OSGeo-Board Open Source Geospatial Foundation Press release translations

[Daniel Brookshier]

Forgot to chime in on the other bits. As far as translations, that is  
up to you. What I have done in the past is ask fellow developers to  
do this. Translation services are not always up to the task of  
technical translations. Add in the specific domain and it gets rather  
complicated. Another resource is the Google language tools or  
babblefish.

As for user groups, I'd lay out a general charter for goals of the  
groups and how you communicate. Translate it and start  
evangelizing.   We can also start up additional email lists that  
cater to a particular language, which also helps attract people in  
other countries.

Daniel Brookshier
Community Manager
214-207-6614

On Feb 14, 2006, at 8:53 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote:

> (Orkney)Toru Mori wrote:
>> Hi Frank,
>> There has not been such a local organization yet here in Japan.  
>> But it is very common for the Japanese to set up local user group  
>> for every major OSS tool. So I would be willing to follow other  
>> cases if OSGeo board accepts. Managing local website is definitely  
>> its daily activities. There are 2 types of ways to host it  
>> technically.
>> http://www.postgresql.jp/
>> Managed localy and hosted localy
>> http://ja.openoffice.org/
>> Managed localy but hosted in U.S.
>> I do not know which one would be better in OSGeo. However,   
>> without launching local website, any local chapter activities  
>> would be meaningless.
>
> DanielB,
>
> I wonder if you could comment on what software support there is for
> translations of the portal, and if you have any suggestions for a good
> approach to local chapters (ie. Japan).
>
> Best regards,
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