Excellent. I will have a look. I choose a chapter that isn't checked out, edit the wiki section, and add my initials in the corresponding box. This shows that I am working on that portion of the text. Got it. Then, I translate! Right now I am reading through the style guide. Looking forward to getting started.
Thanks! Lindsay On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 2:35 PM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > Gernan originals are here: > http://de.libreoffice.org/hilfe-kontakt/handbuecher/ > > See the table on this wiki page for who is translating which chapter: > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Development#Base_Handbook > > Some modification may be necessary; see discussions on other threads. > > Also, note there is a "Base Guide" that is being written, mainly by > Dan Lewis. The "Base Handbook" translation is intended to be an > interim measure to fill a gap in the user documentation. > > --Jean > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Lindsay Kemmlein <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Translating from German to English definitely sounds like something I > would > > be up for and interested in doing. Seems like a good idea :-) > > > > Lindsay > > > > On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Tom Davies <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> Hi :) > >> I think work on translating the Base Handbook is going to have the > biggest > >> impact on the whole community. Other things are fairly crucial too, of > >> course, as always. > >> Regards from > >> Tom :) > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------ > >> *From:* Jean Weber <[email protected]> > >> *To:* Lindsay Kemmlein <[email protected]> > >> *Cc:* [email protected] > >> *Sent:* Friday, 5 October 2012, 12:36 > >> *Subject:* Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Documentation Volunteering > >> > >> If you can translate from German into English, you could help a lot > >> with the Base Handbook. > >> > >> If you prefer to do something else, we always have many more projects > >> than people to work on them. > >> > >> Some of us spend most of our time keeping the English user guides up > >> to date, but we would also like to have people produce other materials > >> including tutorials and howtos, for both general audiences and > >> specific audiences such as academics or students or businesspeople. > >> Whatever your interest, there is definitely room for you to be > >> involved, and we will be very happy to have you on the team. > >> > >> I'll have someone set up an account on the ODFAuthors website, which > >> is where we do most of the work. But if you prefer to work directly on > >> the wiki, that can be accommodated too. > >> > >> --Jean > >> > >> > >> On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 12:32 AM, Lindsay Kemmlein <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > Hi there, > >> > > >> > My name is Lindsay Kemmlein, and I am interested in volunteering with > the > >> > documentation side of things in LibreOffice. Is there room for me to > be > >> > involved? I see I'm also supposed to request a user account on the > >> > ODFAuthors website. > >> > > >> > A bit about me. I just graduated from Temple University with a > degree in > >> > German education, but I also have an interest writing. I worked as a > >> > writing tutor/editor at my university writing center. We focused on > >> helping > >> > students with content strength and grammatical accuracy in academic > >> > assignments (mostly essays, but also things like PowerPoint documents > and > >> > lab reports). > >> > > >> > So, I'm interested in things like editing, proofreading, and > reviewing. > >> I'm > >> > also hoping to gain a bit of experience with documentation writing. > >> > > >> > I look forward to getting started! > >> > > >> > Lindsay K > >> > > -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
