>> There are (currently) no tools or mechanisms in place in the Wiki to >> assist with translations. The process is basically: >> 1. Identify a page that is to be translated >> 2. Click Edit >> 3. Select all text and copy >> 4. Cancel the edit >> 5. Start a new page with the "right" page name for the new translated >> article >> 6. Paste in the copied original language text >> 7. Save to give a start point >> 8. Translate the text on the new page >> >> It's a bit cumbersome, but this is generally how various language >> groups are doing this (with some variations such as doing the >> translations on sub-pages of their user pages etc.). >> > Thanks Clayton. I added the process description to the Wiki Editing > Policy. As long as we have no other solution, it's at least documented > now somewhere.
I've created Help:Translating, and edited the Wiki Editing Policy to transclude the text from the Help page back into the Policy page. http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Help:Translating http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/Dashboard/Wiki_Editing_Policy#Localizing_Content C. -- Clayton Cornell ccorn...@openoffice.org OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org
