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

I suggest someone creates another list with automatic membership to those
who argument whether a new list is needed or not (the-pre-list-list).
And those who unsubscribe off it should autmatically become members of
"the-list-for-those-who-do-not-want-to-be-members-of-the-pre-list".

Lp, m.


2013/5/6 Andras Timar <timar74@gmail.com>

> On Mon, May 6, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Michael Bauer <fios@akerbeltz.org> wrote:
> > 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.
>
> A translator needs to know basic concepts of math, finance,
> statistics, 3D graphics, programming, typography -- just to name a few
> -- in order to translate LibreOffice UI. Even Bugzilla is mentioned in
> the README, see
>
> https://translations.documentfoundation.org/gd/libo_ui/translate.html#unit=29478798
> How could one translate this sentence without knowing how to file a
> bug? ;)
>
> > 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.
>
> I agree with you in general. Translation should be as easy as possible
> (thus we use Pootle, and translators don't have to learn git magic).
> But N'ko is a difficult case, because it uses a special script, so
> adding it requires more effort, than adding a language that uses Latin
> script.
>
> Best regards,
> Andras
>
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