I have made this suggestion recently, but a README file for each project would be good, so that the project developer(s) can provide general advice about translating a particular project.
Also, related to Yinghua's comment, how about a project specific dictionary. For example in the project which I develop, the word "layout" has a very specific meaning - it refers to the layout of clips and effects in the multitrack editing window which can be saved and reloaded. Therefore, the same word should be used each time for "layout" so as not to confuse end users. The developers could create a list of such terms as a project dictionary, and the translators then decide on an equivalent word or phrase in their own language. Then such keywords could be highlighted in bold in the English translation, and when they are moused over, the translation of that keyword could be shown as a tooltip. http://lives.sourceforge.net https://www.ohloh.net/accounts/salsaman On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:13 PM, Yinghua Wang <[email protected]> wrote: > I agree with Anders. Translators should be able to leave > more information more than marking strings fuzzy. Besides reasons > above, inexperienced translators can make translations as suggestions and > denote uncertain words or phrase. It helps reviewing a lot, as reviewers > needn't go through every word to find improper expressions. Sometimes I > just wonder why some strings are not adopted, literally them are fine. The > previous translator can give a reason for this. > My English is not very good. Hope you all can understand. > > Freedom! > > Contact me with [email protected] if Google is down. > I hope that never happens... > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-translators > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-translators > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-translators Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-translators More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
