It is weird that, for example, chapters' pages on Meta should be written in English and then translated into native language -- according to current logic.
I agree with Charles, this change would be a step forward. Sure, translators-l will also agree. *Vira Motorko* Help save natural resources - please think twice before printing this e-mail or any attachments. 2014-08-14 16:43 GMT+03:00 Charles Andrès <[email protected]>: > Dear all, > > I would like to draw your attention on the Translation Extension for > Mediawiki, since 2 years now, community members ask to improve this > extension by adding the possibility to select the original language. > https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35489 > > We are in a movement where the knowledge exchange is a primary concern, we > have a really good tools to facilitate the translation of the > documentation, but today we are still obliged to first translate "manually" > in English before being able to use the Translate extension. > > I'm not a Tech guy, I try to read the bug's page linked before, and the > only message I can get from is << you, non English speakers, are not our > priority >>. > > The ability to translate in multiple language the documentation created by > non English speakers is a major challenge, we need to make it happen more > often. > > Everyday I heard French speaker saying that they do not belong to the > Wikimedia Community because it's all in English/all for English, I do not > pretend that improving the Translate extension will solve this issue, but > it could be a little step forward. > > thank for your attention > > > Charles > > > ___________________________________________________________ > > Charles ANDRES, Chief Science Officer > "Wikimedia CH" - Association for the advancement of free knowledge - > www.wikimedia.ch > Office +41 (0)21 340 66 21 > Mobile +41 (0)78 910 00 97 > Skype: charles.andres.wmch > IRC://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-ch > http://prezi.com/user/Andrescharles/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
