[WG: I18N & L10N] How long does it take to translate Sakai CLE

[JOSE MARIANO LUJáN GONZáLEZ]

Hi Neal,

Here is a detailed summary of the translations for trunk, 2.9 and 2.8 
http://qa1-nl.sakaiproject.org/international/

Very useful information,
cheers!
Mariano


El 26/06/2013 13:49, Neal Caidin escribió:
> Cool! Does your program have, or is there a reasonable way, to 
> identify all the files which need translating in Sakai? Or does one 
> have to pass the properties files for translating one-by-one?
>
> Might be a dumb question, I realize, but just curious.
>
> Cheers,
> Neal
>
> On Jun 26, 2013, at 7:30 AM, Steve Swinsburg 
> <steve.swinsburg at gmail.com <mailto:steve.swinsburg at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>> I wrote a little utility that automatically translates a properties 
>> file into various languages.
>>
>> https://github.com/steveswinsburg/auto-i18n
>>
>> It's been neglected for a while and I think the API it uses has been 
>> deprecated (oops) but it could easily be cleaned up. This would give 
>> a legup to anyone starting on translations. I realise that no amount 
>> of automation can replace a native speaker, but at least you don't 
>> need to start from zero.
>>
>> I am surprised it takes 6 months of time. That signals to me that we 
>> need a far better i18n strategy. Centralised properties files, 
>> reducing the number of duplicates, whatever it takes. A few months of 
>> code to save hundreds of thousands of dollars/euros/pounds/yen is a 
>> wise investment IMO.
>>
>> cheers,
>> Steve
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 9:15 PM, Diego del Blanco Orobitg 
>> <diego.delblanco.sakai at gmail.com 
>> <mailto:diego.delblanco.sakai at gmail.com>> wrote:
>>
>>     As a first stimation, without enter in real measurement we
>>     calculated some time ago about three months, 2 people working on
>>     it. Translating and obviously testing the sense of the
>>     translations and the correct behaviour of each screen.  For sakai
>>     real trained people that knows code and functionality maybe a
>>     little less.
>>
>>     Diego del Blanco
>>
>>     El 26/06/2013 12:17, "Jean-Francois Leveque"
>>     <jean-francois.leveque at upmc.fr
>>     <mailto:jean-francois.leveque at upmc.fr>> escribió:
>>
>>         Hi fellow translators,
>>
>>         While I've been involved in translating, I haven't been
>>         involved in
>>         measuring the amount of effort of the group doing the French
>>         translation.
>>
>>         Do you have numbers that could help potential translators who
>>         want to
>>         plan a translation?
>>
>>         Cheers,
>>
>>         Jean-François
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