The iD translations are handled through Transifex https://www.transifex.com/organization/ideditor/dashboard/id-editor <https://www.transifex.com/organization/ideditor/dashboard/id-editor>
So if there is an issue with the way the translations appear in Brazil, you should be able to log in to transifex and fix it there. Thanks, Bryan > On Apr 15, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Lists <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > We have problems in Brazil with the abiguity of translation of the word > “dam”, resulting in new users tagging the waterbody as waterway=dam > (translates represa), instead of the dam structure (translates represa). It > seems like both the namespace (waterway) and the fact that iD only shows tags > as labels are adding to this confusion > > Since the dam structure is a man_made construction, I suggest that the tag > should be moved into that namespace. Currently we should abandon (deprecate) > the tag waterway=dam to avoid conflicts with existing tagging scheme, and > maybe in the future allow this tag to mean the waterbody of the dam. Today I > had to explain to a user why he couldn’t use waterway=dam on the waterbody, > and he seemed confused about using landuse=reservior (which also should > translate to represa). I do not know how these things are translated in iD, > maybe some of this confusion could be solved with improved translations? > > Anyway, since the dam is a man_made structure I think it is about time this > is corrected in the tagging namespace also. This tag is quite old, and have > many uses, so a transition from waterway=dam to man_made=dam will be a timely > long process. If consensus is that the man_made namespace is more propitiate, > the new tag should be added (maybe in a mechanical edit) to existing tags, > let data consumers get sufficient time to update stylesheets, etc, before > removing the old tag from the database. > > Aun Johnsen > > > _______________________________________________ > Tagging mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
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