[Mediawiki-l] Translating wiki articles

[nevio carlos de alarcão]

All, maybe it is only a opinion from someone who isn't a code writer, but I
think it is more a matter of involving people than finding technical ways.
respecfully, Nevio

2009/11/18 Clayton <ccornell at openoffice.org>

> > The Translate extension seems to be made for translating the interfaces
> of
> > software projects. It doesn't seem to be set up to translate documents or
> > wiki content.
> >
> > Are you SURE that the translate extension is what cornell is asking for?
>
> I've looked at the Translate extension, but.. it really doesn't seem to
> server the purpose.
>
> Maybe some clarity.... on the OOoWiki, there are two levels of
> translation happening:
>  1. The organized translations that export wiki pages, convert to po or
> xlif and run the content through a formal translation process/tool using
> translation memories etc.
>  2. The ad-hoc translations that are done on the fly by OOo community
> members.
>
> The second one is the problem area.  Community members are, through lack
> of experience and knowledge, translating directly in the source page
> overwriting the original content in the process.
>
> What I'm looking to do is to make the process more... obvious I guess...
> thus my "dream" extension that adds a "Translate this page" link at the
> top next to the Edit link.
>
>
> > I've also had some success using the ProofreadPage and DoubleWiki
> > extensions, which allow side-by-side display of a wiki page with an image
> > of a page.
>
> Hmmmm I might have to take a look at that.
>
> Another extension I'm hoping to implement is FlaggedRevs... it's not the
> right solution for the translation issues, but... it might help limit
> the unintentional damage done by well meaning community members.
>
>
> C.
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> OpenOffice.org Documentation Project co-lead
> StarOffice - Sun Microsystems, Inc. - Hamburg, Germany
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