Translators-l March 2018

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Global preferences go live this week
by Keegan Peterzell 31 May '18

31 May '18

Greetings, Global preferences start going out to the wikis tomorrow. After the two days for deployment and making sure nothing breaks, I am going to post a short message to all the wikis with known discussion spaces about the new feature on Thursday, 22 March. I'm asking for help in translating the announcement, it is only two sentences: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Keegan_(WMF)/Global_preferences The red link in the message will be blue once the software is live. Thank you in advance for working on this, let me know if you have any questions. -- Keegan Peterzell Technical Collaboration Specialist Wikimedia Foundation

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Ready for early translation: Tech News #14 (2018)
by Benoît Evellin (Trizek) 02 Apr '18

02 Apr '18

The latest tech newsletter is ready for early translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/14 Direct translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:TReady for early translation: Tech News #12 (2018)ranslate&group=page-Tech% 2FNews%2F2018%2F14&action=page <https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-T…> The plan is to send the newsletter on Monday (UTC), Nick will handle that part. The existing translations will be posted on the wikis in that language. Deadlines: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/For_contributors#The_deadlines There may be a more edits by Friday but the existing content should generally remain fairly stable. I will let you know on Friday in any case. Let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. As always, we appreciate your help and feedback. (If you haven't translated Tech News previously, see this email: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/translators-l/2017-January/003773.html If I can help you with anything, please ask! -- Benoît Evellin (Trizek) Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation

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Requesting input and feedback about a suggestion concerning providing access to Special:ImportTranslations to translators
by Haytham Aly 31 Mar '18

31 Mar '18

Dear translators, I have a suggestion which requires feedback from fellow translators. One of the features that translators can use on Meta is to export pages for off-line translation. This provides an opportunity to use term bases and translation memory to improve the quality of translations. The pages are exported into a .po file which can be translated by a variety of open-source and proprietary software. The next step is to export the file to Meta. Since access to the page Special:ImportTranslations is only granted to Translation Administrators, and since I am not a Translation Administrator, I have to copy and paste the strings manually, which is a needlessly time-consuming process. There would be three ways to solve this issue. The first is to send the files to a Translation Administrator to be imported. This will mean that credit for translation will be given to the Administrator, and it will add more burdens to Translation Administrators and delay publication of translated pages. The second is to grant Translation Administrator rights to the translators who will need access to such page. This means that additional administration rights will be given to translators who will not be using them. The third is to create a group/category that grants access to translators to Special:ImportTranslations, which I consider the best option. The purpose of this email to seek input from translators for this issue and try to reach a consensus about what would be the suitable way to address this issue. Regards, -- Haytham Abulela Aly Freelance Translator Creative Translation "Creative & Confident" Certified member of the Society of Translators and Interpreters of British Columbia (STIBC) (EN>AR) Arab Professional Translators' Society member (#10850) Certified member at Egyptian Translators Association (EGYTA) Registered at ProZ.com and LinkedIn.com

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CE Insights message translation for Polish and Japanese
by Edward Galvez 30 Mar '18

30 Mar '18

Hi all, I have a few more messages that need to be finished in Japanese and Polish only. I know its a holiday weekend for many. We may have staff who can help if you aren't free this weekend. Thank you!! Edward Polish direct translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-C… Japanese direct translation link - First Reminder: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-C… Japanese direct translation link - Second Reminder: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-C… -- Edward Galvez Evaluation Strategist, Surveys Learning & Evaluation Community Engagement Wikimedia Foundation

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Ready for early translation: Tech News #13 (2018)
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

The latest tech newsletter is ready for early translation: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/2018/13 Direct translation link: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page-T… I plan to send the newsletter on Monday afternoon (UTC), i.e. Monday morning PT. The existing translations will be posted on the wikis in that language. Deadlines: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Tech/News/For_contributors#The_deadlines There may be a more edits by Friday but the existing content should generally remain fairly stable. I will let you know on Friday in any case. Let me know if you have any questions, comments or concerns. As always, we appreciate your help and feedback. (If you haven't translated Tech News previously, see this email: https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/translators-l/2017-January/003773.html If I can help you with anything, please ask! -- Nick Wilson (Quiddity) Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

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Collaboration newsletter, March 2018 issue
by Benoît Evellin (Trizek) 26 Mar '18

26 Mar '18

The new issue of the Global Collaboration newsletter is ready to be early translated: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php? title=Special:Translate&group=page-Collaboration% 2FNewsletter%2FIssues%2F2018%2F03 https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Collaboration/Newsletter/Issues/2018/03 The translation may change until tomorrow. I'll let you know about potential changes tomorrow. I plan to distribute the newsletter on Monday. Have a nice end of the week, Benoît -- Benoît Evellin (Trizek) Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation

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Guidance on naming something
by James Hare 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Hello everyone, It was recommended that I consult with this mailing list on a decision I need to make. I am currently working on a catalog of tools Wikimedians use in their work. "Tools" in this case includes web tools hosted on places such as Toolforge, as well as bots and JavaScript gadgets. This catalog will build on the work of Hay's tool directory: <https://tools.wmflabs.org/hay/directory/>. As part of this work I have to pick what the final name of the catalog product will be, which will include a web interface as well as an API. "Tool Catalog" is technically an option, but I want a name that reflects what this service intends to be, which is a living, community-maintained documentation project. (To me, "catalog" feels too passive.) At the same time, I want to pick a name that can be localized without difficulty. My first question is: do you think "tool" is something that translates well? In English it's a very vague word, but over the past 13 or so years it's become a term of art in the Wikimedia movement to refer to external software tools that help you do on-wiki things. I personally think there is a better word out there but I don't know what would be as readily recognizable to the community as "tools" (at least to English speakers). The short of it is that if you'd like to see people move away from using "tools" as a term with this meaning, now's a good time to speak up. My second question has to do with the next word in the name: what is this thing we are building actually called? Assuming "tool" is okay to use, I personally am partial toward the names "Tool Market" or "Tool Exchange," but it would be great to hear other ideas. What do you think? What name do you think would work the best in the most languages? Thank you, James Hare Associate Product Manager Wikimedia Foundation https://wikimediafoundation.org

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Fwd: Update to ICU Unicode library starting on April 9 will briefly affect category sort order
by Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 23 Mar '18

23 Mar '18

Greetings. On Monday, I would like to distribute this message to the 7 largest affected non-English wikis, just in case the time-estimation of possibly noticeable affects is exceeded. That is: Swedish, French, Dutch, Russian, Italian, Spanish, Polish It can be translated at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Technical_Operations/ICU_announcem… The smaller wikis are unlikely to notice the brief mis-sorting. That page is also where the Tech/News item links to for further details. Thank you for your help. :-) -- Nick Wilson (Quiddity) Community Liaison, Wikimedia Foundation

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Missed text for CE Insights translation: uk,ar,fr
by Edward Galvez 22 Mar '18

22 Mar '18

Hi all, For CE Insights, I missed some text that needs to be translated into Arabic, French and Ukrainian: "The Wikimedia Foundation should be doing more to curb paid editing on Wikipedia." "The Wikimedia Foundation should do more to ensure that Wikimedia content is reused in compliance with the Creative Commons license." Feel free to just email me directly. We are getting ready to launch early next week! Thanks so much for all your help!! :) Edward -- Edward Galvez Evaluation Strategist, Surveys Learning & Evaluation Community Engagement Wikimedia Foundation

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CE insights: first Invitation Message
by Benoît Evellin (Trizek) 21 Mar '18

21 Mar '18

The first Invitation Message will be sent starting next week. Some minor changes happen a few days ago and some messages still need to be reviewed for *de, es, it, ja, nl, pt, pt-br, ru *and* yue*. https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=page- Community+Engagement+Insights%2FMassMessages%2FFirst+ message&language=en&action=page&filter= If the message is not translated into your language, please be bold and translate it! :) You can also translate the future messages: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Engagement_Insights/MassMessages Thank you for your help! Benoît -- Benoît Evellin (Trizek) Community Liaison Wikimedia Foundation

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