On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 2:57 PM, Olivier wrote: > So I'm pretty sure a properly localized FG would ease its spreading across > the countries evenmore than today. > So as I'm willing to make FG more popular in France, the second step after > the (huge - and still going!) wiki translation task (however, I'm pretty > sure there is no real interest to translate all of it), I'd now like to > focus (with the small FR translation team) on the translation of the user > manual (gestart.pdf+html) you all know. > > I'm not forcing or encouraging people to translate it in their own language > if they don't want to, but let's have the possibility to do so. > > While this manual is not perfect, having it translated would make FG a > better renowned simulator. In return, having more people interested in it > would help keeping it up to date and known by the community. Translating > EN=>FR is one thing, but I hope there would be return FR=>EN updates. > > So, as what has been done with the menus, would it be possible to add > language subdirectories in the manual, so we can start translating it? > Moreover, using LaTeX makes the tagged-translation and HTML/PDF generation > pretty easy afterwards.
Hi Olivier, That sounds like a great plan. It should be fairly straightforward to add language-specific subdirectories to the getstart source. Currently the directory structure is a bit of a mess (largely my fault), so this would be an ideal opportunity to sort that out as well. I don't know if there is a standard Latex way to handle translations. This feels like the sort of problem that must have been solved before, so it would be worth spending a little time investigating the best way forward rather than simply making a copy of all the source files. If you want to have a go at re-structuring, I'd be happy to review the work and commit it to git. -Stuart ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
