[Changed the subject line to be more general] First of all, thanks for the responses on this topic.
Clytie Siddall wrote On 04/20/06 00:21,: > The only reason we're not saying, 'Just dive in and start > translating!" is that we don't want you to waste your effort. You > could end up spending time translating something that someone else > has already done, or partly done. I would like to avoid this situation, too. I first asked for pointers to a glossary and any type of translation guidelines that I need to follow in order to get started. > One useful guide at this stage is the amount of progress on the > status pages for your language. If llittle or no change has occurred > there since you said you were willing to translate, then there's > probably little risk that your translation time would be wasted. You > could probably start translating, and by the time you've finished > some files, there would be definite news on your status, and others > could review and commit those files for you. > > I'm not entirely sure about the procedure in these cases (which I > know our coordinators always follow carefully). Do we have it online > anywhere, so people can understand how it works? Yes, that's what I'd like to know. I see po files that have partial Korean translations in them. Do I simply make a copy of the file and return the fully translated file to the coordinator for the file to be committed? I'm not sure about the process. > But undoubtedly, our co-ordinators will get back to you soon, with > definite information on the status of your team, and what you can > most usefully do at this stage. I'd prefer to wait until communication is established with the coordinator or the language (i.e. Korean) group before I start putting time on it. > NEVER think you're not welcome around here. We value your > contribution very much. :) Thanks for the response. Young > from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm > Việt hóa phần mềm tự do) > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN _______________________________________________ gnome-i18n mailing list gnome-i18n@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gnome-i18n
