iLP – The translators view
How to translate with iLP - Overview
After navigating to a component, a series of links leads to its actual translation. The translation is further divided into individual checks, such as Untranslated Strings or Strings Requiring Action. When the entire project is translated without errors, All Strings is still available. Alternatively, you can use the search field to find a specific string or term.
Translate
The translation page displays the source string and an editing area for its translation. If the translation is plural, several source strings and editing areas are displayed, each described and labeled in the number of plural forms that the translated language has.
All special characters for spaces are underlined in red and marked with gray symbols. More than one trailing space is also underlined in red to alert the translator to a possible formatting problem.
Various additional information can be displayed on this page, most of which comes from the project source code (such as context, comments, etc.). Translation fields for all secondary languages that you as a translator have selected in the preferences are displayed above the source text.
Nearby strings
Displays neighboring strings from the translation file. These are usually also used in a similar context and prove useful for keeping the translation consistent.
Variants
Variants are used to group different length variants of a string. The frontend of your project can then use different strings depending on the screen or window size.
Other occurrences
If a string occurs more than once (for example, if there are multiple components), this tab will display all of them if they are found to be inconsistent. You can choose which of them you want to use for your current translation.
Comments
Three types of comments can be posted: Translation, source code, or to report source code errors if this feature is enabled. Choose the one that fits the topic you want to discuss. Source comments are in any case good for giving feedback on the original text, for example that it should be reworded, or for asking questions about it that are relevant to all languages, not just your own.
You can use Markdown syntax in all comments and mention other users with @username.
Automatic suggestions
Based on the configuration and the language you translate, ILP offers suggestions from various machine translation tools and translation memories.
History
Every change is saved to the database by default (unless turned off in the component settings) and can be undone. Optionally, you can also undo something else in the underlying version control system.
Glossary
Displays terms from the project glossary that are used in the current string.
Translation context
(source information).
This contextual description provides related information about the current string.
String attributes
Things like message ID, context (msgctxt) or position in source code.
Screenshots
Screenshots can be uploaded to ILP to better inform translators about where and how the string is used.
Keyboard shortcuts
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used during translation:
| Keyboard shortcut | Description |
| Alt+Home | Navigieren Sie zur ersten Übersetzung in der aktuellen Suche. |
| Alt+Ende | Navigiert zur letzten Übersetzung in der aktuellen Suche. |
| Alt+Bildaufwärts oder
Strg ↑ oder Alt ↑ oder Cmd ↑ |
Navigieren Sie in der aktuellen Suche zur vorherigen Übersetzung. |
| Alt+SeiteAb oder
Strg+↓ oder Alt+↓ oder Cmd+↓ |
Navigiert zur nächsten Übersetzung in der aktuellen Suche. |
| Alt+Eingabe oder
Strg+Eingabe oder Cmd+Eingabe |
Aktuelle Übersetzung speichern. |
| Strg+Umschalt+Eingabe oder
Cmd+Umschalt+Eingabe |
Heben Sie die Markierung auf, dass die Übersetzung bearbeitet werden muss, und senden Sie sie ab. |
| Strg+E oder
Cmd+E |
Fokus Übersetzungseditor. |
| Strg+U oder
Cmd+U |
Fokus Kommentar-Editor. |
| Strg+M oder
Cmd+M |
Zeigt die Registerkarte Automatische Vorschläge an, siehe Automatische Vorschläge. |
| Strg+1 bis Strg+9 oder
Cmd+1 bis Cmd+9 |
Kopiert Placeable der angegebenen Nummer aus der Quellzeichenkette. |
| Strg+M`+:kbd:`1 bis 9 oder
Cmd+M`+:kbd:`1 bis 9 |
Kopiert die maschinelle Übersetzung der angegebenen Nummer in die aktuelle Übersetzung. |
| Strg+I`+:kbd:`1 bis 9 oder
Cmd+I`+:kbd:`1 bis 9 |
Ignorieren Sie ein Element in der Liste der fehlgeschlagenen Prüfungen. |
| Strg+J oder
Cmd+J |
Zeigt die Registerkarte “Strings in der Nähe” an. |
| Strg+S oder
Cmd+S |
Suchfeld fokussieren. |
| Strg+O oder
Cmd+O |
Quellzeichenkette kopieren. |
| Strg+Y oder
Cmd+Y |
Schalten Sie das Kennzeichen Erforderliche Bearbeitung um. |
Download translations
To download translations and reference material from iLP
(A) Download translation file as well as TMX to create a TM.
- Switch to the translation overview page for the particular component and language you are working on.
- There, select Files (1) from the main menu and then Customize Download (2).
- To download the strings that need to be translated or edited, please select the Quick Options Strings with Action Required from the available options.
Or customize the download exactly to your needs (3).
To create a TM you should download all already translated and/or recognized strings of the project as TMX.
(B) There is always at least one special terminology component per project, through which you can download the terminology as TBX.
- These components are marked with a small glossary icon.
- There select Files from the main menu again.
- Select Download translation file as TBX from the available options. See (3) on the image.
