Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chapter 3

2014-09-06 Thread Alan Cook

Tom,
Yes, Hazel has already done the 4.2 translations. The newly translated 
material is posted on the ODF site, and has been for months. The new 
material in each chapter is in a separate file (one per chapter). That 
new material hasn't been integrated into the existing (3.5) English 
version. That's what I'm doing now. It can be time-consuming on some of 
the longer chapters because we're updating over 3 version changes (3.5 
-- 4.0 -- 4.1 -- 4.2) and sometimes things have shifted around quite 
a bit.


Also, there are a few passages in the German (usually a sentence or two) 
that Hazel missed (very easy to do on a project like this.) I'm 
translating those myself. Also,  find some passage where the English 
translation (both the new stuff and the earlier document) seems to me to 
be overliteral. I would have a difficult time understanding what was 
going on if I were a user. So I'm rewriting those and checking them 
against the app for accuracy and ease of understanding.


Nothing has been done yet with regard to the German 4.3. The plan was 
and still is to get English 4.2 out first. That's what I'm working on.


Best,
Alan
On 9/5/2014 11:58 PM, Tom Davies wrote:

Hi :)
Does the 4.2 need re-translating again?

I thought Hazel had already done the translations?  Does anyone know 
where she might have put the work she did?


Does anyone here know their way around ODFAuthors well enough that 
they can help Alan avoid having to re-do work that has already been done?


Alan, until someone helps you find Hazel's work it might be more 
useful to work on something else.  Apparently a new chapter was added 
to the German 4.3 Base Handbook and translating that might be more 
useful than re-doing work that has already been done.  If the work has 
not been done or can't be found then having that chapter would be even 
more useful to have done.

Many apols and regards from
Tom :)




On 4 September 2014 23:54, Alan Cook alanc...@gmail.com 
mailto:alanc...@gmail.com wrote:


I've uploaded Chapter 3 of the Base Handbook v. 4.2 to

http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/base-handbook/drafts_4.2/bh4-2-ch3-tables/view.
As with the previous chapter, it needs to be edited for
consistency of style and checked carefully against the app for
accuracy. Also, it needs English screen captures to replace some
of the German ones. These should be done on a Linux (preferable)
or Mac installation.

Alan

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[libreoffice-documentation] Base Handbook Chs. 4 and 5 ready for review

2014-09-06 Thread Alan Cook
Same deal as with the earlier chapters. They're at 
http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/base-handbook/drafts_4.2.


Alan

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