Re: Idea: each FAQ as its own xml file

Michèle,

So, your idea is not to change the current system?

On 2004/08/19, at 2:31, Michèle Garoche wrote:

>> I am sorry I did not explain well.  As you say, it will not make is 
>> quicker to translate.  My idea is, if translated version does not 
>> exist, the new system will put English version instead.  While the 
>> translators are working, the users can see English version.
> That's what I've done manually. I agree that it would be perfect if it 
> can be done automatically, which I doubt since it implies you know 
> exactly what's the translator's state of works at a given time, and 
> you cannot know it unless you hack his system (hopefully you don't 
> want to do that) and provided it is connected at any time you want to 
> hack it.
>
> I explain. Say at time x, faq 1.1 is translated into Japanese, you add 
> faq 1.2 to faq 1.3 in English (say that faq has only 1.1 to 1.3 items 
> to simplify). Meanwhile the translator translates faq 1.2 at it is at 
> time x. Someone changes faq 1.2 in English at time x+1, say now it is 
> faq 1.2-2, with your system you change faq 1.2 in the Japanese version 
> to faq 1.2-2, since the translator has not finished to translate it, 
> so not comitted it and for you it is as if it was not translated at 
> all. At time x+2, the translator comitted faq 1.2 in Japanese, and 
> that is where the fun begins, a big mess in his file and it is not 
> even aware how this has happened, since it is completely hidden in the 
> perl process on the web site. Then good luck to put in it in order.

My ideas are:
1. to put English faq 1.2 into Japanese either by build process or by 
PHP.
or:
2. to put a line "This page is older than the original English page" or 
something like that by PHP

With these, translaters will need no extra work. 2 is easier.


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