[FM Discuss] spanish and catalan translation?

[adam hyde]

hey

no one has translated that text...i am not sure we are going to Oxcars.
I originally said no as the original invite had changed...then michael
mandiberg and I thought maybe we try and print some newspapers of two
manuals (command line and digital foundations) to take there, so now I
am waiting to hear if they want us to do that,

do you have nay interest in helping to try and finish the translation of
the command line manual in time for oxcars? (presuming they still want
me to come)...

following that, i am talking with Marcos from medialab-prado about
trying to set up a spanish Fm community site...there is a lot of
interest...perhaps you would also like to be involved in this?

adam





On Mon, 2009-08-24 at 11:28 -0500, 0v . wrote:
> HeyAll / Hola
> 
> I want to know more about the Spanish-language community in FlossManuals to colaborate with
> translations,   I'm mestizo postizo ina MesoAmerica Babilonica :)
> 
> and to begin,,
> 
> Is anybody working on this text for Oxcars?
> 
> 
> > anyone around that could translate this (and send to Simona cc'ed here)? :
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > FLOSS Manuals are communities making Free Manuals about Free Software.
> > All manuals are free and anyone can contribute. We provide materials
> > online, and also in PDF and book form. There are currently 40 manuals
> > available in English, 15 in Farsi, and 10 in Dutch. Finnish, French and
> > Burmese communities are now being formed.
> > 
> > We are also now searching for people interested in getting our FLOSS
> > Manuals Catalan and Spanish communities started. This would involve
> > translating the interface and then writing original material or
> > translating existing manuals. Its a volunteer effort to help distribute
> > information on how to use Free Software in as many languages as
> > possible. 
> > 
> > We wish to contact people in advance of the Oxcars event in October
> > (Barcelona) to discuss this. We then intend to meet during the event and
> > build the tools for Catalan and Spanish, train those interested, and
> > work towards translating some of the existing content while also
> > creating some new material.
> > 
> > For more information contact :
> > adam at flossmanuals.net
> > 
> > 
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