On 02/22/2011 09:45 AM, Benjamin Root wrote: > Hello all, > > Given some recent -- ahem -- difficulties with matplotlib users where > English is not their native language, it has dawned on me that maybe we > ought to consider making available translated versions of our > documentation. I have absolutely no experience with such efforts, but I > did see that Sphinx does support internationalization: > > http://sphinx.pocoo.org/latest/intl.html > > and I do believe we have some bilingual developers on this list (or at > least are active on the users list). While I don't think it would be > possible to translate the API docs effectively, at the very least we > should be able to provide translations of other parts.
I think this is premature. My sense is that there are other aspects of the docs and code that should be cleaned up first, and that having translations of the docs will actually make this more difficult--there will be more pieces of the system to try to keep up to date. Eric > > What does everyone think? Could someone who has done > internationalization (particularly using sphinx) comment? What > languages would we like the docs to be in? > > Ben Root > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Free Software Download: Index, Search& Analyze Logs and other IT data in > Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data > generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual > or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business > insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev > > > > _______________________________________________ > Matplotlib-devel mailing list > Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Software Download: Index, Search & Analyze Logs and other IT data in Real-Time with Splunk. Collect, index and harness all the fast moving IT data generated by your applications, servers and devices whether physical, virtual or in the cloud. Deliver compliance at lower cost and gain new business insights. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-dev2dev _______________________________________________ Matplotlib-devel mailing list Matplotlib-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/matplotlib-devel
