Multiple files in single project
For most Xcode project you have at least three localized files, Localizable.strings, Storyboard and a info.plist.
Today you need one PO Editor project per file. I understand you want to keep things simple, but I don't think it's simpler for anyone to have to manage multiple PO Editor project for the same software project. I think it would be great if the name of the file is preserved when importing terms and that you can export translations for a specific file.
The next step to awesomeness would be to select a project environment for a PO Editor project, like Xcode, Visual Studio, Eclipse, etc, and that you can export all your translations to a zip file that for Xcode projects would include folders for each locale (en.lproj, sv.lproj) and string files for each language.
For a Visual Studio project, it would export resx files in a folder structure Visual Studio prefers.
For admins and translators this would not add any complexity to the UI. You don't even have to display what file a term belongs to. But it would add a lot of value when exporting and managing files to translate.
Johan Nordberg
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Anonymous
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In this post future ideas too good. I like it.
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Atia Haris
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Thank you . This is very useful.
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Dawn Greer
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Great article, thank you. Your suggestion is perfect. We want to test the waters before jumping to the cost of translators. Yes, I get it’s not perfect using an automated. But what a great way to start!
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Now you can set tags on import from the advanced options section and you can use these tags to filter terms and translations during localization or on export.
So you can have all the terms together in the same project and use a different tag for each file.
