SA translation tools catch Google's eye

Translate.org.za has had two of its projects included in the Google Summer of Code. The localisation organisation works to translate free software into all South African languages. Google's Summer of Code provides software developers with a stipend for their US summer holidays to work on free software projects with mentoring organisations. Translate.org.za's two projects are the Translate Toolkit, a set of tools to manipulate translation formats, and Pootle, a set of online translation and translation management tools used by OpenOffice.org and Creative Commons among others. Last year developer Charl van Niekerk was selected to participate in the Google Summer of Code.