+1 to reasonable exceptions (and everything else on this thread). On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 10:10 AM, Rogan Hamby <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 >> 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 >
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