[FM Discuss] Problems in the translations workflow
adam hyde
adam at flossmanuals.net
Tue Sep 8 01:18:34 PDT 2009
hi,
sorry to hear about delays with setting up translations. As Anne
rightly says, when I travel (mostly to promote FM), I cannot keep up
with the requests, but aside from that, this is a community project and
the admin tasks should be shared as much as possible. So far only Anne
(I think there has been no one else) has offered to help set up
translations. If we can widen the number of people involved in this,
then it can be managed quite easily...anyone keen to be trained on how
to do it?
adam
On Mon, 2009-09-07 at 13:36 -0500, Anne Gentle wrote:
> I wouldn't say you're in the weeds. Part of the overall translation
> workflow should have notifications in it, that is a good suggestion.
>
> I agree that these are separate types of requests - Vik's is a request
> for a particular manual to be set up so he can start working on it,
> Steve's is a request for work suggestions.
>
> Vik's request is taken care of.
>
> I've emailed Steve in a second response with ideas for how to start
> working on a manual. Sorry, it was my oversight not to change the
> subject line. Please feel free to offer more suggestions to Steve.
>
> Thanks,
> Anne
>
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:14 PM, Jay Maechtlen <techwriter at covad.net>
> wrote:
> I see cross-responses here.
>
> As I understand it, there were requests to set up a
> translation project.
> They weren't looking for 'something to work on', they wanted
> to get translation started on a particular manual for a
> particular language.
>
> Once that translation is set up, it's up to those interested
> to start doing the translation work. It is (or should be) self
> documenting that the translation is available for work,.once
> it is set up.
>
> Or am I totally our in the weeds?
>
> Regards
> Jay
>
> victor rajewski wrote:
>
> About a month ago I asked for a translation to be set
> up. Nothing
> happened. Last week I asked again. No replies. I know
> the project I'm
> working with isn't the most important thing in the
> world, and everyone
> is busy etc etc, but there seems to be a serious
> process issue here.
> This sort of response (or lack thereof) _will_ turn
> off potential
> contributors, and is not the way to build a community.
> Perhaps there
> is only a small number of people with the credentials
> to create a new
> translation, and they are all busy, well, a short
> reply to that effect
> would be a good start. Even better would be giving
> more people the
> power to set these things up, or having a good look at
> the
> workflow/process that goes on here.
>
> Flossmanuals seems like a worthy project, but I have a
> document
> (already up on flossmanuals) and a ready-to-go
> translation that I need
> to start directing people to. Waiting over a month for
> that to happen
> seems a bit of a stretch, so for the time being I'm
> investigating
> other places to put this manual (wikibooks perhaps)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Victor Rajewski
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: victor rajewski <vik at engagemedia.org>
> Date: Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 2:51 PM
> Subject: translation of plumi
> To: Discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
>
>
> Hi,
>
> I send this message a few weeks ago asking for someone
> to set up an
> Indonesian translation spot for the Plumi manual. I
> haven't heard back
> from anyone.
>
> What is the process for getting a translation set up,
> and might it be
> time to re-think that process given that I've seen
> other translation
> requests ignored? Not a great way to build a base of
> contributors.
>
> ciao
>
> vik
>
> - ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: victor rajewski <vik at engagemedia.org>
> Date: Mon, Aug 10, 2009 at 9:58 AM
> Subject: translation
> To: Discuss at lists.flossmanuals.net
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I want to set up an Indonesian translation of the
> Plumi manual (not
> much there yet, but what is there has already been
> translated!) Can
> someone please create Plumi_id in
> translate.flossmanuals?
>
> Cheers,
>
> vik
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