mkgoogle.sh - convert blockchain.info json language files # # to this specification http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/i18n # to be used with this tool http://translate.google.com/toolkit # The optional "description" tag provides context to translators # but is not yet included by this script.

make-i18n.sh

#!/bin/bash
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#
# mkgoogle.sh - convert blockchain.info json language files
#
# to this specification http://developer.chrome.com/extensions/i18n 
# to be used with this tool  http://translate.google.com/toolkit
# The optional "description" tag provides context to translators
# but is not yet included by this script.
#
########################

GJSON=('s/\"\s\:\s\"/" : {"message": "/')
#                    ^to this
GMISSING=('s/\"$/\"\,/')
#                   ^add this to lines missing it
GSTRANGE=('s/\"\s\,/",/')
#                ^strange space found once
GEND=('s/\"\,/"},/')
#                 ^add this bracket
GSELECT=('.*\"\s\:\s\{\"message')
#

# Step 1. PARSE AND SPLIT
sed -e "$GJSON" -e "$GMISSING" -e "$GSTRANGE" -e "$GEND" language.json | grep -P "$GSELECT" | split -l '99' - 'eng-'

# Step 2. Add start and ending, make json tidy.

START='{'

# This needs a better solution: 
# Detect EOF and remove the comma instead of inserting this dummy.
ENDLINE=('"" : {"message": ""} }')

# Is there a solution where this file is not needed?
echo "$ENDLINE" > endline.json

for F in eng-??; do
  echo "$START" | cat - "$F" endline.json | python -mjson.tool > "$F".json && rm "$F" || echo "$F" "faild the last step"
done

rm endline.json

this script have a fatal flaw, it removes duplicates in the json. This is because Blockchain.info uses nested JSON and Google Chrome JSON is flat.