On Wednesday 18 November 2009 11:50, Clayton wrote: > >> There are (currently) no tools or mechanisms in place in the Wiki > >> to assist with translations. The process is basically: > >> 1. Identify a page that is to be translated > >> 2. Click Edit > >> 3. Select all text and copy > >> 4. Cancel the edit > >> 5. Start a new page with the "right" page name for the new > >> translated article > >> 6. Paste in the copied original language text > >> 7. Save to give a start point > >> 8. Translate the text on the new page > >> > >> It's a bit cumbersome, but this is generally how various language > >> groups are doing this (with some variations such as doing the > >> translations on sub-pages of their user pages etc.). > > > > Thanks Clayton. I added the process description to the Wiki Editing > > Policy. As long as we have no other solution, it's at least > > documented now somewhere. > > I've created Help:Translating, and edited the Wiki Editing Policy to > transclude the text from the Help page back into the Policy page. > > http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Help:Translating
Nice. Just thought if creating a translation page from a given doc page could be facilitated by adding an Extension:CreatePage form that somehow (I haven't had a closer look yet, maybe TJ could?) creates the destination page with the correct pathname and directly opens it for editing? (But this is just a faint idea, maybe it's not realistic at all) Nino --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org
