2011/6/15 Margot <[email protected]>: > I've noticed the rather heated debate on proofreading, and I have a > suggestion... > > Professional writers do not proofread their own work - they > understand that it is too easy to make the same mistake in > proofreading that was made in the original work, so they get > someone else to proofread. > > Ideally, in Mageia, each translation should be proofread by someone > else after translation so that errors can be corrected before > publication (on website, SVN etc.). This would mean that each > language team would need at least four people so that all the work > could be covered even if someone was ill, on holiday or too busy. > > In larger teams for more popular languages there shouldn't be any > problem finding someone to proofread, but some of the less popular > languages don't even have four people in the team. Those in small > teams will be under more pressure to cope with the workload, and > people under pressure tend to make more errors! > > Obviously we should try to recruit more people for the minority > languages, but until Mageia has a wider user base it might be > difficult to find people who would be confident enough in English > to join a translation team. > > However, I thought that if we had problems recruiting translators, > we could also advertise for proofreaders to join the translation > teams - people who are not confident enough in English to take > part in the actual translation, but who could proofread translated > files in their own language. > > As well as taking some of the pressure off the translators - and > reducing Oliver's workload in having to repeat the submitting of > corrected files - it would be a nice way for more people to be able > to take part in the production of Mageia. > > What do you think?
Think its a good idea but regarding less populares languages will be a problem, as for me for example atm i dont have anyone who can proofread it. > -- > Margot > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > **Otford Ducks Computers** > We teach, you learn... > ...and, if you don't do your homework, we set the cat on you! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > -- Zé
