Manual:Pywikipediabot/i18n conversion
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Adapting scripts to translatewiki [edit]
Sun Jan 16 13:33:11 UTC 2011
Hello all,
After my last mail, you have of course set up a working rewrite development environment and were wondering how to spread TW integration like a virus through the scripts/ directory. So, how to do it:
As you will notice, there is now a i18n/ directory inside the scripts/ directory. This directory contains all files exported from TranslateWiki. The script name defines which TW keys are defined in the file, so i18n/category.py contains category-* (category-was-moved[1], category-also-in, etc). These are the translations that before were in scripts/category.py.
Adapting scripts to translatewiki consists of four parts:
* Defining TW keys for translations * Reading in translations and outputting them into the TW format * Removing translations from script file * Adding 'from pywikibot import i18n' and adapting all/most pywikibot.translate entries with i18n.twtranslate().
- (1) Defining TW keys*
To use isbn.py as an example. There is only one message (only showing german and english):
msg = { 'de': 'Bot: Formatiere ISBN', 'en': 'Robot: Formatting ISBN', }
For TW, we define this message as isbn-formatting.
Sometimes pywikibot.translate is used for site- or language-specific configuration. Don't move those to translatewiki files (yet).
- (2) Reading in translations and outputting them into the TW format*
Although it is possible to do the isbn example by hand, I'll use a script that can easily be adapted for a larger number of messages. Don't forget to source bin/activate your virtualenv! The script is available at http://pastebin.com/u2XrKt5b (too long to paste in this e-mail)
For other scripts, you have to adapt at least lines 2, 6 and 12. Line 12 has a list of tuples (old dict, translatewiki key). If the messages have (one or more) parameters, you should change them to *named parameters*, so translators can move them around in the message. See lines 15 and 16 for an example of how to do this.
Running this script gives you a new file, i18n/isbn.py
- Test* the translation:
(pwbde)/rewrite/scripts$ python
>>> from pywikibot import i18n
>>> i18n.twtranslate("de", "isbn-formatting")
u'Bot: Formatiere ISBN'
hurrah!
- (3) Removing translations from the script file*
Use a sledgehammer, jackhammer or scalpel. Whatever works for you. In the case of isbn.py, lines 49 to 61.
- (4a) Add from pywikibot import i18n*
-from pywikibot import pagegenerators +from pywikibot import pagegenerators, i18n
- (4b) Adapting all/most pywikibot.translate entries*
Search for pywikibot.translate. Change the following:
pywikibot.translate(site, msg) % (param_1, param_2)
to
i18n.twtranslate(site, "tw-key-for-msg", {'param_1': param_1, 'param_2': param_2})
or
i18n.twtranslate(site, "tw-key-for-msg") % {'param_1': param_1, 'param_2': param_2}
With *'tw-key-for-msg'* referring to the tw key you thought up for *msg*, and *'param_1'* and *'param_2'* (the dictionary keys) referring to the *named parameters* you introduced in step 2.
For isbn.py, this is simpler:
- self.comment = pywikibot.translate(pywikibot.getSite(), msg) + self.comment = i18n.twtranslate(pywikibot.getSite(), 'isbn-formatting')
- Congratulations! *You have adapted a script to use translatewiki translations!
Of course, before committing, *test* the script:
(pwb)/rewrite/scripts$ *python isbn.py -page:Gebruiker:Valhallasw -to13 -format* (...) Page [[Gebruiker:Valhallasw]] saved yielding: (huidig | vorige) 16 jan 2011 14:29 Valhallasw (Overleg | bijdragen) k (1.735 bytes) (Bot: ISBN opgemaakt) (ongedaan maken)
And, as a last step, *commit* the script (and the translations!) to the svn repository: Special:Code/pywikipedia/8838
Good luck adapting scripts!
Best regards, Valhallasw 21:23, 11 July 2011 (UTC)
