Hi Arpad and translators, > Could those of you familiar with Ubuntu's Rosetta let us know > their experiences and other info on that system? > > What I'm interested in is why we need more than one "master" > translation database. Open source projects already have their own > SVN, CVS or other repositories, now we have Rosetta which (for me) > seems to be independent of those SVNs, and what's even worse, > Linspire also created a Rosetta-like system called IRMA: > > http://irma.linspire.com/ > > If I'm not mistaken (I hope I am), this means that in the future > we will have at least 3 independently maintained translations for > a lot of open source applications. > > Anyone with info on Rosetta and/or IRMA please let us know what > you think.
Just my 0,02 about a past experience with Rosetta : I had noticed that a parallel translation of Inkscape was existing with Ubuntu, along with the Rosetta tool. In order to clarify this, I opened an account under launchpad/rosetta and took a closer look at those new translations. In fact, it appeared (in those times, should be checked again now) that Ubuntu developpers try to improve the softs they are packaging (as a lot of distributions tend to do), and this includes improving the incomplete translations. However, i didn't understand very well if there is a feedback process toward original work (Debian, specific applications...), and if yes in what does it consist. As far as I know, up to now, the fr translation for Inkscape in Rosetta is simply a duplicate of what's in the svn... But I admit it can be a way of wasting time/energy and duplicating efforts, Regards, Matiphas ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Inkscape-translator mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/inkscape-translator
