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[David Planella <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx>]

El dj 11 de 11 de 2010 a les 12:37 +0100, en/na Mohamed Ameur va
escriure:
> David,
> 
> here's a link:
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/confirm/ubuntu-translators/8bb942207f2b52b922b3d81db429b5a5b98286ed
> 

I'd recommend you send the application as suggested on
https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/LaunchpadTranslators#StartingTeam:

"Apply. Send a support request
[https://answers.launchpad.net/rosetta/+addquestion] for the Launchpad
Translations Coordinators to appoint your team in the Launchpad
Translators group. Please include a link to your team and a short note
explaining how you have addressed the points above."

The mailing list is great for discussion (as this current one, for
example), but support requests for appointing teams are best tracked in
Launchpad, that's why we're asking people to do it like that.

I'd also recommend you to subscribe to the mailing list if you want to
continue with the discussion, otherwise I need to manually moderate each
one of your posts. I don't mind at all, but I tend to do mailing list
moderation only once a day, so your posts might get there with a bit of
delay.

> I believe that the better way to make progress is to Merge Teams, and
> apply changes by assigning more approved people for that task, we
> don't need a bureaucratic/dictator process, Everybody is welcome to
> make progress, we just need control, that's all.
> 
> By the way here's a little background about me:
> 
> I've been around computers since mid 90's, worked as translator in
> several oil companies; and was an English teacher once, discovered
> GNU/Linux around 1998, was a 100% Gnu/Linux user around 2002.
> 
> I'm teaching Computers and specially only Free Software on my free
> time at home for free to my Community, and some English.
> 
> Working on spreading the Free Software into my country and try to
> prove that they can live without installing a pirated system (Because
> down here if you try to sell an Original  M$ Windows, most of them
> think you're crazy, they buy food with that money)
> 
> Now people are getting more and more Going Linux, it's slow but
> effective.
> 

Thanks a lot for sharing this. With your background it seems that your
contributions translating in Launchpad will be very valuable. I'd
recommend talking to Khaled and the other Arabic translators in their
mailing list about either joining an existing lp-l10n-CC team or lead
the effort of coordinating a new one.

Regards,
David.

> Ameur    
> 
> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 11:59 AM, David Planella
> <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>         El dj 11 de 11 de 2010 a les 12:06 +0200, en/na Khaled Hosny
>         va
>         escriure:
>         > We already have active Ubuntu translation team:
>         > https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-l10n-ar
>         >
>         > Can't we just use that?
>         >
>         
>         
>         Hi Khaled,
>         
>         A few cycles back we created the Launchpad Translators
>         translation
>         group, so that developers could assign the translation of
>         their project
>         to a trusted set of experienced translators, in the same way
>         we do in
>         Ubuntu with the Ubuntu Translators group.
>         
>         Launchpad hosts many projects which, while Open Source, are
>         not related
>         in any way with Ubuntu. The Launchpad Translators translation
>         group was
>         created with the intention to have a clear separation between
>         the
>         translation of Ubuntu and that of other projects.
>         
>         However, if you wish, you can still get separation between
>         hosted
>         projects and Ubuntu, but allow an existing team of Ubuntu
>         translators to
>         work on both (if they wish so) by creating a lp-l10n-CC team
>         and adding
>         the ubuntu-l10n-CC team as a subteam to it. The Ubuntu
>         translators will
>         then be able to contribute, and those who only want to
>         translate
>         applications in Launchpad but not Ubuntu, can be added
>         directly as a
>         members of the lp-l10n-CC team. That's what some existing
>         teams already
>         do.
>         
>         In order to ensure quality and responsiveness from
>         translations teams,
>         we've got a defined procedure to appoint teams for
>         translation.
>         
>         There we make sure that there is a minimum set of requirements
>         to start
>         a healthy translation team community, while trying not to make
>         the
>         process too bureaucratic. We ask teams to:
>         
>              * Have translation guidelines
>              * Have meaningful information on how to contribute in
>         their
>                Launchpad page
>              * Have a communication channel for coordination purposes
>              * Have a moderated team subscription policy
>         
>         Apart from the guidelines, it should not take more than a few
>         minutes to
>         follow this process:
>         
>         https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/LaunchpadTranslators#StartingTeam
>         
>         
>         You'll also find more general information on the Launchpad
>         Translators
>         translation group in the other sections of the above wiki
>         page.
>         
>         I see you already created an Arabic Launchpad Translators team
>         some time
>         ago, so that's a good start already:
>         
>         https://launchpad.net/~lp-l10n-ar
>         
>         
>         There have been many people interested in translating
>         Launchpad
>         applications in Arabic in the last months, so I'd recommend
>         talking to
>         them and see how you guys can work together to have a single
>         Arabic
>         translations team and then follow the process to get it
>         appointed in the
>         Launchpad Translators group.
>         
>         Thanks!
>         
>         > On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 09:06:07AM +0100, Mohamed Ameur
>         wrote:
>         > > Hi,
>         > >
>         > > Just sent support request.
>         > >
>         
>         
>         Ameur, I did not see the support request anywhere, could you
>         please send
>         us a link to it?
>         
>         Thank you.
>         
>         Regards,
>         David.
>         
>         
>         > > Gooday
>         > >
>         > >
>         > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 12:18 PM, David Planella
>         <david.planella@xxxxxxxxxx>
>         > > wrote:
>         > >
>         > >     Hi all,
>         > >
>         > >     I'd like to ask for the help of any Arabic translators
>         around with a
>         > >     support request [1].
>         > >
>         > >     To summarize:
>         > >
>         > >          * There are four different teams of people who
>         want to translate
>         > >            into Arabic in Launchpad:
>         > >                  * https://launchpad.net/~arabic
>         > >                  * https://launchpad.net/~lp-l10n-ar
>         > >                  * https://launchpad.net/~lp-l10n-ae
>         > >                  * https://launchpad.net/~lp-l10n-ara
>         > >
>         > >          * None of these teams can actually do
>         translations, as they are
>         > >            not part of the Launchpad Translators group
>         > >
>          (https://translations.launchpad.net/+groups/launchpad-translators)
>         > >
>         > >          * It would be awesome if someone would lead an
>         effort to talk to
>         > >            all different teams and merge them into a
>         single one, which we
>         > >            can appoint for Arabic translations in
>         Launchpad. The
>         > >            appointment process is simple, and can be done
>         in a matter of
>         > >            minutes ->
>         > >
>          https://help.launchpad.net/Translations/LaunchpadTranslators#
>         > >     StartingTeam
>         > >
>         > >     Would someone volunteer for doing that?
>         > >
>         > >     Thanks!
>         > >
>         > >     Regards,
>         > >     David.
>         > >
>         > >     [1]
>         https://answers.launchpad.net/rosetta/+question/108979
>         > >
>         
>         
>         --
>         David Planella
>         Ubuntu Translations Coordinator
>         www.ubuntu.com / www.davidplanella.wordpress.com
>         www.identi.ca/dplanella / www.twitter.com/dplanella
>         
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Ameurux 
> 
> 


-- 
David Planella
Ubuntu Translations Coordinator
www.ubuntu.com / www.davidplanella.wordpress.com
www.identi.ca/dplanella / www.twitter.com/dplanella

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