Re: Request for translation: new webpages for etch-and-a-half release

[Clytie Siddall <clytie@riverland.net.au>]

Thanks for the information, Jens. :)

On 10/07/2008, at 6:04 PM, Jens Seidel wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 10, 2008 at 05:24:05PM +0930, Clytie Siddall wrote:
> > On 10/07/2008, at 2:22 AM, Frans Pop wrote:
> > > It would be great to have translations of these pages already in
>
> > > New/updated pages are:
> > > - releases/etch/etchnhalf.wml (new)
> > > - releases/etch/debian-installer/etchnhalf.wml (new)
> > > - releases/etch/debian-installer/index.wml (added link + other
> > > changes)
> > >
> > > Not yet updated, but may get a new link to pages above:
> > > - releases/etch/index.wml
> >
> > Sorry, but I haven't translated Debian webpages before. Are there
> > guidelines? Or do we just grab the HTML source, translate and email
> > the result?
>
> HTML is generated from WML files. See
> http://www.debian.org/devel/website/
> for details.

That page is exactly what I needed, thanks. I will try to find time to  
go through the procedure.
> I suggest you read these pages and start translating the most  
> important
> pages, notable the main index page.
>
> > It would really help if we had webpages available in PO format. The
>
> Reusable texts are handled through PO files
> (english/po/), all other text needs to be translated only once.
> There is also a nice statistics page available for all translations.

Great. :)
> > I've given low priority to translating webpages, because they are so
> > difficult to monitor and update, since they are not in a translation
>
> Heh? See http://www.debian.org/devel/website/stats/

I said "I" had given low priority to translating webpages. That  
doesn't mean Debian pages haven't been translated into other  
languages. Each translator has to prioritize his or her time. So far,  
translating webpages in my other projects hasn't been an efficient use  
of my time. Hopefully that will be different for Debian, if I can get  
it going.
> > format. I have found that webpages I've translated in the past have
> > become out-of-date without me realizing, and it's too difficult to  
> > try
> > and keep track of them.
>
> It's no problem to establish a cron job which monitors website and  
> sends
> you a mail once a page is outdated!

If you participate in a lot of different projects, it's not always  
easy to setup. I'm glad you have done that here.
> Please start with one or two important WML pages, send us the
> translation and we will guide you ...

Thanks, I'll try to do that.

from Clytie

Vietnamese Free Software Translation Team
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