<s>
Pootle	B-Language
is	O
an	O
online	O
translation	O
management	O
tool	O
with	O
a	O
translation	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
the	O
Python	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
using	O
the	O
Django	B-Language
framework	I-Language
and	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
originally	O
developed	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Translate.org.za	O
in	O
2004	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pootle	B-Language
is	O
a	O
software	O
platform	O
for	O
localization	B-General_Concept
of	O
applications	O
 '	O
graphical	O
user	O
interfaces	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
document	O
translation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pootle	B-Language
makes	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
Translate	B-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
for	O
manipulating	O
translation	O
files	O
and	O
offline	O
features	O
used	O
to	O
manage	O
the	O
translation	O
of	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
and	O
Gajim	B-Language
in	O
Pootle	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pootle	B-Language
has	O
built-in	O
terminology	O
extraction	O
,	O
translation	B-General_Concept
memory	I-General_Concept
,	O
glossary	O
management	O
and	O
matching	O
,	O
goal	O
creation	O
,	O
and	O
management	O
of	O
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
translation-specific	O
bug	O
reporting	O
system	O
,	O
allowing	O
online	O
translation	O
with	O
various	O
translators	O
,	O
operating	O
as	O
a	O
management	O
system	O
where	O
translators	O
translate	O
using	O
an	O
offline	O
tool	O
and	O
use	O
Pootle	B-Language
to	O
manage	O
the	O
workflow	O
of	O
the	O
translation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
development	O
of	O
Pootle	B-Language
has	O
stalled	O
since	O
2007	O
because	O
the	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
Pootle	B-Language
(	O
2.9	O
)	O
still	O
supports	O
only	O
Python	B-Language
2	O
,	O
despite	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
coming	O
out	O
in	O
2008	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nobody	O
has	O
migrated	O
Pootle	B-Language
to	O
Python	B-Language
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pootle	B-Language
was	O
first	O
developed	O
by	O
David	O
Fraser	O
while	O
working	O
for	O
Translate.org.za	O
in	O
a	O
project	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
programme	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
Pootle	B-Language
is	O
an	O
acronym	O
for	O
PO-based	O
Online	O
Translation	O
/	O
Localization	B-General_Concept
Engine	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
BBC	O
children	O
's	O
program	O
The	O
Flumps	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Translate.org.za	O
released	O
various	O
versions	O
and	O
in	O
2006	O
Pootle	B-Language
was	O
further	O
developed	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
WordForge	O
project	O
,	O
a	O
project	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
Open	O
Society	O
Institute	O
and	O
the	O
International	O
Development	O
Research	O
Centre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pootle	B-Language
is	O
used	O
by	O
OpenOffice.org,	O
One	O
Laptop	O
Per	O
Child	O
's	O
learning	O
environment	O
Sugar	B-Language
and	O
other	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pootle	B-Language
is	O
the	O
basis	O
of	O
the	O
Verbatim	O
project	O
which	O
is	O
building	O
localisation	O
infrastructure	O
for	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
projects	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pootle	B-Language
was	O
designed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
web	O
translation	O
tool	O
using	O
the	O
Translate	B-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
aim	O
of	O
Pootle	B-Language
is	O
never	O
to	O
replace	O
existing	O
processes	O
but	O
rather	O
to	O
enhance	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
and	O
projects	O
are	O
encouraged	O
to	O
host	O
their	O
own	O
Pootle	B-Language
server	O
to	O
allow	O
their	O
community	O
to	O
localise	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Translate	B-Language
Toolkit	I-Language
provides	O
conversion	O
from	O
its	O
supported	O
source	O
document	O
formats	O
which	O
include	O
:	O
Java	O
and	O
Mozilla	B-Operating_System
.properties	B-Protocol
files	O
,	O
OpenOffice.org	B-Application
SDF	O
files	O
,	O
PHP	O
arrays	O
,	O
HTML	O
,	O
Text	O
,	O
XLIFF	O
and	O
Gettext	B-Application
PO	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pootle	B-Language
itself	O
works	O
directly	O
on	O
Gettext	B-Application
PO	O
and	O
XLIFF	O
files	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
Qt	B-Language
.ts	I-Language
,	O
TBX	O
and	O
TMX	B-Language
(	O
since	O
version	O
2.0.3	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Pootle	B-Language
2.1.0	O
there	O
is	O
also	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
several	O
other	O
formats	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Java	O
.properties	B-Protocol
files	O
,	O
PHP	O
array	O
files	O
,	O
strings	O
and	O
several	O
subtitle	O
formats	O
.	O
</s>
