[Marketing] Preparation of translation booklet Open Source Inside

[Marc Vloemans]

Hi Roald,

Thanks for the reminder. I am somewhat drowning in work at  the moment (book presentations, tenders and regular office stuff), with next  week some ski 'hols'. I intend to pick it up in the week of 23 feb.  Will keep you (all) posted of course.
Question:
My initial attempts with the OSGEO Wiki is that it does not facilitatie tables (per chapter 3 columns and umpteen rows: Dutch > English > Spanish translation space). Perhaps somebody on this list is able to do this? Or is there a work around?

Kind regards,

Marc Vloemans
Algemeen nr 00 31 (0)30 214 2081
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From: Roald de Wit [mailto:roald.dewit at lisasoft.com]
To: Marc Vloemans [mailto:marcvloemans at b3partners.nl]
Cc: marketing at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:marketing at lists.osgeo.org]
Sent: Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:29:04 +0100
Subject: Re: Zero cents for translation and localization!

Hi Mark,
  
  On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 23:16 +1030, Marc Vloemans wrote:
  > Thanks, I will take your suggestion fully on board, as it should well
  > work in the osgeo-wiki! It certainly will take a load off my back,
  > involve the wider community and help the marketing effort.
  > I go and check the wiki-policies in osgeo and set up the
  > 'localisation' matrix.
  > Will keep you posted.
  
  Is there any progress with the 'localisation' matrix? Let me know if you
  need any help.
  
  Cheers, Roald
  
  
  >
  > Cheers, Marc
  >
  >         ______________________________________________________________
  >         From: Roald de Wit [mailto:roald.dewit at lisasoft.com]
  >         To: Marc Vloemans [mailto:marcvloemans at b3partners.nl]
  >         Cc: Michael P. Gerlek [mailto:mpg at lizardtech.com], Lorenzo
  >         Becchi [mailto:lorenzo at ominiverdi.com],
  >         marketing at lists.osgeo.org [mailto:marketing at lists.osgeo.org]
  >         Sent: Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:30:24 +0100
  >         Subject: Re: Zero cents for translation and localization!
  >
  >         Hi Marc,
  >
  >         Yeah, I'm happy to do some 'mopping up'. Of course you could
  >         delegate
  >         work to people too if you don't want to do all the work
  >         yourself.
  >         There are more dutchies active within OSGeo than just the
  >         three of us
  >         (maybe not all of them subscribed to this list).
  >
  >         So, here is my suggestion:
  >         * Make the dutch version (preferable the latest version)
  >         available
  >         for download
  >         * Setup a page (somewhere on the OSGeo wiki?) and divide the
  >         booklet into bite size sections in a table format: 1 row per
  >         section, 2 columns: 1 for the section name, the other for the
  >         name of the person that translates the section
  >         * Every person that will work on a section will write down
  >         her/his
  >         name
  >         * Send an email to discuss at osgeo asking for volunteers. Hey,
  >         isn't
  >         there a Dutch list as well?
  >         * After the booklet is translated into English and proof read,
  >         others can translate from there, unless of course there are
  >         volunteers that speak both Dutch and say, Spanish of course.
  >         They could start straight away!
  >
  >         What do you think of this?
  >
  >         Cheers, Roald
  >
  >         On Fri, 2009-01-09 at 04:18 +1030, Marc Vloemans wrote:
  >         > Ok guys,
  >         >
  >         > As I am not a developer/code jockey but rather a MBA
  >         graduate and
  >         > strategist, my contribution to the community will consist of
  >         the words
  >         > to "sell" the code :-)
  >         > Please, be patient. Initial translation will take roughly 20
  >         nights
  >         > (writing it in Dutch amounted to around 60 nights) over the
  >         next two
  >         > months.
  >         > If afterwards Michael and Roald could do the "mopping up",
  >         and Lorenzo
  >         > could take care of the Spanish version, I believe we have a
  >         powerful
  >         > medium for future marketing purposes which will cover a
  >         substantial
  >         > part of the world (by the way, anyone happens to speak
  >         Chinese on this
  >         > mailinglist?).
  >         >
  >         > Here goes nothing ;-)
  >         > Marc
  >         --
  >         Roald de Wit
  >         Software Engineer
  >         roald.dewit at lisasoft.com
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