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

[Vicky Vergara]

-1 I prefer using transifex mailing system to translators

On Thu, Oct 19, 2017 at 4:57 PM, Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
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.?
>
> Best,
>
> Nicolas
>
>
>
> 2017-10-18 21:42 GMT+02:00 Cameron Shorter <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_R
>> elease_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/
>> [2] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/OSGeoLive_Translation_Process#WO
>> RK_IN_PROGRESS
>> [3] https://www.transifex.com/osgeo/osgeolive/languages/
>> [4]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 <+61%20419%20142%20254>http://shorter.net
>>
>>
>
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> Cameron Shorter
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>
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