Extension:Translate/Mass migration tools/Requirements

This page lists the end user requirements for the project.

User of the tool: Translation administrator

Requirements for Step 1

The step 1 of the project is about preparing the page for translation. The requirements for this step include -

Should be agnostic to namespace and source language
The {{Languages}} template, if at all present in the page should be removed
The ‎<languages /> tag should be added at the top of the page
{{#translation:}} should be added for all categories.
‎<translate>...‎</translate> tags should be added wherever appropriate
For images, only the caption should be wrapped inside the translate tags
All the links should have "Special:MyLanguage/" prefix
All the links should be present in "two-party" form, separated by a pipe (|)
Internal links to sections of the same page should link to the language-independent anchor
Translatable templates should be wrapped in {{TNT}}
A confirmation screen should be offered to the user for approving the changes made by the tool
Optionals
- Doesn't need to be able to deal with: .js, .css, ...
- Splitting lists is not a must have feature.
- Links should be wrapped inside tvar markup

The step 2 of the project is about importing old translations into the Translate extension. The requirements for this step include -

For each language in which the translations are present, import the translations and show them in the confirmation screen
The source text and the translated text should be shown besides each other
Pages of the type Translations:Page/<translation unit identifier>/<language code> should be created upon confirmation by the user
The text blocks on the right hand side should be allowed to split and dragged around when the user disapproves a translation
A language navigation bar should be present at the top of the page to allow switching between languages