Quality translation is an issue indeed. But if we lower exposure to these translations, we'll likely decrease the chance of those being improved in the future.
+1 to the first launch proposal with link to invite ppl to help improve things. On Thu, Mar 24, 2022, 18:48 Alexandre Neto <senhor.n...@gmail.com> wrote: > Following Alessandro advice, we could have a choice menu on the first QGIS > launch, that would allow the user to select the GUI language. Maybe we > could keep the system locale as default, but inform that the translation > work may not be 100% accurate as it is done by volunteer work. We could add > a link to transifex so the user can see the translation stats and even > invite them to join the effort for better translations. > > My main problem is not the translation percentage, but its quality. At > least in PT_pt, some folks just translate strings without caring about the > context of the string, which ends up in very strange and nonsense. > > Thanks for your opinions > > Alex > > Mathieu Pellerin <nirvn.a...@gmail.com> escreveu no dia quinta, > 24/03/2022 à(s) 11:39: > >> Could we not have some means to attach a quality value to each language >> (eg at the very least % translated), and only force English on poorly >> translated languages? I feel forcing English by default would be a >> disservice to the part of the community that spends hours to translate QGIS. >> >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022, 18:32 Alexandre Neto via QGIS-Developer < >> qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi Alessandro, >>> >>> Well, the option on first launch would be a much bettter solution. But >>> probably more complicated. Any idea of how much man/hours would be needed >>> to implement it? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> Alex >>> >>> A quinta, 24/03/2022, 11:21, Alessandro Pasotti <apaso...@gmail.com> >>> escreveu: >>> >>>> Hi Alexandre, >>>> >>>> it seems reasonable to me but I'd suggest adding a first-time notice >>>> and an option for the user to actually set the system locale, maybe only >>>> for the first QGIS launch. >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022 at 12:12 PM Alexandre Neto via QGIS-Developer < >>>> qgis-developer@lists.osgeo.org> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> I have raised this before, but I wanted to ask for it again. >>>>> Currently, QGIS default is not to Override System Locale and use the >>>>> system's locale for User interface. >>>>> >>>>> If the system locale language happens to have good and reliable >>>>> translations, this works well, but when the language is incomplete or >>>>> poorly translated, this IMHO poses a problem. >>>>> >>>>> The European Portuguese translation is quite poor, with many errors >>>>> and bad translations. In the end it is sometimes hard to work with the GUI >>>>> in PT_pt. To me the bad thing is it looks bad on the project reputation >>>>> and >>>>> people (users) read it as a symptom of bad quality software, which is not >>>>> the case. >>>>> >>>>> So, I wanted to suggest if we could have American english as the >>>>> default for the GUI? Would this be reasonable? >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Alexandre Neto >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> QGIS-Developer mailing list >>>>> QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org >>>>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Alessandro Pasotti >>>> QCooperative: www.qcooperative.net >>>> ItOpen: www.itopen.it >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> QGIS-Developer mailing list >>> QGIS-Developer@lists.osgeo.org >>> List info: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> Unsubscribe: https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/qgis-developer >>> >>
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