[Qgis-community-team] Remove glossary editing permissions to "normal" translators?

[Aurelio Pires]

+1

Thanks,
Aurelio Pires


On 2021-05-05 01:47, Alexandre Neto wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> The glossary feature in Transifex can be a great help for adding 
> consistency and speed our translations. Nevertheless, it can also be a 
> curse, when the same term has different meanings in the destination 
> language, as having a translation that does not match a glossary term 
> throws a warning message in the resources list.
>
> Currently, all translators can change the glossary, which may end up 
> by losing the consistency, if someone just disagrees with a 
> translation and decides to change it.
>
> For this reason, I would like to propose that we remove the glossary 
> editing permissions from regular translators, keeping it editable only 
> by reviewers and administrators. Members of the translation teams can 
> discuss amongst them the best translations for each term and decide 
> which term should be in the glossary. Later an administrator or 
> reviewer can add those to the glossary without the risk that a 
> newcomer change it back.
>
> This goes in line with reviewed strings, which are blocked for further 
> changes by regular translators.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alexandre Neto
>
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