On Sun, Aug 01, 2010 at 11:38:01PM +0800, Arne Goetje wrote: > On 08/01/2010 10:41 PM, Hannie wrote: > > On https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+lang/nl/ I find > > many templates that should not be translated by us, Ubuntu Dutch > > Translation Team. With Gnome and KDE it is not so difficult, because it > > is usually in the name. But with others I am not sure if we should > > translate them or not. One of them is Aptitude. Is this upstream > > (Debian), or not? > > https://translations.launchpad.net/ubuntu/maverick/+source/aptitude/+pots/aptitude/nl/+translate?field.alternative_language-empty-marker=1 > > In fact, only few of the 1340 templates are NOT upstream (e.g. > > (K)Ubuntu-docs, software-center, app-install-data). > > Would it not be a good idea to mention in the list of templates whether > > it is upstream or Ubuntu? > > Hannie Dumoleyn > > In general, you should translate any template where translations are > still missing, no matter if they come from upstream or they are native > to Ubuntu.
I think this is a very bad advice actually, we are not helping better localisation by wasting time doing downstream translations that are very unlikely to be used upstream. We should instead encourage Ubuntu translators to communicate with upstream projects to reach a common background. For example, though packages in Ubuntu might be slightly older than current upstream releases, usually the differences are minimal that it is very easy to translate the latest version upstream then "backport" it to the version in Ubuntu and then fix any differences. This means with next upstream sync, the difference will be zero to very minimal. Most translation teams are underpowered unpaid volunteers, we need to manage those limited resources for the greater benefit, not wasting time redoing translations and re-reviewing translations. Regards, Khaled -- Khaled Hosny Arabic localiser and member of Arabeyes.org team Free font developer -- ubuntu-translators mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-translators
