That's right Gerard, and it is critical for those languages that are in a process to develop further to catch up the technological global culture. I know many native young people who are IT professionals, is for them quite difficult to understand and work with the MediaWiki? ---Rodolfo
GerardM wrote:
Hoi, A learning curve is a problem in any language and as such not that special. When you compare it with having to work with a user interface that has no connection to the language of the user, you will agree that this is easier and a lot more inviting, Thanks, GerardM
On 7/18/07, Andrew Gray shimgray@gmail.com wrote:
On 18/07/07, GerardM gerard.meijssen@gmail.com wrote:
Hoi, Two days is a reasonable amount of time for someone who knows what he is doing to do a complete MediaWiki localisation. Experience suggests that
when
the terminology is not readily available, it can take a week. A week as
in
amount of time spend on the job not as in within a week it is ready.
The problem is that even once localised, we have a confusing and complex interface program and markup language to teach them! It's not simply a matter of getting all the labels right - the user interface is a pretty sharp learning curve to the uninitiated or the technologically inexperienced.
Language localisation is a necessary precondition, but it's not the magic bulled.
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