[project-open-localization] ]po[ V4.0 Localization - Who is going to participate?

[Frank B. <fra...@pr...>]

Hi!


Localization starts for V4.0. Would you like to be 
part of this? If so, 

	please answer to this mail with your target 
	language(s) and whether you'd prefer to act 
	as a "Translator" or "Editor"

(see below). The time effort is about two days for 
the translator and the editor, split about 50%/50% 
between actual translation work and discussing 
translations.



Reward for Localization:

As a reward, we will list all participants of 
successfully localized languages in:
http://www.project-open.org/en/list_languages
You can also add this translation project as a
reference on your Web site.



Time Frame:

The translation + editing process should be finished
on April 15th, so that we still have time to 
prepare our various installers. Languages not finished
on the 15 won't be included.



Language Teams:

This time we would like to organize the translation
work into "teams" for each language. If possible, we
would like to find the following team members:

- Translator:
  The main responsible for translation and also the
  team lead.

- Editor:
  A different person from the translator who is in
  charge of critically questioning the translations.

- Partner or Customers:
  We'll try to get a ]po[ partner or customer for every
  language who could do some final checking etc.
  This partner probably won't have much experience
  translating, but will hopefully know the terminology...

We'll setup Skype or GoToMeeting conference calls for
each language team once we have received your replies
on who wants to participate. In the ConfCall we'll
decide who will take which role, if there are multiple
candidates.



Translation Workflow:

We would propose the following workflow for the 
actual translation:

1. Terminology Review:
   The team gets together and reviews the "terminology",
   checks if the translations are OK and fixes 
   consistency issues.

2. In-Context Translation:
   We will provide a list of URLs that the translator
   should visit in "translation mode", check the current
   translation and update any missing translations.

3. Bulk-Translation:
   Translate any missing strings using the ]po[ "bulk"
   translation function.

4. In-Context Editing:
   The Editor would visit the same list of URLs and 
   take down questions in an Excel sheet.

5. Discussion:
   Translator and Editor get together and discuss the
   questions taken down by the editor.


We have prepared a localization server for you at
http://l10n.project-open.net/ where you can login as
bbigboss@tigerpond/ben at the moment. We will create 
administrator accounts for you as soon as the teams 
are confirmed.

We will also prepare a list of URLs for you for context
translation.



Localization FAQs:

The FAQs from the last translation session are still
valid and available at:
http://www.project-open.org/en/developers_localization




Localization List:

We are going to use the mailing list for questions of
general interest, issues etc: 
pro...@li...
Language specific issues should be discussed in the
language teams only.


So, looking forward to your replies and to a great 
collaboration.


Cheers!
Frank

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Frank Bergmann
Dipl.-Ing., MBA
Founder ]project-open[
Tel: +34 933 250 914
Cell: +34 609 953 751
Fax: +34 932 890 729
mailto:fra...@pr...
http://www.project-open.com/