On Mon, 21 Apr 2003 10:56:25 +0200
Frank Lichtenheld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> > Is the German translation based directly on the Swedish original? 
> 
> No. But if I base the translation check on the english one, and the
> english one is out-of-date, the user of the german page gets no 
> warning (neither get I).

And now you can't trace updates to the English translation, the one your 
translation is still based on.  What if there are errors (i.e. an 
incorrect link or a missing paragraph) in the English translation which 
gets fixed?  You wouldn't know since the original could be correct and 
hence not updated.

[...]
> Which one I use for translation, is an other matter :)

Then at least add a comment to your translation, saying that it is 
actually based on English version x.y, otherwise you're the only one who 
knows. :-)  But I still think that you should point to the language your 
translation is based on.

-- 
Regards, Kaare - <http://www.nightcall.dk/>

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