How can I translate my android app help and keep it up to date?
My Android application is almost done and I spend much time creating a set of very precise help pages in HTML that I display using WebViews. I am now ready for the next step, which is i18n.
Translating my app is no problem, the strings.xml is not that long and I can easily ask friends to translate it. My problem is about these help pages.
When I'll update my app, I'll probably have to update the help pages as well. I saw that it wasn't that simple, even with one language.
I need your opinion on how to perform such a massive work (which is not at all my job as a developer). Do I need to:
Manually update every language help page when I update the app, which means asking all of my translators to provide a new version of their work each time I change anything.
Provide help only in a default language (probably English, even though the default language is French).
Google-translate the help pages, even if it "not well English is". I don't know any way to do it automatically.
Do something else, which you probably thought of long ago.
Thanks for your answers, tips and tricks.
My Android application is almost done and I spend much time creating a set of very precise help pages in HTML that I display using WebViews. I am now ready for the next step, which is i18n.
Translating my app is no problem, the strings.xml is not that long and I can easily ask friends to translate it. My problem is about these help pages.
When I'll update my app, I'll probably have to update the help pages as well. I saw that it wasn't that simple, even with one language.
I need your opinion on how to perform such a massive work (which is not at all my job as a developer). Do I need to:
Manually update every language help page when I update the app, which means asking all of my translators to provide a new version of their work each time I change anything.
Provide help only in a default language (probably English, even though the default language is French).
Google-translate the help pages, even if it "not well English is". I don't know any way to do it automatically.
Do something else, which you probably thought of long ago.
Thanks for your answers, tips and tricks.
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