I am a translator working on Vietnamese language. I was surprised to see the translation in the two links above is done correctly (although I've edited a bit for more understandable). It's not like someone has used Google Translate or other machine translation tools.
The translator is https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Varnent. I am curious whether he also understands this language? Despite his personal page did not show it. I also have the same questions with the Vietnamese translation of Call for candidates <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_for_candidates/vi>. It was done by a staff of WMF (Azariv), and I don't think he could understand a strange language such as Vietnamese. I am active in many Wikimedia projects in Vietnamese, but had never seen him before. 2015-05-02 20:05 GMT+07:00 James Alexander <[email protected]>: > Hey all, > > If you have time I'd really appreciate some quick translations on the > banners that will run for the FDC Election tomorrow (2, the committee is > testing different language to see which works better). You can find them at > the 2 links below. Unfortunately the translation system is a little buggy > at the moment and the normal way to publish the translations (using the > state dropdown) doesn't work. I spent a good portion of the night trying to > find an alternative and for now I have one and will be keeping an eye on > the languages coming in and publishing them through the API. I'm going to > try and roll it out a bit slowly (starting at 00:00 UTC when the election > starts) but eventually we'll need to turn it on for everyone given the > short election (1 week) and so the more we can get in advance the better. > > Banner translation links: > > - > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=Centralnotice-tgroup-Election2015_FDC_voting_startsB&filter= > - The Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee advises on > how millions of WMF funds are spent. > - Click here to participate in the election of its members. > - > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=Centralnotice-tgroup-Election2015_FDC_voting_starts&filter= > - Votes are now being accepted for the Wikimedia Foundation Funds > Dissemination Committee election. > - Click here to read about the candidates and vote. > > > James Alexander > Community Advocacy > Wikimedia Foundation > (415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur > > _______________________________________________ > Translators-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/translators-l > >
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