On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 08:16:41PM +0200, Maksi wrote: > Dear developers, > > > I actually wanted to post this in the documentation list, but all > discussions about the new website seem to take place either here or on the > users list. I wanted to ask whether an internationalization of the website > is planned and if not, make a proposal for it and offer my help for > translating it to German and keeping the translation up to date. I think > that good open source projects should have project websites in more > languages than just English, especially if they offer the software in > languages other than English. Even though I know English quite well, I like > to surf German websites and if I get the choice, I always tend to choose a > German page instead of an English page. I think that LyX would also benefit > from a website in several languages. I have had some thoughts about joining > the docs team and help translating but I took a look at the translation > process and it seemed to complicated for me. As for a website however, it > is a lot easier even for an average user to translate it.
Why is translating a complete web site easier then extending an already existing .lyx file? The main problem with translated web sites is keeping them up-do-date. It probably will do more harm then good if translations are only 80% complete and up-to-date. Andre'
