applied a patch for carsten niehaus (fixes some typos)

1 files changed, 18 insertions, 18 deletions

diff --git a/docs/usermanual/i18n.sgm b/docs/usermanual/i18n.sgm
index faa0b03..0c52392 100644
--- a/docs/usermanual/i18n.sgm
+++ b/docs/usermanual/i18n.sgm
@@ -5,34 +5,34 @@
 		as possible.  In this chapter the process of translating &opie; and its
 		documentation is explained.
 	</para>
 	<para>
 		To ensure that &opie; can be used by as many people as possible the
 		&opie;-project aims to be translated in as many languages as possible. Of
-		course, as there are so many different languages, there is always a lot
+		course, as there are so many different languages, there is always a lot of
 		work to do. Furthermore, &opie; evolves and thus most likely there are
 		translations for applications which should be updated. In this tutorial
 		you will learn how to help &opie; to be available in as many languages as
 		possible and see how easy it is to give something very much respected to
 		the open-source community.
 	</para>
 
 <section>
 	<title>Preferences</title> 
 	
 	<para>
 		In order to translate for &opie; you need an editor to edit the
-		translationfile and preferably access to cvs.  The preferred editor
+		translation file and preferably access to cvs.  The preferred editor
 		is Linguist. That is an application which comes with &qt;.  It has a
 		intuitive GUI and is very easy to use.  A tutorial can be found <ulink
 		url="http://doc.trolltech.com/3.1/linguist-manual-3.html">here</ulink>.
 	</para> 
 	<para>
 		However, you can use every editor which works with UTF8, for example VIM or
 		EMACS.  The advantage of Linguist is that its GUI is optimized for &opie;s
-		translationfiles and can help you by proposing a translation and warn
+		translation files and can help you by proposing a translation and warn
 		you if there is an error within the translation.
 	</para> 
 	<para>
 		CVS is a tool which the developers and most translators use to get the source
 		of &opie;.  If you already have an anonymous account for the &opie;-cvs you
 		should go to <filename class='directory'>OPIEDIR/i18n</filename> and do 
@@ -51,32 +51,32 @@
 	</para>
 </section> 
 
 <section>
 	<title>Styleguide</title> 
 	<para>
-		To ensure a high quality of the translations the translatiors have to keep certain things
+		To ensure a high quality of the translations the translators have to keep certain things
 		in mind.
 	</para>
 	<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
 		<listitem>
 		<para>
 			The applications do not speak to the user. This means that for example it should not
 			be <errortext>I didn't find the file!</errortext> but <errortext>File not found!</errortext>.
 		</para>
 		</listitem>
 		<listitem>
 		<para>
-			Try not to use exclamationmarks. If the users sees them to often the ! looses it function
-			as a amplifier of a warning.
+			Try not to use exclamation marks. If the users see them to often the ! looses it function
+			as an amplifier of a warning.
 		</para>
 		</listitem>
 		<listitem>
 		<para>
-			Don't put a space in front of a punctuation mark. So write eg "this is a demonstation!" instead
-			of "this is a demonstation !".
+			Don't put a space in front of a punctuation mark. So write eg "this is a demonstration!" instead
+			of "this is a demonstration !".
 		</para>
 		</listitem>
 	</itemizedlist>
 </section>
 
 <section>
@@ -114,39 +114,39 @@
 		If you choose to use an editor like VIM instead of the prefered tool
 		-Linguist- you have to remove that mark and add the translated string
 		between the two translation-tags.
 	</para>
 	<para>
 		It might happen that you see <emphasis>type="obsolete"</emphasis> in a
-		.ts-file. You should not translate these stings as they do no longer appear in the
-		application. The translationcoordinator removes those strings from time to time. In
+		.ts-file. You should not translate these strings as they do no longer appear in the
+		application. The translation coordinator removes those strings from time to time. In
 		Linguist those strings are grey and not translatable.
 	</para>
 </section> 
 
 <section>
 	<title>Filetypes</title>
 	<para>
 		As a translator one needs to know three different filetypes.
 		
 		<filename class='extension'>ts</filename>
 		.ts-files are the most important files for translators.  In these files are all strings which
-		need to be translated and the translations themselfs.  All .ts-files are located in 
+		need to be translated and the translations themselves.  All .ts-files are located in 
 		<filename class='directory'>OPIEDIR/i18n/xx</filename> while xx is a languagecode (eg. de or de).  
 		In theory .ts-files are the only ones a translator needs to know.
 		
 		<filename class='extension'>pro</filename>
 		Every application has a .pro-file from which the Makefiles are generated.  As a translator
 		you need to check if in every .pro-file is a line for the language you want to translate to.  
 		This line should look like:
 
 		<programlisting>
 			 ../../../i18n/de/today.ts \
 		</programlisting>
 		
-		Usually the translationcoordinator takes care of these entries so you should not
+		Usually the translation coordinator takes care of these entries so you should not
 		need to edit them.
 		
 		<filename class='extension'>qm</filename>
 		These are binary files used by &opie; to display the translated strings.  They are
 		automatically generated by calling the command <command>make lrelease</command>.  Of course,
 		you need to have the binary of <application>lrelease</application> which comes with &qt;.
@@ -154,23 +154,23 @@
 </section>
 
 <section>
 	<title>Do's and don'ts</title> 
 	<para>
 	There are certain things that should only be done be the
-	translationcoordinator or one of the core developers.
+	translation coordinator or one of the core developers.
 	<itemizedlist mark='opencircle'>
 		<listitem>
 		<para>
-			The translationfiles should never be updated by the translators.  Only the 
-			translationcoordinator updates the repository.  This is to avoid merging conflicts.  
+			The translation files should never be updated by the translators.  Only the 
+			translation coordinator updates the repository.  This is to avoid merging conflicts.  
 		</para>
 		</listitem>
 		<listitem>
 		<para>
-			The binary .qm-files are created by either the translationcoordinator or by the feed-manager.
+			The binary .qm-files are created by either the translation coordinator or by the feed-manager.
 			Of course, the translators can create them as described above for testing purposes but 
 			the official files will be provided.  
 		</para>
 		</listitem>
 		<listitem>
 		<para>
@@ -178,18 +178,18 @@
 			and/or use our bug tracking system (Mantis) to make sure this string will be fixed.
 		</para>
 		</listitem>
 		<listitem>
 		<para>
 			If you find a string like "Form1" contact the translation coordinator. These strings
-			should not be in the translationfiles. You don't need to translate them.
+			should not be in the translation files. You don't need to translate them.
 		</para>
 		</listitem>
 		<listitem>
 		<para>
-			If you check you translation and see an un-translated string even though your translationfile
+			If you check your translation and see an un-translated string even though your translation file
 			is 100% translated use the bug tracking system and/or contact the author of that application
 			directly so that this bug is fixed.
 		</para>
 		</listitem>
 	</itemizedlist>
 	</para>