[Live-demo] Motion: That we set up an OSGeo-Live Translators email list

Jakob Miksch jakob.miksch at posteo.eu
Fri Oct 20 02:23:40 PDT 2017


+0

I also think there is not too much traffic in the main mailing list yet. 
That's why I do not really see the necessity to create another mailing 
list. But I don't mind having this translation-list if some of us find 
it useful.

Jakob

On 20.10.2017 11:04, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> +0
> Perhaps a new mailing list is not needed, but I am ok with this if 
> others want it.
>
> Angelos
>
> On 10/19/2017 10:57 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> As per mail thread below, Nicolas and Vicky have been doing some 
>> awesome work setting up Transifex, and are at the stage where they 
>> are about to start engaging OSGeo-Live translators.
>>
>> I think it would be useful to set up an OSGeo-Live translators email 
>> list, where translators can hang out without needing to being 
>> distracted by the rest of OSGeo-Live development.
>>
>> So I'm putting a motion forward to set up an OSGeo-Live translators 
>> email list. This motion will wrap up during our OSGeo-Live weekly 
>> meeting this coming Monday / Tuesday (depending on where you live).
>>
>> +1 Cameron
>>
>> Assuming the motion passes, I think we need to ask the SAC to set it 
>> up for us.
>>
>>
>> On 19/10/17 4:07 pm, Baka Niko wrote:
>>> Hi Cameron,
>>>
>>> Thanks for the review.
>>> I'll need guidance to set up the new mailing list.
>>>
>>> How do I do ? Sending a mail to SAC ? to mailman at lists.osgeo.org 
>>> <mailto:mailman at lists.osgeo.org>.?
>>>
>>> Best,
>>>
>>> Nicolas
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2017-10-18 21:42 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter 
>>> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com <mailto:cameron.shorter at gmail.com>>:
>>>
>>>     Hi Nicolas,
>>>
>>>     Press release is fine. I've made a few changes [0]. I work on the
>>>     concept that "Less words get read more". Assume most people will
>>>     only read the first sentence or two.
>>>
>>>     I suspect that it would be useful to set up an
>>>     OSGeo-Live-Translators email list, which I suggest setting up
>>>     before sending out this "call to action" for translators. Send
>>>     something like:
>>>
>>>     "I notice that you have translated OSGeo Live before. Are you
>>>     still keen to stay involved? (I hope so.) We are setting up an
>>>     OSGeo-Live-Translators email list, would it be ok if we included
>>>     you on the list?"
>>>
>>>     Cheers, Cameron
>>>
>>>     [0]
>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80&type=revision&diff=110344&oldid=110317
>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php?title=Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80&type=revision&diff=110344&oldid=110317>
>>>     On 18/10/17 8:45 am, Baka Niko 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]
>>>>
>>>>     <snip images (and text) to get through osgeo list large email 
>>>> filter>
>>>>     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/
>>>> <https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/>
>>>>     [2]
>>>> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WORK_IN_PROGRESS
>>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WORK_IN_PROGRESS>
>>>>     [3] 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
>>>> <https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>     --     Cameron Shorter
>>>     Open Technologies Consultant
>>>     Geospatial & Software Architect
>>>     Information Demystifier
>>>
>>>     M+61 (0) 419 142 254 <tel:+61%20419%20142%20254>
>>> http://shorter.net
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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