On 9/16/06, Jo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Jean-Christophe Helary wrote:
> I think there are already a number of documents translated from the
> French, not from Authors, but from OOo, but I may be wrong.
>
> There is no need to first translate to English and then to translate
> to other languages, in the case you mention, there are a number of
> people who can translate directly from Dutch into French (translators,
> but also bilingual people from Belgium for ex).
>
> On 16 sept. 06, at 16:41, Jo wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On OOocon2006 the Dutch speaking people got together and there is
>> course material from the city of Utrecht that they would want to set
>> free if we ask them. The person who can ask them only wants to do so
>> if we effectively do something with this material. To me the best
>> option would be to post it as source material on the Dutch part of
>> OOoAuthors, so at least it doesn't get lost. Then it can be
>> translated into English and from there it can be translated further
>> to all other languages. What do you think about this? It's course
>> material and not documentation. So it wouldn't mean that we are
>> creating parallel material to what is already available.
>> Maybe to make a decision on this, you need some kind of sample. I'm
>> not sure if we can ask a chapter at random, that I would subsequently
>> translate into English. First I would like to know if in principle we
>> should bother to ask about it.
>>
>> Jo
>
> Jean-Christophe Helary
Dan, Jean-Christophe,
I agree fully with what you say. It's better to always have the
translations from the source language if that is possible. The question
was if it was allowed to add source material to the other language
sections than English. I take it that the answer is positive, so I'll
ask Simon to ask for the material and have it uploaded. If the city of
Utrecht wants to free it up, then it would be a waste not to use it.
Jo
Yes, I agree that adding source material to any language section at
OOoAuthors is good, and it is also good to have materials in addition
to the user guides documentation. We probably need to have someplace
on the wiki to list what is available. Would someone like to set this
up? I am travelling in Europe )Krakow this week -- beautiful old city
centre!) and have email access only at internet cafes right now.
Cheers, Jean
