Sergey Poznyakoff wrote on 2006-02-25: > They should all go through TP, certainly. Apart from the reasons, listed > by Jim, there are two more: > > - TP checks that the translator fills assignment papers, which is > especially important for GNU programs. > - Other translators from the submitter's team have a chance to revise > his work and help him.
One more reason: - Avoid duplicated work by translators. For example, a few years ago, I was dumb enough to accept a Japanese translation for gettext directly, and a year later or so, another translator, this time in the Japanese translation team, did the same work again. This was frustrating for all sides. Bruno