Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-translation (182 mails)

["Vasileios Giannakopoulos" <billg@xxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
for the Greek Language it says 1 out of 5 pages but after the first
one the others are empty. Plus i would like to know:
1) where do you get the translations from
2) what if someone wants to add/change/delete an entry?
thank you

2007/8/7, Arturo Aguilar <aaguilar@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello colleagues!
>
> Let me first thank you and tell you that we really appreciate your 
> contribution!  As we had opened up the localization process for 8 of the 
> languages (PFIGS and JCC).  We would like to share with all the volunteers 
> subscribed to the opensuse-translation mailing list some of the resources we 
> think might help you during your translation's efforts.
>
> Terminology:  We would like to suggest to standardize as much as your 
> language allows it. We recommend to use the approved terminology from our 
> terminology database, or industry standard terminology as used in your own 
> locales.
>
> www.novellglossaries.com
> username:   guest                                               password: 
> guest    (This allows View rights, once in there, select your language and 
> look for any terminology) ***
>
> *** If you need translator's rights, please, let us know and we will provide 
> that to you. We would like for you to start adding translations for your 
> language if a source term does not contain a translation already, and maybe 
> this can be done after this product is released.  Also, if you see any issue 
> or missing terminology, please let us know so we can fix it.
>
> Some tips or suggestions for Spanish, Portuguese translator' volunteers:
>
> Spanish:  Novell does not have nor support different Spanish flavours.  We 
> used what is known in the IT industry as 'International, standard, 
> Mid-Atlantic Spanish'  doing this we avoid the use of terms that are 
> exclusively known and used in the Iberian Peninsula and/or Latin America, for 
> e.g. we do not use 'ordenador, computadora, fichero, etc.' and we follow the 
> RAE (Royal Spanish Academy of the Language) rules and recommendations when it 
> comes to writing Spanish. For more information or when in doubt check iTerm 
> or mail me directly and I will be happy to provide more details.
>
> Portuguese:  Novell's understands the differences between Brazilian PT and 
> National (Portugal) PT.   Brazilian Portuguese is the language into which 
> most Novell's products are officially localized. So Brazilian PT translators 
> will find more supported material regarding approved terminology and style.  
> For National Portuguese, we would like contributors to help us in defining 
> and approve terminology for their language maybe after this product is 
> released.
>
> All other languages: We suggest to make sure you are using terminology 
> consistently and that the translation style is the one accepted in your 
> respective locales.
>
> Let me remind you that if you have any language specific question or doubt 
> which may not be of interest to all subscribers to the opensuse-translation 
> mailing list,  please, do not hesitate to contact me directly at 
> (aaguilar@xxxxxxxxxx )
>
>
> Thanks again for your contribution to openSUSE 10.3 localization!
>
> Arturo
>
>
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