I am a translator working on Vietnamese language. I was surprised to see
the translation in the two links above is done correctly (although I've
edited a bit for more understandable). It's not like someone has used
Google Translate or other machine translation tools.
The translator is
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Varnent. I am
curious whether he also understands this language? Despite his personal
page did not show it. I also have the same questions with the Vietnamese
translation of Call for candidates
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_elections_2015/Call_for_candidates/vi>.
It was done by a staff of WMF (Azariv), and I don't think he could
understand a strange language such as Vietnamese. I am active in many
Wikimedia projects in Vietnamese, but had never seen him before.
2015-05-02 20:05 GMT+07:00 James Alexander <jalexander(a)wikimedia.org>rg>:
Hey all,
If you have time I'd really appreciate some quick translations on the
banners that will run for the FDC Election tomorrow (2, the committee is
testing different language to see which works better). You can find them at
the 2 links below. Unfortunately the translation system is a little buggy
at the moment and the normal way to publish the translations (using the
state dropdown) doesn't work. I spent a good portion of the night trying to
find an alternative and for now I have one and will be keeping an eye on
the languages coming in and publishing them through the API. I'm going to
try and roll it out a bit slowly (starting at 00:00 UTC when the election
starts) but eventually we'll need to turn it on for everyone given the
short election (1 week) and so the more we can get in advance the better.
Banner translation links:
-
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=Ce…
- The Wikimedia Foundation Funds Dissemination Committee advises on
how millions of WMF funds are spent.
- Click here to participate in the election of its members.
-
https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Translate&group=Ce…
- Votes are now being accepted for the Wikimedia Foundation Funds
Dissemination Committee election.
- Click here to read about the candidates and vote.
James Alexander
Community Advocacy
Wikimedia Foundation
(415) 839-6885 x6716 @jamesofur
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