Translation without Transifex

This is a discussion issue.

So, recently 0.E was released and unlike in past releases, I failed to contribute to the German translation this time. Main reason being is my refusal of using **proprietary** Transifex (I mean the JavaScript code specifically). To work around that, last year I have written a script so I can interface with the Transifex API without using their **proprietary** web interface. It worked fine for 0.D. But this time the script no longer works, the server refuses to accept my uploaded PO file. My random guess is that the server chokes on large files (the translation file IS large).

How can it be that a free software project makes itself so dependent on a proprietary software vendor?

I want to discuss alternative methods to translate C:DDA. Are there any? And if not, what possible methods could there be in future?
Because I still want to contribute translations. I'm just not sure how.

Besides, there might be another case against Transifex (if you ignore freedom): It might be too slow. The last time I used Transifex' webinterface to translate C:DDA (=a long time ago), I noticed that navigating the interface was really sluggish, especially when all strings have been loaded. I suspect that Transifex isn't made for handling a huge amount of strings …

Start by reviewing the reported failure when uploading the large PO file through the Transifex API and the discussion of alternatives to Transifex's proprietary web interface. Done would mean an agreed, workable translation method that lets contributors provide German translations without relying on that interface.

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