Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Translating Most annoying bugs of 3.6.0

2012/8/6 Sophie Gautier <gautier.sophie@gmail.com>

> Hi Chris,
> On 06/08/2012 19:04, Chris Leonard wrote:
>
> > Dear Sophie,
>
> First thanks a lot for your feedback and sharing your experience here,
> it's much appreciated
>
>
> > Sadly, the L10n community is a very poor place to recruit QA testing.
> > Why?  Because just as the new features are rolling in that need
> > testing (on a tight release schedule), the new strings are rolling in
> > that need L10n.  There are only so many hours available between
> > feature freeze/string freeze and release.
>
> Yes, I agree, but l10n people may be in contact with other actors or users
> in their own language, this is why I asked here.
>
>
> > That is not to say that all community members do not bear some
> > responsibility for quality, just that the localizer's busiest period
> > exactly coincides with the critical testing period towards the end of
> > a release cycle.
>
> Yes, it's true, however we have nightly builds that are available before
> localization cycle. I'm well aware that l10n people usually don't deal only
> with our project so I understand it's not easy at all.
>
>
> > The bug in question (spell-checking) is not even directly a L10n
> > related bug, but it *is* an issue that is very near and dear to the
> > hearts of localizers, especially those engaged in localizing word
> > processing tools.  Many have spent countless hours, above and beyond
> > UI L10n, developing word lists and working to enhance their native
> > language spell-checking capabilities and as noted, many are
> > more-or-less "teams" of one.  This may account for some of the passion
> > evoked.
>
> and I really understand it, being a localizer in more than one project too.
>
>
> > Automation of testing is an excellent idea, collaborators/allies in
> > that area may often found among those people who have a focus on
> > accessibility (a11y), the reason for this is that the alternate
> > input/output mechanisms introduced for the purpose of a11y are exactly
> > the sorts of hooks that robotic scripts need to do automated testing.
> > Personally, I've always viewed a11y as another form of i18n/L10n, but
> > there is often a small group in any project that is most passionate
> > about a11y issues and they are very valuable contributors indeed.
>
> This is very interesting, I'm used to test the FR version using Orca, but
> I didn't viewed it that way.
Hi All,

while I agree with Martin considering the spell check bug a showstopper,
please Sophie, could you post again a mail regarding the procedure for QA
with Orca? It could be interesting to have a regular reminder of it, so
that Leaders could forward it to users/collaborators and maybe have more
people for testing.

Ciao
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Valter
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