Dear all,
I would like to draw your attention on the Translation Extension for Mediawiki, since 2
years now, community members ask to improve this extension by adding the possibility to
select the original language.
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35489
We are in a movement where the knowledge exchange is a primary concern, we have a really
good tools to facilitate the translation of the documentation, but today we are still
obliged to first translate "manually" in English before being able to use the
Translate extension.
I’m not a Tech guy, I try to read the bug's page linked before, and the only message I
can get from is « you, non English speakers, are not our priority ».
The ability to translate in multiple language the documentation created by non English
speakers is a major challenge, we need to make it happen more often.
Everyday I heard French speaker saying that they do not belong to the Wikimedia Community
because it’s all in English/all for English, I do not pretend that improving the Translate
extension will solve this issue, but it could be a little step forward.
thank for your attention
Charles
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