[OSGeo-Edu] Fwd: First version of the Free GIS Book

[Gavin Fleming]

Felicitaciones Victor!

I seem to remember when we discussed translation of the book at FOSS4G 2008
that some English translation had already taken place - is that not the case
or is it obsolete now?

I agree with Jorge's suggestion of Pootle. Have a look at
http://translate.org.za which facilitates translation of software and GUIs
into our 11 official languages. They use Pootle and several other resources
that could assist with this project: http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/
<http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/%20>

Gavin

On 11 January 2011 11:46, Jorge Gustavo Rocha <jgr at di.uminho.pt> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Congratulations, Victor!
> For the translation process, I would prefer something like Pootle, which
> is quite simple to install. Cameron's process is very "human dependent".
> More info about Pootle at:
> http://translate.sourceforge.net/wiki/pootle/index
> Among other things, Pootle supports terminology, making it easier for
> several different people translate the same terms in the same manner.
> Pootle is also better for supporting several translations processes at
> the same time. Definitely, I would like start translating Free GIS book
> to Portuguese :-)
>
> It's my two cents.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jorge
> OSGeoPT
>
>
> Ter, 2011-01-11 às 14:17 +1100, Cameron Shorter escreveu:
> > Hello Victor,
> > Well done on the Free GIS Book.
> >
> > Regarding translation: We have been translating multiple pages, into
> > multiple languages for the OSGeo-Live project, and I'd be happy to
> > help coordinate translation of the Free GIS Book in a similar manner.
> >
> > You can see our coordination process described here:
> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Translate
> >
> > I would suggest breaking up the Free GIS Book into lots of small
> > sections that are short enough for a volunteer to easily translate by
> > themselves, and then track using a similar spreadsheet to the one we
> > use for the OSGeo-Live projects:
> >
> https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0AlRFyY1XenjJdFRDbjFyWHg1MlNTRm10QXk0UWEzWlE&authkey=CPTB6uIE&hl=en_GB#gid=5
> >
> >
> > On 10/01/2011 7:50 AM, Charlie Schweik wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > Great news... See the below message from Victor Olaya. If anyone has
> > > ideas on how we get this translated into English, please respond.
> > >
> > > Charlie
> > >
> > > ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> > > From: Victor Olaya<volayaf at gmail.com>
> > > Date: 2011/1/5
> > > Subject: First version of the Free GIS Book
> > > To: edu_discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am proud to announce that, after a long work, the first version
> > > of
> > > the Free GIS Book is ready to be released. It is a 900+ pages book
> > > which covers most of the main topics regarding GIS, from analysis
> > > to
> > > visualization, from the history of GIS to the fundamentals of Web
> > > Mapping or SDIs. A first version is currently available from the
> > > book
> > > website, but, since we are still in the process of correcting and
> > > proof-reading the book, it includes linenumbers to make it easier
> > > to
> > > locate errors and typos. However, it is complete and can be
> > > downloaded
> > > to get an idea of what the book will look like once it is finished.
> > >
> > > A book work session (similar to a code sprint, but with text
> > > instead
> > > of code...) is scheduled at the Jornadas de SIG Libre de Girona
> > > (the
> > > spanish equivalent of FOSS4G), and after that the final version is
> > > expected to be ready. It might not be inmediatly after, but
> > > definitely
> > > it will not be long after the conference that the book will be
> > > officially released.
> > >
> > > As some of you already know, the book is written in spanish, but we
> > > would love to have an english version, and this is the main reason
> > > why
> > > I am sending this email to the list. Next FOSS4G, which will take
> > > place in Denver, is a great oportunity to start working seriously
> > > on
> > > that. There will already be a full text to translate and the
> > > conference will take place in a english-speaking country, which
> > > means
> > > that many people who can contribute to that english version will be
> > > there.
> > >
> > > I think we should start thinking about how to plan this, in case we
> > > want to take the great opportunity that FOSS4G brings us regarding
> > > the
> > > free GIS book. I do not have an idea about how to do it, but
> > > suggestions are welcome and it would be great to discuss it. We
> > > still
> > > have plenty of time to talk about it.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > Victor Olaya
> > >
> > >
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