[Mageia-i18n] Proofreading translations - a suggestion

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2011/6/15 Margot <margot at otfordduckscomputers.co.uk>:
> I've noticed the rather heated debate on proofreading, and I have a
> suggestion...
>
> Professional writers do not proofread their own work - they
> understand that it is too easy to make the same mistake in
> proofreading that was made in the original work, so they get
> someone else to proofread.
>
> Ideally, in Mageia, each translation should be proofread by someone
> else after translation so that errors can be corrected before
> publication (on website, SVN etc.). This would mean that each
> language team would need at least four people so that all the work
> could be covered even if someone was ill, on holiday or too busy.
>
> In larger teams for more popular languages there shouldn't be any
> problem finding someone to proofread, but some of the less popular
> languages don't even have four people in the team. Those in small
> teams will be under more pressure to cope with the workload, and
> people under pressure tend to make more errors!
>
> Obviously we should try to recruit more people for the minority
> languages, but until Mageia has a wider user base it might be
> difficult to find people who would be confident enough in English
> to join a translation team.
>
> However, I thought that if we had problems recruiting translators,
> we could also advertise for proofreaders to join the translation
> teams - people who are not confident enough in English to take
> part in the actual translation, but who could proofread translated
> files in their own language.
>
> As well as taking some of the pressure off the translators - and
> reducing Oliver's workload in having to repeat the submitting of
> corrected files - it would be a nice way for more people to be able
> to take part in the production of Mageia.
>
> What do you think?

Think its a good idea but regarding less populares languages will be a
problem, as for me for example atm i dont have anyone who can
proofread it.


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