discuss: Thread: Translations

Hello,

I don´t knwon if this is the correct place, but...

Please, can you give us some help? We are interested in traslating LDP
document in our
native language (basque). Is there any coordination list? We don´t have to
make duplicate
efforts. Sorry for my bad speaking.

Luis Calderon

On Fri, Feb 09, 2001 at 02:53:40PM +0100, ####@####.#### wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I don´t knwon if this is the correct place, but...
> 
> Please, can you give us some help? We are interested in traslating LDP
> document in our
> native language (basque). Is there any coordination list? We don´t have to
> make duplicate
> efforts. Sorry for my bad speaking.
> 
> Luis Calderon

I don't know of any work in progress, but of course we will be very
happy to see you succeed.

You can find a list of the translation efforts we know to be currently
in operation at http://www.linuxdoc.org/vlist.html#te and also see
http://www.linuxdoc.org/links/nenglish.html for links to all their
homepages.

If you tell us who "we" is, and your URL (do you have one yet?), we
will post your information on that page. That might help you attract
other people.

Would you like help coordinating your list, or finding a place to host
it? Would you like help in publicizing the effort?

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Luis Calderon ####@####.#### wrote:

> Please, can you give us some help? We are interested in traslating
> LDP document in our native language (basque). Is there any
> coordination list? We don´t have to make duplicate efforts. Sorry for
> my bad speaking. 

Most translation efforts seem to work this way:

1) You collect a team of persons who are willing to translate.

2) You contact the authors of the documents you wish to translate to ask 
them permission. Usually the authors are happy to accept, but it's nice 
to ask first. ;-)

3) You ask someone on your team to translate each document.

4) You send each translation to the Linux Documentation Project 
coordinator.

For my part, I'd be honoured to have my Mini How-To translated to
Basque! :-) 

-- 
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Ottawa, Canada                   | von deme mere unze an den Rin,
Francais / English / Esperanto   | des wolt ih mih darben,
PGP key at the servers           | daz diu chünegin von Engellant
                                 | legen an minen armen.

Earlier today I recieved two requests, both from people interested in 
translating my HOWTO to other languages. The first wanted to 
translate into Portuguese the second into Turkish.

Is there any standard procedure for translating HOWTOs' and 
making them available ?

Are there any URL's which I can point these people to with 
information about translating howtos ?

Imran

On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:00:26PM +0100, Imran Ghory wrote:
> Earlier today I recieved two requests, both from people interested in 
> translating my HOWTO to other languages. The first wanted to 
> translate into Portuguese the second into Turkish.
> 
> Is there any standard procedure for translating HOWTOs' and 
> making them available ?
> 
> Are there any URL's which I can point these people to with 
> information about translating howtos ?

We have a list of translation efforts. There's a link on our home
page. If there is no project you can always start one of your own.

-- 
Dr. David C. Merrill                     http://www.lupercalia.net
Linux Documentation Project                   ####@####.####
Collection Editor & Coordinator            http://www.linuxdoc.org