I would only throw in that I think #1 is largely a guideline. I think the coordinator should have the discretion to make reasonable exceptions as circumstances present.
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 12:07 PM, Cerninakova Eva <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I tried to summarize the previous discussion about (not) including > languages and translations to Evergreen according to actual translations > activity/support: > > 1) For the future releases the translation should be supported only when > it meets at least one of the following criteria: > > - At least 70 % of translations are complete > - Translations have been updated within the past 12 months and at > least 50 % are complete > - It is known there is someone actively working on the translations > - There is a known living Evergreen catalog using the given > language > - The en-* variation of translations should have an exception from > criteria above as they are a special case. > > 2) Role of translations coordinator > > - He/she should communicate with translators and provide > information from Evergreen translators to developers and vice versa > - If possible he/she should help translators with issues related > to Evergreen translations in Launchpad etc. > > 3) As I have already noted before I can volunteer as a translations > coordinator at present. > > 4) It will be necessary to fix the person I shall communicate with. Should > this person be release manager? Or anyone else? > > 5) I am planning to contact translators to all languages and find out > information about the situation of particular translations (if it is > supported, used etc.). I suppose I will use Launchpad for it. However it > will be very helpful if you send me names (or contact also if possible) of > translators if you have an information about them. > > 6) From the previous conversation I understood that the proposal to skip > some unused languages concerns the future releases. It seems reasonable to > me as Idon´t think I will be able gather all information necessary for the > decision whether (not) to include particular language soon enough before > 2.11 release (I am currently working on a project with quite close deadline > so I have limited time available). > However If there is a general consensus that we want to cut off the > unsupported languages immediately, according to criteria mentioned above > following languages should be definitely included to Evergreen at the > moment: > > cs-CZ -- Czech (98,77 % complete) > hy-AM -- Armenian (79.18% complete) > fi-FI -- Finnish (73.09% complete) > en-CA -- English (Canada) (70.73% complete + "en-*" variation ) > en-GB -- English (UK) (66,89 % complete - active within past 12 months + > "en-*" variation) > pt-BR -- Brazilian Portuguese (58.84% complete - active within past 12 > months) > fr-CA -- French (52.84% complete - active within past 12 months) > es-ES -- Spanish (39.57% complete but there is known activity and number > of translations continues to grow every day :-) ) > > 7) As a person trying to watch the new strings to translate I would > appreciate having information about new parts of Evergreen to translate > actually added to Launchpad. Does anyone know if it is possible to make > some setting in Launchpad to get information about newly added translation > strings? May be there is such function and I only was not able to > discover it. Or (in case it is not) would it be possible to send me a > message when new translation strings are added? - I will share the > information with other translators too. Thanks a lot. > > Eva > > > > > > > > --- > Mgr. Eva Cerniňáková > [email protected] > Tel. +420 211 222 409 > > Knihovna Jabok > http:/knihovna.jabok.cuni.cz <http://knihovna.jabok.cz> > Tel. +420 211 222 410 > > Jabok - Vyšší odborná škola sociálně pedagogická a teologická > Salmovská 8, 120 00 Praha 2 > > > 2016-06-03 20:01 GMT+02:00 Rogan Hamby <[email protected]>: > >> If you're volunteering I think you would be great for the role. :) >> >> >> >> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 1:57 PM, Cerninakova Eva <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> >>> 2016-06-03 15:18 GMT+02:00 Galen Charlton <[email protected]>: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> On Fri, Jun 3, 2016 at 8:59 AM, Cerninakova Eva <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> > I wonder what would the "translation coordinator" exactly mean? >>>> > Would it just meen to keep an eye on translation statuses and >>>> activity in >>>> > Launchpad and communicate with translators on one side and Evergreen >>>> > developers on the other side good time before the Evergreen release? >>>> >>>> Yes. In addition, a translation coordinator might also help >>>> translators if they have questions about how to use Launchpad and how >>>> to deal with any quirks of Evergreen's strings. >>>> >>> O.K. >>> I think I have already done some portion of translations in Lanchpad so >>> it should not be a big problem ;-) >>> I might probably need help with some issues like where I can find >>> information on dates of new Evergreen releases and related matters etc. >>> >>> >>> Eva >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> -------------------------------------------------------------- >> Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst >> Equinox - Open Your Library >> [email protected] >> 1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com >> >> > -- -------------------------------------------------------------- Rogan R. Hamby, Data and Project Analyst Equinox - Open Your Library [email protected] 1-877-OPEN-ILS | www.esilibrary.com
