_warning https://github.com/nextcloud/browser_warning See comment at repo.
rainloop https://github.com/pierre-alain-b/rainloop-nextcloud/ (Repo is read-only now, see comment there). Resource at Transifex is locked.

Removed resources (history)

Notes regarding configuration of resources

File to configure resources
https://github.com/nextcloud/docker-ci/blob/master/translations/config.json

rakekniven · April 18, 2020, 10:22am

I created that list to start working on a cleanup of resources at Transifex and to help languages with low translator power to priorize their work.

Everyone is invited to edit my list (wiki style enabled).
Sorting them by relevance is not easy and affected by personal likings.

Some apps are not part of the Nextcloud project at GitHub. For them I will add a link behind the resource name to find the source more easy and quickly.

rakekniven · April 19, 2020, 5:59am

Hello @alfred

thanks for your contribution.

@juliushaertl May I ask you to check if you can solve our last questions here?
Do you or your collegues know the source of some Transifex resources?

Thank you.

rakekniven · April 19, 2020, 6:21am

We are nearly complete. Now it comes to sorting and cleaning.

@tobiasKaminsky We found already 5 deprecated resources I would like to remove from Transifex. Who do I talk to? Technically, I have the rights to remove them, but of course I want to clarify first if there is anything against it.

alfred · April 19, 2020, 9:04am

Well, I think any kind of “ranking” would result in problems with app developers, so aside from removing deprecated apps (those that don’t have a release for the last three major Nextcloud releases or so) it would be better to not screw around with an important part of the Nextcloud ecosystem.

anon93002831 · April 19, 2020, 3:21pm

I am very happy with this list since I like to contribute with the translation. We have more then 5.000 unreviewed translation and so we can try to translate and review from a priority side. Neverless I will help and translate new projects at first.

rakekniven · April 19, 2020, 7:56pm

Hey @alfred, good to have your input. My thoughts have been to ask Nextcloud company about some stats regarding popularity derived from their App Store. Will think about it.

My thoughts followed only the question “what must first be translated and reviewed?”. Regardless of my personal preferences or other subjective opinions.

Your input is great and appreciated.

tobiasKaminsky · April 20, 2020, 10:48am

Good question.
I am not aware of any procedure for this…
Maybe open up an issue in the corresponding repository and ping one of our main server guys for approval?

rakekniven · April 20, 2020, 3:42pm

Would that be rullzer? or Morris, or?

tobiasKaminsky · April 21, 2020, 5:42am

Just ping both

rakekniven · April 29, 2020, 8:07pm

Works. First two are eliminated.

alfred · April 30, 2020, 12:34pm

ocSMS-Android will get new features developed by the /e/ project soon:

knedlyk · May 16, 2020, 11:05pm

Will you be uploading them to RC or only in the final version? What is the general procedure of pushing language updates?

rakekniven · May 17, 2020, 2:35pm

Who do you address with your question? Alfred? Or me?

knedlyk · May 23, 2020, 9:49am

Probably, both. I do not know the procedure.

rakekniven · May 23, 2020, 10:58am

Me either.
There are branches and master. But about details I cannot tell you.

knedlyk · May 25, 2020, 7:59pm

Please, remind, when the freeze with translations is expected?..
Additionally, please, specify, how may I apply the translations locally before they are rolled-out with the new releases? If it is possible at all.

rakekniven · May 26, 2020, 10:04am

Hello @knedlyk

Please open a new topic in this category and ask your questions in detail.
This topic has different target and we get off-topic here.

knedlyk · June 4, 2020, 9:10pm

So strange. 19.0 is released, but all my translations are not implemented (
What is wrong with that?

rakekniven · June 4, 2020, 9:43pm

Please open a new topic in this category and ask your questions in detail.
This topic has different target and we get off-topic here.