+1 to Eva! Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 [email protected]
On Wed, Jun 8, 2016 at 1:13 PM, Jane Sandberg <[email protected]> wrote: > +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 > > > > > > -- > Jane Sandberg > Electronic Resources Librarian > Linn-Benton Community College > [email protected] / 541-917-4655 >
