Re: [libreoffice-l10n] uploading files for Aragonese (an) localization

Op Do, 2012-01-05 om 10:31 +0100 skryf Juan Pablo Martínez Cortés:
> Hi Friedel,
>   Thanks your your ideas! You are completely right that it is not the
> optimal solution in most cases, and I don't recommend it in general
> (except perhaps for other languages where Apertium works well, and
> with small translating communities prefering online translation, if
> any other language matches this conditions).
>   In our case:
> a) Apertium is not enabled just now on the Pootle server (I think it
> was till some weeks ago).
> b) In the case of Aragonese, I am coincidentally the main developer of
> the Apertium es-an pair.  I took profit of the .po files to include
> new terms in Apertium dictionaries, commiting changes to the Apertium
> svn, but those changes will not be available immediately in the
> Apertium web service, so I can take profit to improve the translator
> and use the most recent version to improve the total translation,
> letting it available for the comunity.
> c) My idea to overcome problems with changes in English strings is to
> repeat periodically the process: 1-download the .zip files from
> pootle, 2-retranslate fuzzy and unstranslated strings with the very
> last version of apertium mt and 3 -upload the files with the new
> translations (which affect all fuzzy strings regardless of the cause
> for its fuzzyness), repeating this process periodically, especially
> when big changes in English strings or big improvement in Apertium
> occurs.

Ok, it looks like a good workflow for your circumstances. The only issue
I see is that you will always loose fuzzy strings when you retranslate
using Apertium. As long as people on your team know that nothing
important must be left as fuzzy, it can probably work well for your
team.

Good luck with the work!

Friedel


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