Hi, I am one of the Xfce pt_BR translators, and I am planning on translating for gnome too, I agree with this unification, I think Xfce and all Brazilian users will gain a lot from it.
Thanks, William Koch. 2007/8/6, Vladimir Melo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Hello, > > My name is Vladimir Melo and I'd like to tell everybody I'm available to > join Og Maciel and others to review XFCE translations. Of course, we need > from XFCE translators to be in agreement with these matters. Well, I'm here > to assure my support to GNOME and any other environments translations as a > brazilian translator. I really hope we can have a nice job together. > > -- > Vladimir Melo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > 2007/8/6, Og Maciel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > Hi all, > > > > My name is Og Maciel and for the last 2 years I have been heavily > > involved with the translation process of open sourced software. Along > > the way I have joined several groups, most notably becoming the lider > > for the Ubuntu Brazilian group and initiating the project that took > > GNOME from 73% translated (pt_BR) to 100% with the release of GNOME > > 2.18. We're looking forward to doing the same with GNOME 2.20 too! > > ;) > > > > We (some of the GNOME/Ubuntu members and I) have directly contacted > > the 2 person listed as the current coordinators for the Brazilian XFCE > > translation team (Adriano Winter Bess and Rodrigo Coacci) and were > > informed that their participation has been cut down to a minimum due > > to lack of time (believe me, I know that first hand :)). Rodrigo > > mentioned that by simply sending our patches/suggestions to the > > mailing list would suffice to get them revised and approved by > > someone. While this approach would suffice for some people, we have a > > different "method" that may prove advantageous to the XFCE project. > > So if you all bear with me for a few more paragraphs, I'd like to make > > a proposal. > > > > The GNOME/Ubuntu members have decided to unify our efforts to create a > > single point of reference for Brazilian translation teams by > > leveraging the existing know-how from the Brazilian Linux > > Documentation Project branch. The goal is to create an unified > > "repository" of vocabulary terms and knowledge so that the several > > Brazilian translation organizations can share a "standardized" and > > common vocabulary across the plethora of open sourced software > > available nowadays. This is a project still in development but has > > yielded some solid results, such as the release of GNOME 2.18 and the > > translation for a great deal of packages for the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn > > release! > > > > The translations performed by both teams has followed a very organized > > roadmap, whereby collaborators "adopt" packages that are in need of > > translation and listed in our wikis. These collaborators add their > > names to the specific package and not only finish the transltion as > > well as revise the entire message catalog, applying the knowledge > > collected in our "knowledge repository" so to standardize the > > translations performed from the previous translation cycles (before we > > started our join effort). The final product is a complete > > translation/revision which can then be used by any distribution! > > > > Collaborators are urged to share their questions/doubts via our > > mailing lists and there has been talk about unifying this process by > > the adoption of a "unified" mailing list for Brazilian translators! > > > > My proposal is as follows: Some of our collaborators have expressed a > > deep interest in applying the same process of translation and revision > > to the XFCE packages! What is the advantage of doing this if XFCE is > > nearly 100% finished/translated, you may ask? To ensure that a > > Brazilian Portuguese speaker will see a standardized vocabulary and > > experience, no matter which distro or windows manager he/she may end > > up using! Obviously, there is nothing stopping us from sending in our > > patches but the revision process could be the bottle neck for a timely > > release. So I'd like to ask if we can have either a single point of > > contact for getting our patches revised/committed OR maybe have some > > of our members granted commit access based on their current activity > > records for the GNOME and Ubuntu teams? > > > > If you all agree with this latter option, I'd provide you with a list > > of names/emails so that you can familiarize yourselves with our work > > and background. > > > > For those who stayed awake during the length of this email, thank you > > for your time and hope to hear back from you soon! > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Og B. Maciel > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > GPG Keys: D5CFC202 > > > > http://www.ogmaciel.com (en_US) > > http://blog.ogmaciel.com (pt_BR) > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Xfce-i18n mailing list > [email protected] > http://foo-projects.org/mailman/listinfo/xfce-i18n > >
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