Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Quality in l10n

Hi Andras,
Le 05/12/2013 11:42, Andras Timar a écrit :
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 10:52 AM, Robinson Tryon
> <bishop.robinson@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:37 AM, Mateusz Zasuwik <mzasuwik@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 2013/12/2 Sophie <gautier.sophie@gmail.com>
> > >
> > > And en-US team need glossary, surely. I see many inconsistent phrases like
> > > "*Please consider restart LibreOffice* to set new features".
> >
> > Soooo..what's the best way for me to identify and squash bugs in
> > strings like this?  Should I just keep an eye on core.git?  Perhaps
> > look at the compiled list of strings?
>
> During alpha and beta testing, and during translation process dozens
> of people read en-US strings. Some people report typo bugs either in
> Bugzilla, or in e-mail, and those bugs are fixed within hours. I don't
> think we need to set up processes, e.g. formal review, UI committee,
> approval, etc -- we had these in old OOo era -- , just we need to
> exercise the "many eyeballs" principle better. It is better to report
> a typo multiple times, than never.

I agree about no need for formal review, processes etc.
However there is a need for a check of the quality of the en_US version,
per the original request from Olivier.
And it is really time consuming and error prone for localizers to not
rely on a clear and understandable explanation or when several strings
are used for the same dialog, button, action, etc.
Of course, for the typo etc, during the translation time, no problem to
rely on the l10n team to correct them (and thank you for fixing so
fast), but that does not solve the problem of the overall quality of the
en_US version.
And I know that I don't propose any satisfying solution for developers
or localizers :) /me still thinking about it.

Cheers
Sophie



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