Hi all,
the CentralNotice with the "last call" reminder for those Wikimedians who are considering to volunteer on the new Funds Dissemination Committee is going live shortly, and although it will include a link to the translation page (and only be displayed to logged-in users), and the linked nominations page is unfortunately English-only, it would be great to have at least some of the larger languages available from the start:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Call_for_Volun...
Note: I considered sending this out to via an all-languages translation notification too, but was hesitant to do so because it is a really short text and a short term matter (nominations close August 15, so many translators might find this notification on their talk page only after it has become obsolete), and I think we need to be a bit careful with the new system so as not to have people feel spammed and sign off. I'd be interested in opinions though whether any and all translations should be sent through the notification system.
zh and all its variants are ready to be published.
Best regards, Benjamin Chen / User:Bencmq
On Monday, 13 August, 2012 at 11:18 AM, Tilman Bayer wrote:
Hi all,
the CentralNotice with the "last call" reminder for those Wikimedians who are considering to volunteer on the new Funds Dissemination Committee is going live shortly, and although it will include a link to the translation page (and only be displayed to logged-in users), and the linked nominations page is unfortunately English-only, it would be great to have at least some of the larger languages available from the start:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Call_for_Volun...
Note: I considered sending this out to via an all-languages translation notification too, but was hesitant to do so because it is a really short text and a short term matter (nominations close August 15, so many translators might find this notification on their talk page only after it has become obsolete), and I think we need to be a bit careful with the new system so as not to have people feel spammed and sign off. I'd be interested in opinions though whether any and all translations should be sent through the notification system.
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On 13/08/2012 05:34, Benjamin Chen wrote:
zh and all its variants are ready to be published.
Best regards, Benjamin Chen / User:Bencmq
IT is ready for proofreading.
Regards G. Contrafatto/User: gianco
Query on message "Help decide about more than $‍10 million of Wikimedia donations"
How is "$‍10 million" rendered? If it appears with a localised currency symbol, does the computer know how to convert $10 to the local currency?
Eleri James
________________________________ From: Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Translators translators-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 13 August 2012, 4:18 Subject: [Translators-l] Translation request: CentralNotice with last call for FDC nominations
Hi all,
the CentralNotice with the "last call" reminder for those Wikimedians who are considering to volunteer on the new Funds Dissemination Committee is going live shortly, and although it will include a link to the translation page (and only be displayed to logged-in users), and the linked nominations page is unfortunately English-only, it would be great to have at least some of the larger languages available from the start:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Call_for_Volun...
Note: I considered sending this out to via an all-languages translation notification too, but was hesitant to do so because it is a really short text and a short term matter (nominations close August 15, so many translators might find this notification on their talk page only after it has become obsolete), and I think we need to be a bit careful with the new system so as not to have people feel spammed and sign off. I'd be interested in opinions though whether any and all translations should be sent through the notification system.
It is supposed to render as "$10 million" (the "‍" is just to avoid problems with the syntax of the Translate extension and later on the JavaScript in the CentralNotice).
In the translation, feel free to change it to a different wording that describes ten million US dollars. Or actually to convert that amount to a local currency yourself - although that may not make sense in all languages, as for many of them have a substantial amount of readers in several countries, so that there would be several possible local currencies.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:11 AM, Eleri James elerijms@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Query on message "Help decide about more than $‍10 million of Wikimedia donations"
How is "$‍10 million" rendered? If it appears with a localised currency symbol, does the computer know how to convert $10 to the local currency?
Eleri James
From: Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Translators translators-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 13 August 2012, 4:18 Subject: [Translators-l] Translation request: CentralNotice with last call for FDC nominations
Hi all,
the CentralNotice with the "last call" reminder for those Wikimedians who are considering to volunteer on the new Funds Dissemination Committee is going live shortly, and although it will include a link to the translation page (and only be displayed to logged-in users), and the linked nominations page is unfortunately English-only, it would be great to have at least some of the larger languages available from the start:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Call_for_Volun...
Note: I considered sending this out to via an all-languages translation notification too, but was hesitant to do so because it is a really short text and a short term matter (nominations close August 15, so many translators might find this notification on their talk page only after it has become obsolete), and I think we need to be a bit careful with the new system so as not to have people feel spammed and sign off. I'd be interested in opinions though whether any and all translations should be sent through the notification system.
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‍ means zero-width joiner. You can read more about it on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-width_joiner
(un-official answer:) At least I don't use it in my language, not even the dollar sign. Feel free to localise it (e.g. use localised currency or leave it as USD) It's a reminder, not a formal document so I believe conveying the message is more important than the accuracy of amount of money we have.
Best regards, [[User:Bencmq]] / Benjamin Chen
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Eleri James elerijms@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Query on message "Help decide about more than $‍10 million of Wikimedia donations"
How is "$‍10 million" rendered? If it appears with a localised currency symbol, does the computer know how to convert $10 to the local currency?
Eleri James
And *of course* it turns out that while ‍ works fine in Chrome, Firefox and Opera, it looks a bit weird in IE. I'm replacing it by a for now; although there may be better suggestions.
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 5:27 AM, Benjamin Chen cnchenminqi@gmail.com wrote:
‍ means zero-width joiner. You can read more about it on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zero-width_joiner
(un-official answer:) At least I don't use it in my language, not even the dollar sign. Feel free to localise it (e.g. use localised currency or leave it as USD) It's a reminder, not a formal document so I believe conveying the message is more important than the accuracy of amount of money we have.
Right. It's a ballpark figure in any case, I believe the exact number is expected to be closer to $11 million.
Best regards, [[User:Bencmq]] / Benjamin Chen
On Mon, Aug 13, 2012 at 8:11 PM, Eleri James elerijms@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
Query on message "Help decide about more than $‍10 million of Wikimedia donations"
How is "$‍10 million" rendered? If it appears with a localised currency symbol, does the computer know how to convert $10 to the local currency?
Eleri James
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Personally, I am most interested in being notified of central notices that are going to appear on all wikis in my language. I would find it useful if the fact of there being a central notice (or fundraising material) to be translated is highlighted in the notification system, either by e-mail or on a talk page. Then I can choose to skip most of the other material for translation.
Also, I expect that once this system has settled down, we will get more than a few hours' notice of central notices to be published. It was pure luck that I happened to read the e-mail below today and had the opportunity to translate and arrange for a proofreader. 2-4 weeks notice is more realistic in the long term.
I appreciate the inclusion of a link to the translation page in the central notice - this saves a lot of aggravation.
Eleri James
________________________________ From: Tilman Bayer tbayer@wikimedia.org To: Wikimedia Translators translators-l@lists.wikimedia.org Sent: Monday, 13 August 2012, 4:18 Subject: [Translators-l] Translation request: CentralNotice with last call for FDC nominations
Hi all,
the CentralNotice with the "last call" reminder for those Wikimedians who are considering to volunteer on the new Funds Dissemination Committee is going live shortly, and although it will include a link to the translation page (and only be displayed to logged-in users), and the linked nominations page is unfortunately English-only, it would be great to have at least some of the larger languages available from the start:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Funds_Dissemination_Committee/Call_for_Volun...
Note: I considered sending this out to via an all-languages translation notification too, but was hesitant to do so because it is a really short text and a short term matter (nominations close August 15, so many translators might find this notification on their talk page only after it has become obsolete), and I think we need to be a bit careful with the new system so as not to have people feel spammed and sign off. I'd be interested in opinions though whether any and all translations should be sent through the notification system.
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