If he doesn't do it i will lol! :) Eric
2007/9/5, Hans-Christoph Steiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > Sounds good to me! I guess you are volunteering to be the FR > maintainer :D > > .hc > > On Sep 5, 2007, at 6:23 PM, JNM wrote: > > >> Marius wrote: > > > > > > > >> Honestly, I think english is the language to use. who will > >> translate pd > >> help into chinese, russian, german, french, portuguese, spanish... > > > > > > Many people.... > > it's not a problem when the documentation is an open and collective > > process and a permanent work-in-progress. > > Wikipedia shows that an open collaborative documentation can > > interest many different communities. Other languages appear when > > other communities or personnalities need the translations. That's the > > force of an open source project. > > > > For example: we have selected fifty basic objects to learn in our PD > > evening-courses. For this fifty objects we will translate all the > > fifty PDpedia pages (in french). Because we have a dozen PD > > teatchers, and each PD teatchers can translate few pages. Because PD > > students will have to translate some pages, as a gift to an open > > source project. Because we don't teach in English. > > For our high-level PD workshops, we will translate many other > > pdpedia object-pages. And we are a lot of classic or alternative > > school to adopt PD instead of Max. In a few years, all 3000 PD > > objects could be translated in french. > > PDpedia should not be a classic documentation, but a permanent > > encyclopedia of each object, a work in progress, a LIVING > > documentation like wikipedia, because the process of changing a word > > in a page is a matter of seconds and a few clics. > > > > > >> Hans-Christoph Steiner wrote: > >>> Hey, > >>> > >>> I've been doing some research on how to handle multiple > >>> languages for > >>> the pdpedia. I am thinking of setting up the URL structure like > >>> this: > > > > > > about the url structure, I think it's less important than the > > facility to reach the localised page, like in wikipedia. That's one > > of the reason why we started a rapid test with wikimedia engine > > instead of another wiki engine > > http://pdpedia.dreamhosters.com/index.php , because of the experience > > in multilingual encyclopedy. ( and because all websurfers know the > > clear interface of wikipedia) > > > > ciao viva > > > > JN > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/ > > listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > > 'You people have such restrictive dress for women,' she said, > hobbling away in three inch heels and panty hose to finish out > another pink-collar temp pool day. - "Hijab Scene #2", by Mohja Kahf > > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list >
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