Re: [TRANSLATE] new news item

On 2004/11/22, at 15:43, D. Höhn wrote:

> |>I'm not sure what I think the correct policy should be, by the way.
> |>When something is "news", it means we want to get the information to
> |>our users as soon as we can.  Isn't providing an english-language
> |>version of the news item (while we wait for the translation) a step
> |>towards this goal?  Unlike the other areas of the documentation, in 
> the
> |>case of "news", the timing may be critical.
> |
> |
> | I agree with you, though I am still open to discussion.
> |
> There is no point in supplying a none native language news item to
> someone that does not speak nor understand English quite fully (yet). I
> know there are many out there that understand English perfectly well,
> yet prefer to read web-sites in their native tongue, however there are
> also enough people that cannot.
>
> This is something that we will simply have to work out a procedure for.
> We will need to see
>
> a) Which languages are most read and thus important (already did that)
> b) Is there a translator quickly available?
> c) Freeze the announce for 6,8,12,24 hours (whatever is needed) so
> translators can catch up
>
> It is actually just a matter of procedure as DRM already hinted

For the second popular language, Japanese, I am the language leader, 
who is less likely to be available within 24 hours. But I will try my 
best within a few days. I personally don't mind if you put English text 
first, upload it, then I will work on that later within a few days. I 
understand this is not an ideal procedure, though.

Thank you

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BABA Yoshihiko

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