Re: [Gaim-i18n] Re: Bad language in Gaim

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=CEn data de Mi, 26 apr 06 la 11:18, Bjoern Voigt a scris:

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> Ethan, do you ever translated with Gettext tools?

Stop it right there, man. This is a silly argument in sloppy English. =20
Everyone's time is limited and in particular, when it's all about a =20
free software project, we should care more about not wasting other =20
people's precious time. I don't question your good intentions but this =20
thread has gone far too far.


> I think a complete translation takes much time. The German Gaim 1.5.0 =20
> to 2.0.0 translation caused some days work for two translators =20
> (Jochen Kemnade and me). I think more context information (i18n =20
> comments in the source) and some string changes for bad and too =20
> technical strings would speed up the translations and would improve =20
> our motivation.

I agree with you, it took a lot of time for me too. However, creatively =20
translating the "butterfly mating" and "star wars" strings turned out =20
to be refreshing interludes in what was mostly a quite boring process. =20
And yes, cookies are delicious delicacies :P


> To see the current motivation of us translators look at: =20
> http://gaim.sourceforge.net/i18n/
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> One problem is that we don't find new translators for the outdated =20
> translations.

Who's "we"? And why are "you" looking for more translators? The =20
statistics reflect the reality, as far as I know. Are "you" looking to =20
construct a different "reality"? One in which Gaim is translated in =20
1000+ languages including Sanskrit, Elvish and Klingon?

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