[Translation-i18n] Re: translate soft request

[Clytie S. <cl...@ri...>]

Hi everyone :)

I received this email a couple of days ago, and have been puzzling =20
over it.

On 31/05/2006, at 4:52 PM, jike man wrote:

> hello:
>
>   could you help translate the2avpro anti virus tools
> http://www.the2avpro.com/english.int
> also can see
> http://www.the2avpro.com/the2avproallsetup.exe
> the translate file plese use attachment(as .int or zip)some =20
> language cannot copy/paste dure to the system chareset )
> description translate:
> Fast Virus Scan. Making virus authors unhappy since 2004. With a =20
> fast scan, most virus are found, the pclxav engine deletes wild and =20=

> oop virus. Simple and easy. With the the2avpromon, you can monitor =20
> system directory and registry changes, to avoid infections by =20
> memory virus
>
> and the web charset is ?most the language usesed country is?
>
> site
> http://www.the2avpro.com
>
> the result:
> your name (email?,site?)keep on the app and site web pages.
>
> you got free license code
>
> thanks help.
>
> i see your address at http://www.newbreedsoftware.com/tuxpaint/docs/=20=

> CHANGES.txt
> jike

Firstly, the author doesn't write very clearly, so it's a bit hard to =20=

read. Secondly, this is not free software: they charge $29.99, and i =20
have no interest in getting a free licence, since I don't run Windows =20=

(I use ClamAV, free software, anyway). I can't see if this runs on =20
Linux/UNIX or not.

Does anyone recognize the structure of the translation file?
http://www.the2avpro.com/english.int

Evidently, this person has got some translator contact addresses from =20=

the Tuxpaint changelog. The site lists quite a few translated =20
screenshots.

I'm uncomfortable with this. I don't want to be uncooperative, =20
especially if a lot of my user group are likely to use this software, =20=

but I don't know anything about it, about the project or about the =20
people who run it.

I'm not happy using a translation format which doesn't allow for TM =20
or the usual checks. I have translated one or two shareware programs =20
in the past, but only because I knew the authors, deeply respected =20
their output and wanted to help.

I'd appreciate your advice on this. :)

Separate projects like this leave us without the support of our usual =20=

infrastructure. I'd much rather translate something within the TP, or =20=

Debian, or Gnome/KDE etc. than separately. I'm probably not =20
explaining this well.

I'd like to be able to suggest this developer funnel translation =20
through one of the established projects, but the software not being =20
free prevents that. What does one usually do with non-free software =20
translation requests?

It's also priority. I'd prefer to work on free software.

I could pass this on to another person in my community who uses =20
Windoze, but I wouldn't feel comfortable about that, because the =20
translation appears so informal, not well-organized, without the =20
usual checks and balances. It's not a good situation for a new or =20
inexperienced translator.

<sigh> Sorry for being muddled.

from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nh=C3=B3m =
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