[Webcom] Re: Translated web site content

[Tyler Mitchell]

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Daniel Morissette <dmorissette at mapgears.com>
> Date: February 23, 2007 9:14:56 AM PST (CA)
> To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Translated web site content
> Reply-To: OSGeo Discussions <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>
>
> Tyler Mitchell wrote:
>> If you go to http://www.osgeo.org you will now see a "Select  
>> language" menu on the left side, with a few languages listed.  The  
>> tools are pretty simple, if you press a language the content will  
>> change, but only if that content has been translated already.  All  
>> default content is in US English.
>
> I just had a look at the French and Deutsch translations of the  
> home page and they don't seem to match exactly the contents of the  
> English version. I can't read Deutsch, but the sections of the page  
> seem different, and the French version (which I can read)  
> definitely contains different contents.
>
> Should it not be a requirement that the translations should match  
> the original as closely as possible in order to relay a consistent  
> message in all languages?

Daniel,
I agree that it should be.

WebCom - does this make sense to you too?  While I recognise that  
some languages may have some additional content that is appropriate,  
at this point I'm not comfortable giving translators free reign over  
changing content.  What do you think?

Tyler