2012/9/4 Michael D Godfrey <michaeldgodf...@gmail.com>: > On 09/03/2012 01:50 PM, Carnë Draug wrote: > > Or, maybe I could translate the manual on this website >> http://www.gnu.org/software/octave/octave.pdf >> > > It would not be good to start from the current English PDF. This > is created by the Octave build system from a set of input files. > An important challenge will be how to keep the translation in step > with the English version. The English language files are updated > quite often, but the people doing this typically do not know Chinese. > Some fairly automatic means to telling the translators that a English > file has been updated will be needed. > > First, you need to learn how the current Manual gets built. You > can learn this by studying the build process from the Octave > source. This will take some work, but it would be of major > value if you could complete a translation, and I am sure that > other maintainers would help with technical issues about the > Octave system. > > I have done translations of German and French technical > material lately and one thing I know (for these languages) is > that Google translate is very helpful. I think that it knows Chinese, > too. It cannot handle whole sections (Chapters, say) of text, but > it is good at phrases and sentences -- it lets you ask for alternate > translations, for instance. So, it helps recall particular words that > you were searching for, for example. > > So, I hope you will not get discouraged by how much you need to > learn -- it will not be all that hard. And, it will be of great value to > the user community. > > Good luck! > > Michael > >
Thanks, Carnë and Michael, And sorry for top posting. I think the manual(that PDF) is also helpful, so I decide to continue translate it. And you suggest finding out how the help manual built by process the Octave from sources, but I'm not good at programmer. Do I need to read all the sources or which files build the help manual? ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Live Security Virtual Conference Exclusive live event will cover all the ways today's security and threat landscape has changed and how IT managers can respond. Discussions will include endpoint security, mobile security and the latest in malware threats. http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfrnl04242012/114/50122263/ _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
