======= Setting up a new series translation in Launchpad =======

Evergreen translations that involve PO and POT files are currently hosted on [[https://translations.launchpad.net/evergreen|Launchpad translations]]. (Translations for the Angular staff interface are managed using POEditor). This wiki page will document the basic steps for setting up a new series translation target.

====== Prerequisites ======

===== Launchpad Permissions =====

In order to perform these steps, you must have the following privileges in Launchpad:

  - Be a member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~evergreen-release|Evergreen Release Team]] team. This is needed in order to attach a bzr branch to the code series and designate branches to import from and export to for the strings.
  - Be a member of the [[https://launchpad.net/~evergreen-bugs|Evergreen Bugs]] team. This is needed in order to create bzr branches owned by the evergreen-bugs team to follow the naming convention set up by this procedure.
===== Install and setup Bazaar =====

  - Install Bazaar: <code bash>sudo apt-get install bazaar</code>
  - Setup your bzr account details: <code>bzr whoami “FirstName LastName <email@address>”</code>
  - Set launchpad login (replace "launchpadusr" with actual LP username): <code>bzr launchpad-login launchpadusr</code>


====== Procedure ======

This procedure uses Evergreen 3.11 as an example. When implementing this procedure, replace **rel_3_11** and **3.11** with values appropriate to the series that you are setting up.

  - View Bazaar branches: https://code.launchpad.net/evergreen/+branches
	- Import a branch {{translations_import_branch.png}}
		- Owner: evergreen-bugs
		- Name: **rel_3_11**
		- Git: [[git://git.evergreen-ils.org/Evergreen.git,branch=rel_3_11]]
		- Target source control is bazaar {{translations_options.png}}
		- then request the import and wait for to complete {{translations_processing.png}}
	- After import done, go to overview for Evergreen in Launchpad, select the corresponding series, configure series branch, then point at the new branch you just created
	- Create a bzr checkout: 
		- <code>bzr branch lp:evergreen/3.11</code>
		- <code>cd 3.11</code>
	- then push to a new translation-export branch
		- <code>bzr push lp:~evergreen-bugs/evergreen/translation-export-3.11</code>
  - Now we have a place for LP to send translation exports
	- Go to translations https://translations.launchpad.net/evergreen
	- Choose to do an automatic export for the series {{:i18n:screenshot_2023-05-05_175041.png?nolink&400}}
		- by registering the branch for the series, it recognizes it, so we only need to set the settings
			- import template and translation 
			- set the translations export branch created earlier {{translations_sync_settings.png}}
		- Once the translation automatic sync is set up, you may need to wait for up to a day for the imports and exports to run for the first time.