Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Re: New language localization

I beg to differ. All one requires to localize something like LO are 
translation skills and a good understanding of how a UI works. Sure, you 
need to learn what a placeholder is but that aside, the translation 
itself requires much less in the way of IT skills than most projects assume.

You can take me as an example - I couldn't program a dot running across 
the screen if my life depended on it. In actual fact, if Kevin Scannell 
hadn't chaperoned me through the process of doing (back then) OO and 
Firefox, I would have never gotten anywhere. I can translate extremely 
well and at breakneck speed, that's what I do for a living after all, 
and I understand how UI work but in terms of my IT skills, I've very 
much at the basic end of the spectrum, even though it's what, 5 years, 
since my first completed l10n project. I still sweat blood when I have 
to commit Thunderbird via a bunch of Unix commands cause I still have 
almost no clue what they actually mean. Yes, this isn't Mozilla, but 
it's the principle.

I had, in fact, tried to join OO/Mozilla on my own previsouly but I 
don't think people who have been doing this a long time or who do this 
profesionally realise how unnecessarily high the hurdles are for "just 
translators". You ("we" by now I guess) are all very friendly and 
helpful, I'm not suggesting the opposite for a second - but when you're 
so wound up in something it's easy to forget what it's like for someone 
outside the bubble.

Anyway, I'll have a go at the wiki and see what can be done.

Michael

06/05/2013 14:47, sgrìobh Andras Timar:
> How could a person without basic IT skills localize a product like
> LibreOffice? I don't think that it is possible.
> Filing a bug is basically clicking on a URL (the page says "submit an
> issue for Enhancement to Product LibreOffice Component Localisation
> marked for i18n by using this URL"), some fields are prefilled. Well,
> registration is needed.
>
> Nevertheless, feel free to edit the wiki page, and thanks for offering
> your help in guiding newbies in this mailing list.
>
> Thanks,
> Andras


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