Re: [MediaWiki-l] Translating a wiki

2014-06-03 Thread Tom Hutchison
That's ok if they are on different continents. That is actually a plus because work is getting done 24 hours a day. What they need is a support group chat for each other. They would all be able to read English if they are translating right? Teach a few simple wiki markup such as links and what t

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Translating a wiki

2014-06-03 Thread Yan Seiner
Unfortunately that won't work for our workflow. My translators are on different continents from me and aren't well versed in mediawiki stuff. Since we use the collection extension to print our manuals I was planning to provide Word documents for them to use, both in English and in the target

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Translating a wiki

2014-06-03 Thread Tom
Use the translate extension! Since you admit human proofreaders will have to go through and verify translations, why not perform both tasks at the same time. The translate extension allows for connection to a translation service and can auto fill the translation for you. At the same time a tran

Re: [MediaWiki-l] Translating a wiki

2014-06-03 Thread John Bibby
I too have a similar problem, and would like to know the best way of dealing with it - in particular if file-names also need to be translated. JOHN BIBBY On 3 June 2014 17:33, Yan Seiner wrote: > I am tasked with translating our wiki into a couple of languages. We have > several thousand pages

[MediaWiki-l] Translating a wiki

2014-06-03 Thread Yan Seiner
I am tasked with translating our wiki into a couple of languages. We have several thousand pages, and just creating all of the sub-pages is a monumental task. I've looked at the various translate extensions, and they seem to be either on the fly, or assisted manual. Is anyone aware of a tran