Re: [needs proofread and translation] August newsletter

Thanks a lot Richard, Tino and Giacomo!

The newsletter is now online and sent

Best regards,

Ana

On 10/08/2026 10:43, Richard L. Schmeidler wrote:
> I am proofreading the current version of the webpreview as of early 
> August 10.  This is the only source l have available.  I do not know 
> whether it includes the corrections of the small misspellings (but I 
> presume that it does, because I haven't found more myself).  I have very 
> little to suggest.
> 
> 1.  "Turning 25 was a moment to reflect on major milestones while 
> casting an eye toward our vision 2048."  Insert "for" after "vision."  
> English usage.
> 
> 2.  "At the same time, we are looking at the European Commission updates 
> the European Interoperability Framework."  I cannot understand this 
> sentence.  If It should read "At the same time, we are looking at how 
> the European Commission updates the European Interoperability 
> Framework", then of course you should insert "how" after "at."  (That's 
> my guess.)  If you have something else in mind, please rewrite to make 
> your intention clear.
> 
> 3.  "From this list the jury members will elect this year's six winning 
> projects."  I suggest replacing "elect" with "select."  If the jury 
> members were operating openly, and were using a visible election 
> process, that term would be appropriate.  But my guess is that the 
> choices are not necessarily made that way.  Each year, there are six 
> awards (the designations varying from year to year).  A very fine 
> submission might be in contention for several of the awards, but the 
> jury may adjust the selection results so as not to give multiple awards 
> to the same submission.
> 
> 4.  "If you or a young person you know missed out on this round, don't 
> worry"  I suggest replacing "round."  The obvious replacement is 
> "edition."  If you feel that this word is being used too often in close 
> proximity, an alternative would be to replace with "year's competition."
> 
> 5:  "registration for the next edition of YH4F is open!"  I suggest 
> putting in a link to the registration page, which I was able to find at 
> https://share.fsfe.org/apps/forms/s/3Ze8ML4PHjpF4o3727Pkgsog <https:// 
> share.fsfe.org/apps/forms/s/3Ze8ML4PHjpF4o3727Pkgsog> . Registration 
> should not be a puzzle (tempting though that might be as a way of 
> reducing the number of entrants).  Considering the hour, I am not 
> attempting putting this in my attachment.
> 
> On Sat, Aug 8, 2026 at 11:31 PM Tino Tempesta <[email protected] 
> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> 
>     Bonjour all,
> 
>     I did the French translation available here :
>     https://webpreview.fsfe.org/cgi/fsfe.pl?pad=1694 <https://
>     webpreview.fsfe.org/cgi/fsfe.pl?pad=1694>
>     If any French or French speaker wants to review it, please be my guest.
> 
>     Also, I did review the English version and corrected small misspells
>     (And the mistake by our Italian friend who put his translation on it
>     directly, it happens :D)
> 
> 
>     On 07/08/2026 09:56, Ana Galan wrote:
>      > Dear translators,
>      >
>      > the August newsletter is ready to be proofread (if possible).
>      > Translation would be nice but I think we have other topics and pages
>      > that might be better to have translated, so only if you feel like
>     it and
>      > you have time.
>      >
>      >
>      > It will go out on Tuesday 11 August:
>      > https://webpreview.fsfe.org/cgi/fsfe.pl?pad=1688 <https://
>     webpreview.fsfe.org/cgi/fsfe.pl?pad=1688>
>      >
>      > Best,
>      >
>      > Ana
> 
>     -- 
>     Yours in freedom,
> 
>     Tino aka 'Foxort'
> 
>     PS: I might have created another pad for the French translation as I
>     switched between my laptop and desktop without looking up the pad
>     number...:c Only the one mentioned above is the right one.
> 
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