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<title>Glossary</title>
<glossdiv><title>A</title>
<glossentry id="gloss-auxiliary">
<glossterm>Auxiliary file</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
is a &kbabel; specific issue. It is an option for the user to
set up one <acronym>PO</acronym> file to search through for original messages. For example,
if you're a member of French team and have some Spanish or Italian
knowledge you can grab and set-up an auxiliary Spanish <acronym>PO</acronym> file
associated with the file currently being translated.
</para>
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<glossdiv><title>C</title>
<glossentry id="gloss-compendium">
<glossterm>Compendium file</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
is a collection of all translations
for one language. This big <acronym>PO</acronym> file
is made by unique messages from all
applications' <acronym>PO</acronym> files. It can
be used to fill in all already translated
strings into a new yet untranslated
or partially translated <acronym>PO</acronym> file.
&kbabel; uses such a file in the <quote>PO Compendium</quote>
search engine.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
<glossdiv><title>F</title>
<glossentry id="fuzzy">
<glossterm>Fuzzy</glossterm>
<glossdef>
<para>
This is a flag generated, in general,
by <command>msgmerge</command>. It shows
that a <acronym>msgstr</acronym> string
might not be a correct translation.
The translator must see and make modifications
to the string if necessary and then remove
the <quote>fuzzy</quote> flag
from the message's comment.
</para>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
<glossdiv><title>I</title>
<glossentry id="i18n">
<glossterm>Internationalization</glossterm>
<acronym>i18n</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para>
is the operation by which an application
is made aware and able to support multiple
languages. The word <quote>internationalization</quote>
has 20 characters so, to shorten it,
people started to write only
the first and last characters and between them
write the number of intermediate characters (18)
forming the common abbreviation <acronym>i18n</acronym>.
</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="l10n"></glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
<glossdiv><title>L</title>
<glossentry id="l10n">
<glossterm>Localization</glossterm>
<acronym>l10n</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para>
is the operation by which an application
already internationalized is made
to process input and output in a fashion
desired by some cultural and language habits.
The word <quote>localization</quote>
has 12 characters so, to shorten it,
people started to write only
the first and last characters and between them
write the number of intermediate characters (10)
forming the common abbreviation <acronym>l10n</acronym>.
</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="i18n"></glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
<glossdiv><title>M</title>
<glossentry id="mofile">
<glossterm>MO file</glossterm>
<acronym>MO</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para>
<acronym>MO</acronym> stands for <quote>Machine Object</quote>. A <acronym>MO</acronym> file
contains binary data suitable
for reading by computers.
The contents of a <acronym>MO</acronym> file are organized as a database
to minimize the lookup time
for translated strings. <acronym>MO</acronym> files
are obtained by compiling <acronym>PO</acronym> files
using <command>msgfmt</command>.
</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="pofile"></glossseealso>
<glossseealso otherterm="potfile"></glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="msgid">
<glossterm>Message ID</glossterm>
<acronym>msgid</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para>
<acronym>msgid</acronym> is the keyword
which introduces the original string in a <acronym>PO</acronym> file.
It is followed by a C-like string that spans
one or more lines.
</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="msgstr"></glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="msgstr">
<glossterm>Message String</glossterm>
<acronym>msgstr</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para>
<acronym>msgstr</acronym> is the keyword
which introduce the translated string in <acronym>PO</acronym> file.
It is followed by C-like string that span
on one or multiple lines.
</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="msgid"></glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
</glossdiv>
<glossdiv><title>P</title>
<glossentry id="pofile">
<glossterm>PO file</glossterm>
<acronym>PO</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para>
<acronym>PO</acronym> stands for <quote>Portable Object</quote>. <acronym>PO</acronym> files
contain sets of strings which
associate each translatable string
with its translation in a particular
language. A single <acronym>PO</acronym> file relates
to only one language. A <acronym>PO</acronym> file is
derived from a <acronym>POT</acronym> file and is
edited either by hand or using &kbabel;.
</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="potfile"></glossseealso>
<glossseealso otherterm="mofile"></glossseealso>
</glossdef>
</glossentry>
<glossentry id="potfile">
<glossterm>POT file</glossterm>
<acronym>POT</acronym>
<glossdef>
<para>
<acronym>POT</acronym> stands for <quote>Portable Object Template</quote>. A <quote>POT</quote> file is built by extracting all the
translatable strings from application
source files. A <quote>POT</quote> file does not
contain translations into any particular language—
it is used by the translators as a template.
</para>
<glossseealso otherterm="pofile"></glossseealso>
<glossseealso otherterm="mofile"></glossseealso>
</glossdef>
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