Re: Creating Belarusian Team (be)

I don=E2=80=99t have the time to fully dive back into the project just yet,=
 but I=E2=80=99m an active KDE user and I really hope to get back to locali=
zation soon=2E I=E2=80=99m open to discussing it=2E

On 22 =D0=BB=D1=8E=D1=82=D0=B0=D0=B3=D0=B0 2026=E2=80=AF=D0=B3=2E 20:20:46=
 UTC, Luigi Toscano <luigi=2Etoscano@tiscali=2Eit> =D0=BF=D1=96=D1=88=D0=B0=
:
>=D0=93=D1=83=D0=BB=D0=BA=D1=96 =D0=A1=D0=BC=D0=BE=D1=9E=D0=B6 ha scritto:
>> Hi everyone!
>>=20
>> It seems that there is no active Belarusian team
>> <https://l10n=2Ekde=2Eorg/team-infos=2Ephp?teamcode=3Dbe> at the moment=
 and I would
>> like to create it=2E
>> I am experienced translator into Belarusian and know other translators,=
 that
>> would like to organize ourselves=C2=A0and=C2=A0translate KDE into our l=
anguage=2E
>> Also, it seems like the Chinese team has a Crowdin project with automat=
ed
>> integration through GitHub=2E If we could cooperate to make translation=
s at
>> Crowdin, it would be great=2E
>
>
>Please do not use crowdin=2E The team using it is what I would call an
>historical accident, but starting its usage for a new team is not solutio=
n=2E
>
>Crowdin is really bad: it doesn't provide the credit for the translators =
involved=2E
>What I've seen with crowdin (and other "open" web tools) is that people j=
ust
>fix the string they need without caring for the existing strings, leading=
 to
>ugly inconsistent translations=2E
>
>My suggestion is to split the files between people, by logical groups (si=
milar
>items together), and review each other works=2E
>
>But really, no Crowdin=2E
>
>
>That said, there have been instructions on how to start or restart a team=
, for
>example here:
>
>https://mail=2Ekde=2Eorg/pipermail/kde-i18n-doc/2025-September/002973=2Eh=
tml
>
>https://mail=2Ekde=2Eorg/pipermail/kde-i18n-doc/2025-September/002983=2Eh=
tml
>
>But please note that for Belarusian there is at least one translator acti=
ve,
>who is focused on Gcompris=2E but at least he knows the workflow and you
>definitely need to coordinate with him=2E
>There was also another translator active until one year ago, who may help=
=2E
>I've added both in CC=2E
>
>
>Ciao