[Live-demo] Fwd: WIP mail for translator

[Astrid Emde (OSGeo)]

Hello,

I tried transifex today for the german translation. It works fine and is 
fun. Thanks Vicky and Nicolas for your great work.

Maybe we should mention that translators do not have to start from 
scratch and can use the existing text snippets from 
https://github.com/OSGeo/OSGeoLive-doc/ (or an archive branch that we 
refer to)

Presse Release 80
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80

It would be also good to add the links to IRC and mailing list at the 
last sentence.

If you have any question, please join us on IRC or on this mailing list 
[4]

[4] OSGeo-Live contact us: 
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc#Contact_Us

Astrid

Am 2017-10-18 21:42, schrieb Cameron Shorter:
> 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
> 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/ [1]
>> [2]
>> 
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WORK_IN_PROGRESS
>> [2]
>> [3] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/ [3]
>> [4]https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_80
> 
> --
> Cameron Shorter
> Open Technologies Consultant
> Geospatial & Software Architect
> Information Demystifier
> 
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> http://shorter.net
> 
> 
> Links:
> ------
> [1] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/
> [2] 
> https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WORK_IN_PROGRESS
> [3] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/
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