Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Belarusian/Belorussian translation

On 2011-03-04 10:09, Yury Tarasievich wrote:
> On 03/04/2011 09:40 AM, Dwayne Bailey wrote:
> > On 2011-03-04 09:14, Yury Tarasievich wrote:
> ...
> > > description of the .PO based L10N process. Pootle isn't acceptable for
> > > the languages with the comparatively weak terminological base . In
> > > such cases it's common for everybody to translate "just as one sees
> ...
> > We have many African languages who also have weak terminology that
> > benefit from using Pootle.
> >
> > The difference is that they include their terminology in the terminology
> > project on Pootle. You can do that also, in which case people giving
> > suggestions and translations are guided by the teams terminology lists.
>
> The big problem is this procedure isn't well visible or integrated. 
> E.g., one may easily bypass it or ignore it.
It's quite visible the terms show up on the left of the translation.  
But you are correct you can easily ignore it.  Enforcing terminology is 
difficult though, especially in language where words transform depending 
on their context.  A social agreement is in most cases a better approach 
I think.
> Also, the terminology matching isn't as quite clear-cut process as 
> many tools make it to look (Pootle, too, as far as I can understand -- 
> I know Pootle only superficially). E.g., is there a support for the 
> context variants (translate as A1 in context C1, as A2 in C2 etc.)?
Terminology matching is ultimately a human decision, a machine can only 
do so much.  Context itself is difficult for a machine to determine.

The skills needed to understand the issues of translation and 
terminology use and development are the reasons why I prefer to have all 
translators go through a vetting stage (suggestions only) before being 
given full translate rights.

--
Dwayne

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