OSGeo-Live translators,
As you can see from this email thread on the OSGeo Education list [1], a
first draft of the Free GIS Book has been completed (in Spanish) and
there is discussion about what tools and processes should be used to
translate to other languages.
I suspect that many of you will have valuable advice that you can
contribute to this discussion.
[1] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/edu_discuss
On 11/01/11 21:43, Stefan Steiniger wrote:
Hei all,
Mhm.. as a tech/developer person for me the Latex and SVN way seems to
be fine. I.w. working on the same sources.
Also ELML an xml based e-learning environment goes that way (xml & svn).
stefan
Am 11.01.2011 01:38, schrieb Victor Olaya:
Cameron,
thanks for offering your help. I was thinking about using some
computer-aided translation software like OmegaT. I have no experience
with them, but some people told me about them, and they seem to be a
good idea for handling such a big text. Also, they make it easier to
update the translation (if I change a few phrases in the spanish
original version, they will tell you which paragraphs correspond to
those changed ones in the english version, so you can anytime know
which parts of the translated text are outdated). However, the idea of
using a spreadsheet is great, and definitely very practical
Regarding how to split the text, I have used LaTeX to create it, and
each chapter has its own text file. Since it is plain text, I think
that using SVN would be a great idea, so several translators can work
on the same file without any problem, knowing what someone else has
done since the last edit (the translation software will tell him about
this, as long as all translators of a file use the same software)
What do you think about this?
Thanks in advance!
Victor
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