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Re: Rosetta Questions
- To: Documentation and Translation <doc at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Rosetta Questions
- From: Youssef Chahibi <chahibi at gmail dot com>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 22:02:38 +0000
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Le Yau al-Thulatha 3 Thu al-Hijjah 1426 17:36, Anmar Oueja a écrit :
> This thread is to try and figure out how to best factor Rosetta use in
> Arabeyes.org localization efforts.
>
> Objective: come up with the best way or questions we need answered in
> order to documet and guide translators who wish to use Rosetta instead
> of kBabel/CVS combo.
>
> Some thoughts
>
> Pros:
> 1. Web based so it is easy to start translation
> 2. Pot files are automatically generated so other distros / projects
> can get at the files
> 3. Debian packages of the software
> 4. some more that we haven't anticipated yet
>
> Cons:
> a. po files disparaty
> b. lack of quality control
> c. some more I am sure we haven't anticipated yet
السلام عليكم
The main problem with Rosetta is that it depends on Internet.
- Many users, especially in the Arab world don't have permanent broadband
Internet access, so it will make their involvement quite difficult.
- Editing Arabic from a web browser is very annoying. Mozilla Firefox for
example doesn't handle Bidi correctly, so you easily get everything messed
up. The new Mandriva website ( Which I am working on ) uses eZ as a CMS, when
it comes to Arabic, I very frequently copy and past the English content to
gEdit to work easily, but I use the online editor when I have to translate a
complex rich text document ( especially tables, and when there are lot of
tags ) because the editor is WYSIWYG, even though the text is aligned to the
left.
- Underorganization of the work: Acts of vandalism and unmoderated work.
As far as I am concerned, I think it will be good to use Rosetta for small
applications, and PO/CVS for well-established projects ( Gnome, KDE,
OpenOffice, Mozilla, man pages ...).