Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Separating L10n/QA/Native-lang contacts

Hi Rimas
On 02/02/2011 16:26, Rimas Kudelis wrote:
> Hi Sophie,
>
> 2011.02.02 15:01, Sophie Gautier wrote:
> > On 02/02/2011 13:22, Rimas Kudelis wrote:
> > > I think the L10n category on our wiki actually
> > > needs some love. Currently, all our pages are quite scattered. Maybe we
> > > need a category home page, or something, with a list an explanation of
> > > what is where. What would you say?
> >
> > Oh, yes, I agree :) several places on our wiki need love I fear. Would
> > you like to work on that?
>
> I'm trying to make my improvements when they come to mind. But most
> often they don't, so then I fall back to trying to cope with the amount
> of emails I've been recieving lately. :)

ah, I easily understand, so much to do :-) I'll see later, may be next 
week I'll be able to work on it.
> > May be put a general category for Languages and separate the
> > information for Native-language teams and L10n Teams on different pages?
>
> I don't really know how these teams are differrent. IMO, a single well
> structured area should be able to serve all local teams well, be they
> localizers, supporters, or marketers...

Well, why not, as long as somebody working on marketing or documentation 
and searching for a team doesn't have to scroll into all the l10n things ;)
> What I think is really needed is a "main entry point" to the L10n/NL
> wiki. It should at least contain links to the pages:
> * how to join/start an L10n team
> * how to get a website in your language (XX.libreoffice.org)
> * where to register/how to join mailing lists
> * other relevant topics (if any, can't think of them now)
>
> As long as the info above doesn't take much space, I think the same page
> could contain the aforementioned table with a list of L10n/NL/Language
> teams.

ok, let see how it goes, if there is too much info, it's easy to split 
any way.
> By the way, in my opinion, QA is a part of the L10n process, so perhaps
> it shouldn't be separated from the L10n topic right in the home page.

Yes and no ;-) in fact a big part of the QA is not related to l10n even 
if it's needed in l10n area. What we can do is only speak about test 
dedicated to l10n? May be it depends also on how we structure the tests 
on Litmus (if Litmus is ok)

> Also, I can't help but assume that there usually is some
> coordination/communication/collaboration between all the teams working
> on a particular language (e.g. French L10n, QA, Support, Marketing
> teams). I just can't imagine them all working absolutely independently,
> each heading their own direction. Or is my imagination too limited? :)

Most of the time, they never do translations, but the needed material is 
created by the different teams, we have our own posters, flyers, 
how-tos, books, mascot, website etc, so localization has very little to 
do (may be even nothing) with this work.
The only direct cooperation would be about QA and the feedback provided 
on the localization quality. In fact, Native-language teams are much 
more creative than localizers ;-) Joke apart, it's just not the same job 
(and I love localization) , but I think it's true for several projects here.

Kind regards
Sophie
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