I think the best idea for support in other languages is to translate wiki. I
mean, this is the firt point were you look for help
Rgards,
Santiago
> Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2008 16:27:30 -0300> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:
> [email protected]> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users]
> FreeSWITCH in latin america countries> > On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 4:19 PM,
> Santiago Gimenez Ocano> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > I'm native speaker and
> I know that my english isn't quite good. As far I can> > see there are two
> issues here:> >> > 1. Having people that can support in spanish> >> > 2.
> Splitting the community> >> > Even thogh there is the slang problem, I think
> that the support given by> > Brian, Anth, Mike, Norm, etc is excellent and I
> don't know if anyone how> > speaks spanish can do as same as they do.> > No,
> their support is the best we could get, none spanish nor> portuguese speaker
> could achieve that now. At least none known.> > >> > Also, I think is better
> for the project to have one direction and having> > only one support chat is
> important to achive this.> >> > On top of this, what would happend if
> somebody else wants to have a chat> > room in his/her own language?> >> >
> It's possible to have people supporting in other languages in #freeswitch?> >
> I think we can go more objective in this thread: do you guys think> it's a
> better idea to drop the spanish/portuguese channel and think> about it when
> it's actually needed ? The feedback about the idea of> having #freeswitch-la
> was bad... and I, of course, don't want to split> anything here. :)> > >> >
> Regards,> > Santiago> >> >> > ________________________________> >> Date: Sun,
> 8 Jun 2008 13:47:01 -0500> >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> To:
> [email protected]> >> Subject: Re: [Freeswitch-users]
> FreeSWITCH in latin america countries> >>> >> J. Javier Maestro wrote:> >> >
> On Jun Sun 08 2008 12:11, John Skopis (Lists) wrote:> >> >> example:> >> >>
> skopii: que estas me hombres> >> >> bot: [skopii] where are my homies> >> >>
> bkw: skopii: right here> >> >>> >> >> then the bot would translate bkw's
> response and pm it to me> >> >> >> > Wow!! Stop right there please! :)> >> >>
> >> > Where are my homies? --> Dónde están mis colegas/amigos? (España)> >> >>
> >> > And because slang words are frequently used in IRC, things like
> 'homies'> >> > is> >> > most surely translated in a completely different way
> in every> >> > spanish-speaking country within latin america... so I really
> can't see> >> > the> >> > point on automatic translation. It's horrible!
> There is not enough A.I.> >> > in> >> > the software to do it correctly, so
> it is very doomed right from the> >> > begining.> >>> >> Clearly my spanish
> is horrible. What is easier to understand though:> >>> >> que esta me
> hombres> >> or> >> dónde está mi homies> >>> >> and that is a simple
> sentence. Things only get more interesting with> >> more complex constructs.>
> >>> >> >> >> > It is a nice idea, but an impossible one :-/> >> >> >> > My 2
> cents!> >> >> >>> >> My point was to make a "best effort". We all know it
> wouldn't be> >> perfect. It's certainly not impossible.> >>> >> If everyone
> is in the same channel, everyone benefits from the> >> discussion. In
> addition it would help non-english speakers learn english> >> and english
> speakers pick up some other languages (bits and pieces at> >> least).> >>> >>
> Also, what happens when there is no one that knows the answer in the> >>
> non-english channel? The non-english speaker comes into the main channel> >>
> (out of his/her comfort zone) and has a difficult time because no one> >>
> understands him/her. It's hard enough for some people just to ask a> >>
> question, let alone in a different language. That is why I think we> >>
> should make a best effort to make it easier for everyone.> >>> >> Often times
> a translated block of text is easier to understand than a> >> non-native
> english speaker attempting english. Granted, my perspective> >> is one sided
> as I do not know if that is true for other languages (I> >> only speak
> english).> >>> >> Anyway, I am wasting my breath at this point. Everyone (not
> just us> >> americans) will do as they please anyway. ;]> >>> >>> >>
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