Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Translation of Kurdish website

Hi Dwayne, all

On 05/03/2011 07:34, Dwayne Bailey wrote:
> On 2011-03-05 00:02, Rimas Kudelis wrote:
> > 2011.03.04 17:58, Dwayne Bailey rašė:
> > > On 2011-03-04 16:09, Rimas Kudelis wrote:
> > > > Hi Erdal,
> > > >
> > > > 2011.03.04 16:00, Erdal Ronahi rašė:
> > > > > we want to translate the LibreOffice.org website into Kurdish. I
> > > > > think I do
> > > > > not have the admin rights for ku.libreoffice.org yet. How can I get
> > > > > them?
> > > > Sophie has outlined this in the wiki:
> > > > http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/NewWebsiteNLT
> > > Is it possible to pull data for the CMS to translate in Pootle?
> > I don't think so, at least this isn't something we've tried.
> > Furthermore, since every local website can be different, it's perhaps
> > not even desired either. Those websites aren't
> > translations/localizations of the main one in a strict sense. They have
> > their own structure, own images etc.
> I think deviation is the exception rather then the rule. For localisers
> wanting to create a localised experience it would great if it was easy
> to localise the content. Creating customs websites is often done I feel
> because:
>
> 1. Its hard to translate and maintain the translations
> 2. Its easier to put up a few pages then maintain a whole site
> 3. Localisers have enough resources to maintain create and maintain a
> custom site.

You may want to create your own content to better reflect what happen or 
what you want to develop in your community. For the French site we 
organized differently the different topic because we don't have to put 
all the information that are present on the main site.
The international website may not adapt to the work you do with your 
community because it serves all of them, not one.
> Even then if you think about it, a lot of content is a pure translation:
> Vision, contacts, steering committee, getting involved, small projects, etc

The way you get involved is different whether it's in the international 
project or in your own language project, so the information won't be the 
same.
I really hope that the site will serve to develop language communities 
and don't simply translate the general informations
> But now let me do some work...
>
> Is it possible to see the actual content that is stored by the CMS? I'd
> like to see what format(s) are allowed so that I can see how easy it
> would be to implement straight localisation.
>
> I did some looking around and research on the platform but I can't find
> out exactly in what format pages are stored. Any pointers and help, or a
> page dump welcome.
For really small community it could be of help, but again, I think the 
purpose to have language site is to focus on language community, not 
only to reflect the international community. And by the way this 
discussion should be better placed on the projects list, because some 
admins of language sites are not on the l10n list and they may be 
interested too.

Kind regards
Sophie


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