Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Cosmetic changes? (was Workflow based on master)

On 12/14/2014 12:47 PM, Khaled Hosny wrote:

> I have been localising software for much longer
> than I have been making fonts (or even writing
> software) and I know that reviewing a few
> hundred strings that were trivially changed is
> not the end of the world. Usually the tool I'm
> using (be it Pootle or Virtaal) would present me
> of translation memory of this string which will
> show the old source string and highlight the
> differences from the current one, so it is just
> few seconds to review, and one can review
> hundreds of strings this way in a couple of
> hours. Believe me, I have done it countess times
> and I don't understand all the whining.

I consider that haughty disdain somewhat 
misplaced. Anybody is free to allocate a couple 
of hours of life as they please. Maybe to spend 
those on unpaid (quality) translation work.

However, it's not nice to treat "a couple of 
hours" of somebody else's life as throwaway 
resource.

It's not the case, too, that "localisers" (I see 
now your quotes use wasn't accidental) are some 
low-level plebes, allowed to play at translation 
and meanwhile ride on the coattails of the 
sky-high (LibO) popularity. These people do hard 
work and create the product (or product 
enhancement, if you please).

I think that attitude originates in widely 
spread misconception that anybody by virtue of 
speaking the language is automatically an expert 
in all issues related, (technical) translation 
included. Unlimited pool of free labour, as it were.

Mind you, I do not witness this light-hearted 
attitude to the unsolicited work in the software 
developers community, present product team 
included, for a very good reason, and I at least 
understand this completely.

Yury

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