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| ==== Why translating? | ==== Why translating? | ||
| - | We tend to neglect the importance of the translation projects, thinking that the majority of our users speaks the English language well and does not need any documents in other languages. It is not really true, though. Expert users tend to speak English well, but nowadays the UNIX-like systems are not limited to expensive servers and workstations because they can serve as a cheap and efficient replacement for the commercial desktop operating systems, too. %%FreeBSD%% also aims to be a multi-purpose operating system and its derived projects, | + | We tend to neglect the importance of the translation projects, thinking that the majority of our users speaks the English language well and does not need any documents in other languages. It is not really true, though. Expert users tend to speak English well, but nowadays the UNIX-like systems are not limited to expensive servers and workstations because they can serve as a cheap and efficient replacement for the commercial desktop operating systems, too. %%FreeBSD%% also aims to be a multi-purpose operating system and its derived projects, |
| ==== What I get if I translate? ==== | ==== What I get if I translate? ==== | ||
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| ==== How to start out? ==== | ==== How to start out? ==== | ||
| - | If there is an existing documentation project for your language, refer to the appropriate link below for the details about joining. If there' | + | |
| + | If there is an existing documentation project for your language, refer to the appropriate link below for the details about joining. If there' | ||
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| + | Also, it's worth noting that < | ||
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| + | === Resources === | ||
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| + | * [[https:// | ||
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| ==== General Advice for Translators ==== | ==== General Advice for Translators ==== | ||
| * Use a unified comment in each source file to identify the original English revision from which you have made the translation. This will help you later identify the changed parts between the translated revision and the actual English revision. All you will have to do is to make a diff between the two relevant revisions of the English file and check what has been changed. | * Use a unified comment in each source file to identify the original English revision from which you have made the translation. This will help you later identify the changed parts between the translated revision and the actual English revision. All you will have to do is to make a diff between the two relevant revisions of the English file and check what has been changed. | ||
| * Each translator team should maintaining the publicity by adding general information here below on its page and maintaining up to date TODO list and instructions for new volunteers about joining. | * Each translator team should maintaining the publicity by adding general information here below on its page and maintaining up to date TODO list and instructions for new volunteers about joining. | ||
| - | * Each team should send quarterly status report to monthly@%%FreeBSD%%.org , when the status reports are announced. This also gives publicity to the project and helps to the wannabe translators hear about the existence of the translating effort. | ||
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| - | ==== Perforce Repository for Translation Projects ==== | ||
| - | If your team does not have an external repository, the %%FreeBSD%% Perforce repository might be a nice choice due to its easy and low-cost branching. Committers can make their accounts themselves. Non-committer contributors can get an account through a committer' | ||
| ==== The Projects ==== | ==== The Projects ==== | ||
| - | * [[/BrazilianPortugueseDocumentationProject|BrazilianPortugueseDocumentationProject]] | + | * [[Doc/Translation/ |
| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
| - | * [[http://www.freebsd.org/ | + | * [[Doc/Translation/SimplifiedChinese|SimplifiedChinese]] |
| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
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| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
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| - | * [[/GreekDocumentationProject|GreekDocumentationProject]] | + | * [[Doc/Translation/ |
| - | * [[/HungarianDocumentationProject|HungarianDocumentationProject]] | + | * [[Doc/ |
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| - | * [[/SpanishDocumentationProject|SpanishDocumentationProject]] | + | * [[Doc/Translation/ |
| * [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
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| - | {{tag>Stale}} | + | {{tag>HowTo Docs Contributing}} |