Call for contributors on localization
This is a call for contributors who are willing to revise the JSON language files of pimatic. No specific programming skills are required. The editing should preferably be done on the github repository. The time required for each language should be just 1-2 hours.
The following languages need to be revised:
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.", Hofstadter's Law
Here is summary of missing entries for Dutch, French and Spanish. For Russioan and Slovakian I am happy to created diffs on request. German is complete, but should be reviewed.
nl.jsonC:\Users\marcus\Documents\Devel\PIDEV\node_modules\pimatic\locales>json-diff -k en.json nl.json
{
- Actuators: "Actuators"
- Sensors: "Sensors"
- connection lost, retying: "connection lost, retying"
- down: "down"
- up: "up"
- present: "present"
- absent: "absent"
- switching on: "switching on"
- switching off: "switching off"
- done: "done"
- Add a property: "Add a property"
- Edit Device: "Edit Device"
- No connection: "No connection to server"
- Connecting: "Connecting"
- Reconnecting: "Reconnecting"
- Could not connect (%s), retrying: "Could not connect (%s), retrying"
- Connect timed out: "Connect timed out"
- Connection lost: %s: "Connection lost: %s"
}
fr.jsonC:\Users\marcus\Documents\Devel\PIDEV\node_modules\pimatic\locales>json-diff -k en.json fr.json
{
- Connection lost, retying...: "Connection lost, retrying..."
- down: "down"
- up: "up"
- No data to display.: "No data to display."
- started %s: "started %s"
- Reset: "Reset"
- opened: "opened"
- closed: "closed"
- present: "present"
- absent: "absent"
- press button %s of device %s: "press button %s of device %s"
- switching on: "switching on"
- switching off: "switching off"
- done: "done"
- default: : "default: "
- (default): "(default)"
- default:: "default:"
- (not set): "(not set)"
- use default: "use default"
- not set: "not set"
- Edit Config: "Edit Config"
- Browse Plugins: "Browse Plugins"
- Activate: "Activate"
- Deactivate: "Deactivate"
- Uninstall: "Uninstall"
- Install: "Install"
- activated: "activated"
- loaded: "loaded"
- Some settings have changed, a restart is required.: "Some settings have changed, a restart is required."
- Restart Now: "Restart Now"
- No properties: "No properties"
- Discover Devices: "Discover Devices"
- Discovered devices: "Discovered devices"
- and if: "and if"
- or when: "or when"
- compatibility unknown: "compatibility unknown"
- Show Readme: "Show Readme"
- Add a property: "Add a property"
- Edit Device: "Edit Device"
- No connection: "No connection to server"
- Connecting: "Connecting"
- Reconnecting: "Reconnecting"
- Could not connect (%s), retrying: "Could not connect (%s), retrying"
- Connect timed out: "Connect timed out"
- Connection lost: %s: "Connection lost: %s"
}
es.json {
- off: "off"
- Connection lost, retying...: "Connection lost, retrying..."
- Unknown: "Unknown"
- down: "down"
- up: "up"
- No data to display.: "No data to display."
- started %s: "started %s"
- Reset: "Reset"
- opened: "opened"
- closed: "closed"
- present: "present"
- absent: "absent"
- press button %s of device %s: "press button %s of device %s"
- switching on: "switching on"
- switching off: "switching off"
- done: "done"
- default: : "default: "
- (default): "(default)"
- default:: "default:"
- (not set): "(not set)"
- use default: "use default"
- not set: "not set"
- Edit Config: "Edit Config"
- Browse Plugins: "Browse Plugins"
- Activate: "Activate"
- Deactivate: "Deactivate"
- Uninstall: "Uninstall"
- Install: "Install"
- activated: "activated"
- loaded: "loaded"
- Some settings have changed, a restart is required.: "Some settings have changed, a restart is required."
- Restart Now: "Restart Now"
- No properties: "No properties"
- Discover Devices: "Discover Devices"
- Discovered devices: "Discovered devices"
- and if: "and if"
- or when: "or when"
- compatibility unknown: "compatibility unknown"
- Show Readme: "Show Readme"
- Add a property: "Add a property"
- Edit Device: "Edit Device"
- No connection: "No connection to server"
- Connecting: "Connecting"
- Reconnecting: "Reconnecting"
- Could not connect (%s), retrying: "Could not connect (%s), retrying"
- Connect timed out: "Connect timed out"
- Connection lost: %s: "Connection lost: %s"
- Do you really want to press "%s"?: "Do you really want to press \"%s\"?"
- Do you really want to turn %s?: "Do you really want to turn %s?"
}
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.", Hofstadter's Law
I just did a pull request for the updated nl.json.
Not translated:
"Actuators": "Actuators",
I know what an Actuator is, but I have no idea how to translate that in Dutch and I even don’t know if we have a Dutch word for it.
Needs revision:
"connection lost, retying": "connectie verbroken, opnieuw proberen",
The string mentions “retying” instead of “retrying”.
I could of course change that, but I do not know whether there is some code using that exact string.
Never mind. A made a pull request to change it through the entire repo.
find ./ -type f -exec sed -i -e 's/retying/retrying/g' {} \;
@harry-van-der-wolf Excellent! Thank you very much for your swift reaction and your contribution. Regarding the “actuator” concept maybe one of the other folks has an idea. The German word for it is “Stellglied” and among the suggested Dutch translations “de actuator” seems to match best in the given context 
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.", Hofstadter's Law
@harry-van-der-wolf i would say “Actuatoren”
@gleno0h said in Call for contributors on localization:
Actuatoren
Makes sense to me. Btw, I think “Sensors” should be “Sensoren”. I have updated the entries accordingly.
"It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.", Hofstadter's Law
Actuatoren is indeed correct. I only knew the English form.
“sensors” and “sensoren” are synonyms, although I can imagine that sensoren “sounds better” for most Dutch people as that is how most plurals are written/spoken.
