Hello, I see why we need those languages, but in my opinion, it is not a good idea to ignore Russian and Chinese languages.
On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 2:00 PM, Tilman Bayer <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Amir, > > of course translations into other languages such as Hebrew are very > welcome too ;) But it seemed sensible to start small when it comes to > actively inviting translations for these reports. > > The number of people who can read a language is indeed an important > aspect, but not the only one. The size of the corresponding Wikimedia > communities is relevant, too. And Portuguese and Arabic were included > for now because of their relation to geographical areas that are > listed as priorities in the foundation's 2010-15 strategic plan. > Indeed the text which is to be translated mentions WMF activities that > are of particular relevance to these two language communities. > > On Sat, Oct 15, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Amir E. Aharoni > <[email protected]> wrote: > > This is curious. > > > > Is the idea to translate it to as few languages as possible and to > > make it readable to as many people as possible? It's a good idea from > > the practical point of view, but is the languages list based on a > > calculation or just on a guess? > > > > I don't have precise data either, but my guess would be that adding > > Chinese, Russian and Indonesian would fulfill the idea better. But > > again, basing it on data about the number of people who can *read* > > these languages is the right thing to do. > > > > > > 2011/10/15 Tilman Bayer <[email protected]>: > >> Hi, > >> > >> as many of you might be aware, the Wikimedia Foundation publishes > >> regular monthly reports about its work > >> (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Template:Foundation_reports, > >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Category:Wikimedia_engineering_reports > >> ). Translations of the entire reports do not seem feasible, but we > >> would like to try this with an "Highlights" excerpt consisting of > >> basic financial and traffic data, together with a combined selection > >> from the most notable activities of both the general and the technical > >> report about September. > >> > >> Please consider helping non-English-language Wikimedia communities to > >> stay updated on the most important WMF activities and MediaWiki > >> development work of the past month, by providing a translation into > >> German, French, Spanish, Japanese, Portuguese or Arabic at > >> > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Highlights,_September_2011 > >> > >> It would be great if it were possible to send a posting announcing > >> completed translations on Wednesday (October 19). > >> > >> Many thanks! > >> > >> -- > >> Tilman Bayer > >> Movement Communications > >> Wikimedia Foundation > >> IRC (Freenode): HaeB > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Translators-l mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Translators-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l > > > > > > -- > Tilman Bayer > Movement Communications > Wikimedia Foundation > IRC (Freenode): HaeB > > _______________________________________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l >
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