Sinhala [si]: How does a new translation propegate?

Sinhala [si]: How does a new translation propegate?

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Is it possible that the Sinhala [si] is missing so many strings?

As a test I added a single translation (see attachment). Now how does it propegate to the language pack? I noticed that there is no 'Save' button. After closing the browser, I got no notice of my pending request.

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Re: Sinhala [si]: How does a new translation propegate?

by Helen Foster -
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To send your contributed translation to the language pack maintainer, you need to

  1. Click the link 'Go to stage'
  2. Review your translation and click the button 'Send strings to language pack maintainers'
  3. (Optional) add a message explaining what you have done

When your contribution is accepted by the language pack maintainer, it is automatically propagated to the different versions of Moodle.

For more information, please see the dev doc Contributing a translation.

(Post edited to amend the steps, as mentioned by Visvanath.)

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Re: Sinhala [si]: How does a new translation propegate?

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Hi Helen

Thanks, found the path. It took sometime though since the message to the maintainer comes only _after_ I click the "Send string to the language pack maintainers" button.

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Re: Sinhala [si]: How does a new translation propegate?

by Helen Foster -
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I'm sorry for listing the steps incorrectly. I have edited my previous post to correct things.

Thanks for contributing to translating Moodle.

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Re: Sinhala [si]: How does a new translation propegate?

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Hi Helen

Vaguely remembered: Is the සිංහල (si) language pack being actively maintained? - six years to the day! Could it still be the case?

BTW, in "3. (Optional) add a message" only the message is optional, not the subject:

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Re: Sinhala [si]: How does a new translation propegate?

by koen roggemans -
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No, it is not actively maintained anymore. But the translation work is voluntary: people take the responsibility, work hard on it and sometimes move on. Or take a long break smile. Sometimes I they tell me that they abandon the project, but mostly not. But anyway we are grateful for the time they spent on translating Moodle.
Thank you for mentioning this.
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Re: Sinhala [si]: How does a new translation propegate?

by Visvanath Ratnaweera -
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Hi Koen

Sinhala is my mother tongue. I can maintain the Sinhala translation until a better person appears. Six plus years was a long time to wait.

Pl. message me or contact me via e-mail.
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