Rob Weir wrote: > We have several new language translations which will be released in > Apache OpenOffice 4.1: [...] > > Although we've done a great job creating the translations, we have not > always done a good job making users know about them. [...] > How you can help: Think about where a native Bulgarian, Danish, > Hebrew, Hindi, etc., speaker would go for tech news. [...] we can > send them the AOO 4.1 press release (in English, or with your help, > translated) [...] > > Another way you can help is to translate simple social media messages > into your language, so we can share the message on Twitter and > Facebook. For example: "Apache OpenOffice now supports <language>! > Download it for free > here: http://www.openoffice.org/download";
Any other ideas for how we can promote the new translations? > Good thinking Rob. Count me in for Hebrew SN message translations. e.g. your above mentioned message is translated to: ״Apache OpenOffice תומך כעת בעברית! הורדה בחינם דרך http://www.openoffice.org/download״ Here are some *contacts, for the promotion of the Hebrew translation:* - Oded Yaron ([email protected]), editor of the Captain Internet section, Haaretz newspaper; - Sami Perez ([email protected]), editor of The Marker magazine, Haaretz newspaper; - [email protected] is the Computers news staff of http://www.ynet.co.il, a major newsite in Israel; - Galit Hemi ([email protected]), editor of the Calcalist, an economy magazine of another major press player; (tech. writers: [email protected], [email protected], ) - Ido Solomon ([email protected]) is a tech. reporter of the TV Channel 2 news team; Matan Hetzroni ([email protected]) is an online reporter of the same Channel 2 team; *Other ideas:* - The Download page can be be also translated, to make it easier for people that don't read English, or offer a Hebrew version, by identifying browser default lang (or other idea). Note: the Download page could be simplified; too many links can scare new users (for inspiration: Firefox.com, chrome.com); - Links to "Native Languages" from OpenOffice homepage should be more easier (a select box with flags/language list? auto-redirection according to browser default lang? ...); Good luck to us all :) Tal
