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virtaal(1)

virtaal1

Graphical translation editor

Usage

virtaal [options] [translation_file]

Overview

Virtaal is a Graphical translation editor. It uses the Translate Toolkit to get access to translation files and therefore can edit a variety of files (including PO and XLIFF files).

Automatic completion, spellchecking and correction can be provided by installing the python-gtkspell and libreoffice-common packages.

Options

--log=LOG

Turn on logging, storing the result to the supplied filename.

--config=CONFIG

Use the configuration file given by the supplied filename.

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

Shortcuts

<Enter>

Continue with the next message.

<Alt+Down>

Copy the original string into the target field.

<Ctrl+Enter>

Modify the state one step forward, i.e tag unit with marker Needs work as Translated and go to the next unit.

<Ctrl+Enter+Shift>

Modify the state one step back, i.e. tag unit as Needs work and go to the next unit.

<Ctrl+Up>
<Ctrl+Down>

Move between translations.

<Ctrl+PgUp>
<Ctrl+PgDown>

Move in large steps between translations.

History

  • Debian 11 (Bullseye) to Debian 7 (Wheezy): the text shown here
  • Debian 6.0 (Squeeze)

--profile until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze); --terminology until Debian 6.0 (Squeeze).

From virtaal 0.7.1+git20191021+ds1-2 in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.