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border="1" class="docutils"> <colgroup> <col width="15%" /> <col width="85%" /> </colgroup> <tbody valign="top"> <tr class="row-odd"><td><json></td> <td>is a valid .json file or directory of those files</td> </tr> <tr class="row-even"><td><po></td> <td>is a directory of PO or POT files</td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Options (json2po):</p> <table class="docutils option-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="option" /> <col class="description" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--version</span></kbd></td> <td>show program’s version number and exit</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">-h</span>, <span class="option">--help</span></kbd></td> <td>show this help message and exit</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--manpage</span></kbd></td> <td>output a manpage based on the help</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">--progress=<var>PROGRESS</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>show progress as: <a class="reference internal" href="option_progress.html"><em>dots, none, bar, names, verbose</em></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">--errorlevel=<var>ERRORLEVEL</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>show errorlevel as: <a class="reference internal" href="option_errorlevel.html"><em>none, message, exception, traceback</em></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">-i <var>INPUT</var></span>, <span class="option">--input=<var>INPUT</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>read from INPUT in php format</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">-x <var>EXCLUDE</var></span>, <span class="option">--exclude=<var>EXCLUDE</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">-o <var>OUTPUT</var></span>, <span class="option">--output=<var>OUTPUT</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>write to OUTPUT in po, pot formats</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">-t <var>TEMPLATE</var></span>, <span class="option">--template=<var>TEMPLATE</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>read from TEMPLATE in php format</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--psyco=<var>MODE</var></span></kbd></td> <td>use psyco to speed up the operation, modes: <a class="reference internal" href="option_psyco.html"><em>none, full, profile</em></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">-P</span>, <span class="option">--pot</span></kbd></td> <td>output PO Templates (.pot) rather than PO files (.po)</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">--filter=<var>FILTER</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>leaves to extract e.g. ‘name,desc’: (default: extract everything)</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">--duplicates=<var>DUPLICATESTYLE</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>what to do with duplicate strings (identical source text): <a class="reference internal" href="option_duplicates.html"><em>merge, msgctxt</em></a> (default: ‘msgctxt’)</td></tr> </tbody> </table> <p>Options (po2json):</p> <table class="docutils option-list" frame="void" rules="none"> <col class="option" /> <col class="description" /> <tbody valign="top"> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--version</span></kbd></td> <td>show program’s version number and exit</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">-h</span>, <span class="option">--help</span></kbd></td> <td>show this help message and exit</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--manpage</span></kbd></td> <td>output a manpage based on the help</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">--progress=<var>PROGRESS</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>show progress as: <a class="reference internal" href="option_progress.html"><em>dots, none, bar, names, verbose</em></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">--errorlevel=<var>ERRORLEVEL</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>show errorlevel as: <a class="reference internal" href="option_errorlevel.html"><em>none, message, exception, traceback</em></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">-i <var>INPUT</var></span>, <span class="option">--input=<var>INPUT</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>read from INPUT in po, pot formats</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">-x <var>EXCLUDE</var></span>, <span class="option">--exclude=<var>EXCLUDE</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>exclude names matching EXCLUDE from input paths</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">-o <var>OUTPUT</var></span>, <span class="option">--output=<var>OUTPUT</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>write to OUTPUT in php format</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group" colspan="2"> <kbd><span class="option">-t <var>TEMPLATE</var></span>, <span class="option">--template=<var>TEMPLATE</var></span></kbd></td> </tr> <tr><td> </td><td>read from TEMPLATE in php format</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--psyco=<var>MODE</var></span></kbd></td> <td>use psyco to speed up the operation, modes: <a class="reference internal" href="option_psyco.html"><em>none, full, profile</em></a></td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--fuzzy</span></kbd></td> <td>use translations marked fuzzy</td></tr> <tr><td class="option-group"> <kbd><span class="option">--nofuzzy</span></kbd></td> <td>don’t use translations marked fuzzy (default)</td></tr> </tbody> </table> </div> <div class="section" id="examples"> <span id="json2po-examples"></span><h2>Examples<a class="headerlink" href="#examples" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h2> <p>This example looks at roundtrip of .json translations as well as recovery of existing translations.</p> <p>First we need to create a set of POT files.</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>json2po -P json/ pot/</pre> </div> <p>All .json files found in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">json/</span></tt> directory are converted to Gettext POT files and placed in the <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">pot/</span></tt> directory.</p> <p>If you are translating for the first time then you can skip the next step. If you need to recover your existing translations then we do the following:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>json2po -t lang/ zu/ po-zu/</pre> </div> <p>Using the English .json files found in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lang/</span></tt> and your existing Zulu translation in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zu/</span></tt> we create a set of PO files in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">po-zu/</span></tt>. These will now have your translations. Please be aware that in order for the to work 100% you need to have both English and Zulu at the same revision. If they are not, you will have to review all translations.</p> <p>You are now in a position to translate your recovered translations or your new POT files.</p> <p>Once translated you can convert back as follows:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><pre>po2json -t lang/ po-zu/ zu/</pre> </div> <p>Your translations found in the Zulu PO directory, <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">po-zu/</span></tt>, will be converted to .json using the files in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">lang/</span></tt> as templates and placing your newly translated .json files in <tt class="docutils literal"><span class="pre">zu/</span></tt>.</p> <p>To update your translations simply redo the POT creation step and make use of <a class="reference internal" href="pot2po.html"><em>pot2po</em></a> to bring your translation up-to-date.</p> </div> </div> </div> <hr> <footer class="footer"> <div class="container"> <p class="pull-right"><a href="#">Back to top ↑</a></p> <ul class="unstyled muted"> <li><small> © 2012, Translate.org.za.<br/> </small></li> <li><small> Created using <a href="http://sphinx.pocoo.org/">Sphinx</a> 1.1.3. </small></li> </ul> </div> </footer> </body> </html>