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Re: Using Transifex in git.git

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Ævar Arnfjörð Bjarmason <avarab@gmail.com>
Date
Jun 15, 2011, 20:43 UTC
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 15:21, Erik Faye-Lund <kusmabite@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 7:57 AM, Ramkumar Ramachandra
> <artagnon@gmail.com> wrote:
>> I think it's a good idea to use a system like Transifex to manage
>> translations for git.git, so that we can attract a large number of
>> non-technical translators.
>
> Are we sure we want non-technical translators to translate Git, a
> highly technical program with many technical terms?

Well, usually even bad translations (although not horribly bad) are better than nothing.

Most translated strings will have little or nothing git-specific about them, but will be something like "We couldn't open file %s due to XYZ".

And even if someone translates e.g. "branch" incorrectly they usually do so consistently, so it's easy to search & replace those sort of issues out of existence.

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  2. Andreas EricssonJun 14, 2011
  3. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 14, 2011
  4. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 14, 2011
  5. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 14, 2011
  6. Andreas EricssonJun 14, 2011
  7. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 15, 2011
  8. Andreas EricssonJun 15, 2011
  9. Ramkumar RamachandraJun 15, 2011
  10. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 15, 2011
  11. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 15, 2011
  12. Erik Faye-LundJun 15, 2011
  13. Michael WittenJun 15, 2011
  14. Ævar Arnfjörð BjarmasonJun 15, 2011

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