Re: Translations in Git release?
- From
Peter Krefting <peter@softwolves.pp.se>
- Date
- Jan 26, 2009, 10:07 UTC
- Message-ID
- <Pine.LNX.4.64.0901261104060.7798@ds9.cixit.se>
- In-Reply-To
- <glk19g$2f5$1@ger.gmane.org>
Johannes Gilger:
> My oppinion on localization of software (and its documentation) is > generally a negative one.
That's the normal response from tech-savvy people. They usually dislike translations because they think it cannot convey the same ideas as the original.
However, for a lot of less techy people, having to use software and read documentation in a non-native language *is* a big hurdle for using computers. That is especially true when it comes to complex software, such as Git.
I would very much like to see the core git commands translated. The command-line svn client already talks Swedish to me (cvs does not, though), and I would be very happy to teach git the same. I already did translate git-gui and gitk, which was as much for my own benefit as others.
-- \\// Peter - http://www.softwolves.pp.se/