On 4/9/2012 11:18 AM, Peter Blodow wrote:
> Gentlemen,
> I finally made it and installed the new live CD on my former office PC.
> <...>
> Just a word about the German appearance: I would gladly help with
> translation and adaptation to German if I knew how. As it is at the
> moment, texts are mixed English/German which can lead to
> misunderstandings, and there are some typos in them (e.g., in
> stepconfig). So, I think it will be better for me to stick with a purely
> English version in order to avoid trouble. But since this can't be the
> purpose of multilingual efforts: can anybody tell me how to help with
> improving the German version?
>
> Peter
>
Peter:
This is a generous offer.
Look down the source tree for LinuxCNC. At the head of the v2.5_branch,
for example, there is the docs/src subdirectory.
In this and lower subdirectories you'll find see repilicated asciidoc
files for each of the languages currently supported. For example,
docs/src/
Master_Getting_Started.txt
Master_Getting_Started_de.txt
Master_Getting_Started_es.txt
Master_Getting_Started_fr.txt
Master_Getting_Started_pl.txt
It shouldn't be hard to guess that "_de" denotes the German-language
versions. [personal vexation: I wish the English-language files were
denoted with "_en" to life just a tad easier.]
Were I undertaking this task, I'd have to decide whether 'tis better to
edit the existing German-language files or create entirely new ones from
the English-language files. There's been enough editing of the (English)
V2.4.x files to create V2.5 that I'd tend toward the latter choice
unless I were sure the German-language versions were already in pretty
good shape. I'm sure Francis Tisserant and others who worked so hard to
bring the French-language versions up to snuff last year would choose
differently:-)
Either way, when you're done, you can simply announce them on the
developers list and see what they suggest you do.
Thanks again for the offer.
Regards,
Kent
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