[Incubator] i18n option for incubation projects

[Markus Neteler]

Hi,

Jody Garnett <jody.garnett at gmail.com> schrieb am So., 2. Juli 2023, 07:25:

> Thinking.
>
> Incubation process only recommends resources (such as OSGeo Live, and
> Marketting) to connect with if they would like assistance.
>
> In this case osgeo offers weblate.
> https://weblate.osgeo.org/about/
>


BTW, I have recently activated machine translation which works nicely:

https://grasswiki.osgeo.org/wiki/GRASS_messages_translation#Using_the_machine_translation_tool

AFAIK it is available to all projects there.

Best
Markus


> Once again if this is an important principle, in programming terms
> externalizing strings so they can be translated, then it should be
> considered a requirement.
>
> Similar to how incubation projects are asked to have user documentation.
>
> Jody
>
> On Sun, Jul 2, 2023 at 7:00 AM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I agree that this is valuable to have l
>>
> as a recommendation.
>>
>> Best,
>> Angelos
>>
>> On Sat, Jul 1, 2023 at 3:40 PM Tom Kralidis <tomkralidis at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all: at the 2023-07-01 OSGeo Board meeting [1], the topic of
>>> internationalization in OSGeo projects
>>> was discussed.  While translation usually encompasses a considerable
>>> level of effort, it would be valuable
>>> for projects to at least have the ability / process in place to
>>> integrate translations if/as they are provided over time.
>>>
>>> An example in this regard would be for a Python project to have a Sphinx
>>> i18n setup [2].
>>>
>>> It would be valuable to add an item to the Project Graduation Checklist
>>> to ask whether a project has
>>> considered i18n.  This would _not_ be a requirement but a
>>> recommendation, in support of the global
>>> nature and community of OSGeo.
>>>
>>> Thoughts?
>>>
>>> ..Tom
>>>
>>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Board_Meeting_2023-07-01
>>> [2] https://www.sphinx-doc.org/en/master/usage/advanced/intl.html
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>>
>>
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