[postgis-users] i18n

[Pericles S. Nacionales]

Paul,

Thanks for your reply re:frenchusers only.  I fought the temptation to 
reply and felt much better after reading yours.  But now I can share my 
thoughts:

Paul Ramsey wrote:
> Since we are talking about languages, I have some questions to the 
> community:
> 
> - Should I worry that we are losing international users because of our 
> generally English-only web site (occasional submitted translations 
> notwithstanding?)

I don't know that you're losing international users.  Perhaps you're not 
gaining as many partly because of language issues...  However, as long 
as everyone feels welcome to post in their native language, I don't 
think you'll lose users.

For those who post in say, filipino, you run the risk of not getting as 
good a help from those who post in english which is the language the 
majority understands.  And for those who are afraid to post in english 
because you're not comfortable with the language, do it anyway.  There 
are a lot of users here who will be happy to help you no matter how good 
  or bad your english.

> - Would a more open web site, with translation support, actually be 
> maintained regularly, or would I risk creating a multi-lingual ghetto, 
> where only the English site is up to date, and the rest are in various 
> stages of disrepair?

This sounds like a good idea but it's really up to who maintains the 
translations.  If the user base supports this, you might be able to pull 
it off but I think the current site and mailing list works just fine. 
(Of course, my bias shows through as I can speak and understand a little 
bit of english. ;)

> - At a code level, should we consider applying i18n to PostGIS itself? 
> The number of strings/errors we produce is low, and PgSQL handles most 
> of the core language issues, but should we try and be complete?
> 

This is for the international users to answer but I would imagine this 
is a good thing.

Cheers!
-Perry

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