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## 1. Introduction

## 1.1 What is KTranslator

KTranslator is a KDE utility that edits po/pot files. With this application you could easily search old translation in your compiled catalogues (.mo files) so that your language translations became more uniform.

## 1.2 Changes

In version 0.5.0 you could find a new interface and a new features.

The most important improvement is the Catalogues Manager that read from your CVS local copy (CVS/kde-i18n) many information about the status of your translations.

In order to use the Catalogues Manager you need to specify in Option->Setup->files the full path of your kde-i18n module copy

> `

>     Example:
>     /usr/local/kde/cvs_local_copy/kde-i18n

> `

## 1.3 How to obtain KTranslator

Here you can find KTranslator:

ftp.kde.org

KTranslator HomePage

## 1.4 Requirements

KTranslator need KDE 1.1.x and qt 1.4x .

You require a copy of kde-i18n module of KDE CVS if you want to use the Catalogues Manager.

## 1.5 Compilation and installation

In order to compile and install KTranslator on your system, type the following in the base directory of the KTranslator distribution:

> `

>     % ./configure
>     % make
>     % make install

> `

Since KTranslator uses

    autoconf

you should have not trouble compiling it. Should you run into problems please report them to the the author at Andrea Rizzi

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