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Zanata-Python-Client v1.4.0

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ZPC is a convenient way to communicate with Zanata server to push text for translation and pull translated text back for inclusion in software or documentation builds. This release brings fresh experiences to translators and contributors. GitHub Release Link

What’s New

  • Use latest list of languages defined in the server for a project when using the client.
  • Should be able to specify minimum percentage of messages translated on pull.
  • Keep source and target dir paths in zanata.xml
  • Code improvements for better maintainability.

Translators

I am sure, your search for translations platform, which can cater all your requirements, would come to an end, when you look at Zanata, and if your project is already here - we have some new exciting features waiting for you to check them out. Let’s get started…

Preparation

Keep your language resources ready (POT file/s or folder/s). Have zanata.ini in-place, details here. Write your project configuration zanata.xml and keep it at root directory of your project, this helps ZPC to have some prior information of the project while talking to Zanata Server. Structure would be…

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<config xmlns="http://zanata.org/namespace/config/">
        <url>ZANATA_SERVER_URL</url>
        <project>PROJECT_ID</project>
        <project-version>PROJECT_VERSION_ID</project-version>
        <src-dir>SOURCE_DIR</src-dir>
        <trans-dir>TRANS_DIR</trans-dir>
</config>

This may help you here. Done! Let’s move on…

Get ZPC Running

  • Download and Install
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$ wget https://github.com/zanata/zanata-python-client/archive/v1.4.0.zip
$ unzip v1.4.0.zip
$ cd zanata-python-client-1.4.0
$ make install
  • Now, we should have ZPC installed. Help will guide us: how we can communicate. list, project {create, info}, version {create, info}, push, pull and glossary push are the commands we have. You may find this interesting.
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$ zanata help
$ zanata <command> --help

Done! Let’s move on…

Push - Translate - Pull

  • Create project and version, can be done on server as well.
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$ zanata project create {project_id} --project-name={project_name} --project-desc={project_description}
$ zanata version create {version_id} --project-id={project_id}
  • Push language resources to server: please check for user zanata.ini and project zanata.xml details. Note: Locale aliases need to be created and maintained at server and hence keeping locale_mapping in zanata.xml is deprecated. Mention project type {podir or gettext} in command line or in zanata.xml, and indicate the same in project settings at server.
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$ zanata push --help
$ zanata push [OPTIONS]
  • This should push all templates, translations (if flagged) onto server. Cool! translation activities for the enabled languages can now, be started. Get translations back to compile lang-packs.
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$ zanata pull --help
$ zanata pull [OPTIONS]
  • Aha, by now we should have translations done.

Contributors

Hi! Zanata Python Client is purely written in Python. Pull Requests are always welcome. Travis checks for flake8 and tests. Just two steps {code-review, QA} to get it merged.

Python-Zanata-Client Code Structure v1.4.0

  • Configuration (Remote, Local: zanata.ini, zanata.xml, command-line)
    • context.py, parseconfig.py
  • Commands - Interface and their implementation
    • zanata.py, command.py, zanatacmd.py, cmdbase.py, pushcmd.py, pullcmd.py
  • REST APIs - Commands Logic to REST Resource mapping
    • zanatalib/rest, resource.py, service.py, {doc,...}service.py
  • Others: utilities, converters, parsers, logger, error
    • projectutils.py, csvconverter.py, parseconfig.py, logger.py, error.py

This helps us where to look into the code - required for adding feature and/or bug fix.

Happy Coding !!

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