[Live-demo] WIP mail for translator

[Vicky Vergara]

Hello all,

Nicolas worked on the mail proposal.
Please review. (So it can be sent to possible translators.)

Thanks


On Tue, Oct 17, 2017 at 4:45 PM, Baka Niko <baka.niko at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Cameron
>
> Here is my  first draft email (I also prepared a press release [4]). Can
> you review it before sending ?
>
> Best,
>
> Nicolas
>
>
> Dear OSGeo-Live contributors,
>
> As you might know, we are working on translating OSGeo-Live Documentation
> using the Transifex Platform.
>
> We choose that in order to provide a better translation experience than
> the old .rst files and git one.
> It will help us doc building process of course, but we also add machine
> translation capabilities (thanks to <compagny name>) to help translators.
>
> It adds a review part too, that was sometimes not possible with the old
> system (when the merger didn't speak the language), so it will help us
> provide better quality documentation.
>
> All that said, the platform is online [1], ready to test. So we need early
> translators to battle test it with several languages, writing systems and
> such.
>
> We are in the moment where we can start testing the infrastructure and our
> first draft of the translator guide [2].
> For testing the infrastructure, translated files are needed, you can
> translate based on the priority mark, or on the amount of lines to be
> translated, or complete a translation that someone else started, or start
> with your project. Note that we already marked files that don't need
> translation.
> Some feedback about the guide is 100% useful. (probably the guide is more
> for a reviewer than for a translator)
>
> If the images below don't show in your mail, they are included in our
> translator guide [2]
>
> They are mark with a red >> on the left:
> [image: Images intégrées 1]
>
>
> After that testing phase, we will work on translating included project,
> where people from the projects can help us.
>
> Those files generally start by overview-- or quickstart--  and are mark
> with an orange >
>
> [image: Images intégrées 2]
>
> The files  marked with a green dash  doesn't need to be translated (and
> would be retired at some point).
>
> [image: Images intégrées 3]
>
>
> Best way to start is to filter for v11 files and descending priority:
>
> [image: Images intégrées 5]
>
> As you can see on the dashboard [3], we have already 8 languages
> registered waiting for translators:
> - finnish
> - french
> - german
> - greek
> - japanese
> - polish
> - spanish
> - Mexican spanish
>
> If you can help us translating those languages, or help us with another,
> please create an account on transifex and join us.
>
> If you have any question, please join us on IRC or on this mailing list.
>
> Vicky Vergara and Nicolas Roelandt
> OSGeo-Live team
>
> [1] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/
> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WO
> RK_IN_PROGRESS
> [3] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/
> <https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/>
> <https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/>
> [4]https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80
>
>
>
>


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