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# Updating translations

Translations for the Calendar app happen in [Launchpad Translations][] and

are automatically committed daily on the trunk branch in the po/ folder.

They are then built and installed as part of the package build, so that

developers don't really need to worry about them.

However, there is one task that needs to be taken care of: exposing new

translatable messages to translators. So whenever you add new translatable

messages in the code, make sure to follow these steps:

 1. Run click-buddy retaining the build directory:

    `click-buddy --dir . --no-clean`

 2. Copy the .pot file from the <build dir> mentioned in the output to your

    original source:

    `cp <build dir>/po/*.pot po/`

 3. Commit the generated .pot file:

    `bzr commit -m"Updated translation template"`

 4. Push the branch and send a merge proposal as usual

And that's it, once the branch lands Launchpad should take care of all the rest!

# Behind the scenes

Behind the scenes, whenever the po/*.pot file (also known as translations template)

is committed to trunk Launchpad reads it and updates the translatable strings

exposed in the web UI. This will enable translators to work on the new strings.

The translations template contains all translatable strings that have been

extracted from the source code files.

Launchpad will then store translations in its database and will commit them daily

in the form of textual po/*.po files to trunk. The PO files are also usually

referred to as the translations files. You'll find a translation file for each

language the app has got at least a translated message available for.

Translations for core apps follow the standard [gettext format].

 [Launchpad Translations]: https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu-calendar-app

 [gettext format]: https://www.gnu.org/software/gettext/