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Re: Guidelines for translations

 

Hello Sanchit and other ambitious contributors,
I'm in for contributing. I use to contribute through this team but as the
time passed I got busy and this work was neglected. But now, I'm ready to
give considerable time to the community now.

On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Ashutosh Kumar Singh
<akapribot@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> Hello Sanchit,
>
> We surely will be contributing...
>
> Thanks
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:17 PM, satchitb@xxxxxxxxx <satchitb@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> I have made the following document:
>> https://docs.google.com/document/d/14jM_vGDcBbio7ITwY_Q7JNW15eO5vrzjDWafnjehDns/edit
>> Anybody can edit it, and I encourage the team to add to it, as my own
>> time is limited. I think this will be a great job by the community.
>>
>>
>> On 18 February 2012 19:14, Vibhav Pant <vibhavp@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Do you know that another Hindi Translation Team exists which is assigned
>>> to many other projects? The team is dead ,due to which many other
>>> translation suggestions are not getting approved. I wonder if anything can
>>> be done to get in contact with the team.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 6:03 PM, satchitb@xxxxxxxxx <satchitb@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>
>>>> One thing I've noticed while translating elementary OS applications is
>>>> that they keep terms common between all applications. This makes
>>>> translations very easy, because Launchpad will have fewer suggestions, and
>>>> new translators can just check a box and move on quickly. In Ubuntu, that's
>>>> not always true: in some places we find "Preferences", while in others we
>>>> find "Options". Regardless, we should keep Hindi Ubuntu simple and
>>>> consistent.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 18 February 2012 17:59, Ashutosh Kumar Singh <akapribot@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello my fellow translators,
>>>>>
>>>>> Last time, Ubuntu's official Hindi translated release was pending due
>>>>> to 3-4% due translations (PS- statistics can't be accurate but reason was
>>>>> obvious).
>>>>>
>>>>> What I am saying is that Let's take our national language, Hindi, to
>>>>> official release of Ubuntu. Lets make our goal to complete most
>>>>> translations till October 2012 so that Hindi can be there in Ubuntu 12.10
>>>>>
>>>>> Our goal is simple and we've plenty of time (if we start working at
>>>>> present). Personally speaking, I too stop translating when I reach
>>>>> translations that are difficult because I don't want to contribute wrong
>>>>> translations. I believe we face alike problems while translating words at
>>>>> Launchpad.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also, I am working on a website LinuxAthena.com<http://linuxathena.com/>
>>>>>
>>>>> , which can be used to host the wiki, if you're planning to make it.
>>>>> But, I am with Neeraj, when he said, "What I suggest is first let us start
>>>>> working on this file and once we reach a consensus then we can save it off
>>>>> to a "Hindi Translation Guidelines Wiki" which could be used in future not
>>>>> only for Translating Ubuntu but for every Industrial strength application
>>>>> worldwide".
>>>>>
>>>>> But, I will go with you all. Please share all of your suggestions so
>>>>> that we can start working quickly on this great venture.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sorry if you got it twice.
>>>>> Thanks and happy translating!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 3:52 PM, Gaurav Mishra <gauravtechie@xxxxxxxxx
>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Guys,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I do exist and do read discussions.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Feel free to ask my help wherever needed.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>> Gaurav Mishra
>>>>>>
>>>>>> # Blog: http://www.gmishra.com
>>>>>> # Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/gmishra
>>>>>> # LinkedIn:http://www.linkedin.com/in/gauravmishra7
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Vibhav Pant <vibhavp@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> There is actually a page at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HindiTranslators.
>>>>>>> You can edit it if you like.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> PS : It seems like Gaurav Mishra (the leader of this team) is
>>>>>>> inactive. So could you please support my question @
>>>>>>> https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu-translations/+question/186665suchg that a new leader can be chosen ?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Neeraj Semwal <
>>>>>>> semwal.neeraj@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi Satchit,
>>>>>>>> Great to see your interest and enthusiasm in this work :)
>>>>>>>> And sure go ahead, make a new document, even I also find the
>>>>>>>> present document to be a cluttered one but as I said earlier it can be a
>>>>>>>> good starting point. And yeah I like your suggestion to make a new document
>>>>>>>> with a section for comments underneath it, let me suggest further that let
>>>>>>>> us create a document something like PHP documentation(
>>>>>>>> http://www.php.net/manual/en/ ), you may be knowing about this
>>>>>>>> already but if you have a look it, it's a masterpiece of "learning with
>>>>>>>> collaboration", there below every function or concept there is section for
>>>>>>>> comments where people discuss, clear their doubts and many times make
>>>>>>>> valuable contribution to the documentation.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> So the point I want to stress here is that the way the
>>>>>>>> documentation is presented with a facility to discuss any ambiguity in the
>>>>>>>> comments section can be implemented in the "new document" which we'll make.
>>>>>>>> Again this is just a suggestion and open to improvement.
>>>>>>>> Tell me what else you have in your mind.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I urge everyone to make suggestions for improvement and contribute
>>>>>>>> their bit in this development :)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>> Neeraj Semwal
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>>>>>>> Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal
>>>>>>>>                                                        - - Pablo
>>>>>>>> Picasso
>>>>>>>> Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal and the Greatest ones make
>>>>>>>> it Open Source
>>>>>>>>                                                        - - yeah
>>>>>>>> yeah its by me :P
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> Ashutosh Kumar Singh
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