On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 9:51 PM, Tomáš Ehrlich <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Tim, > I'm aware that it's possible to translate Django documentation. I also > know that it's translated to french only. > > My question is one step behind: Does it makes sense to translate Django > documentation and (more important) keep it updated? Would anyone use it? Is > English language the common tongue for programmers? Why is Django docs > translated to one language only? There isn't enough translators or users > just don't find it useful? > > I asked the same question in Czech django user group and most of them > agreed that it doesn't make sense to translate whole Django documentation. > It would make sense to translate materials for beginners, like tutorials, > django book, etc. > > So, at the moment, I don't care about the *tool* or *process*. I'm trying > to figure it out if there is some kind of motivation to do this stuff. > You're going to be in a much better position to judge this that we will. You're in the middle of a Czech language community; if you were to spend a week of volunteer time translating the tutorial, do you think it would help enough people in that community to make the exercise worthwhile? Ironically, the one place you're *not* going to get a good answer is this mailing list - because the audience for your translation aren't going to be able to read it. >From the perspective of a native English speakers, it makes sense to me that people would want to have translations in their native languages. What I don't know is how many Czech speakers speak English well enough that translating the tutorial wouldn't yield any real benefit. My usual experience of non-English speaking Europeans is that they speak better English than I do :-) - but I don't know if that's just selection bias, and I'm not talking to the ones that don't speak English. So - it really comes down to how you want to spend your efforts, and your understanding of the needs of your language community. Yours, Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAJxq84-icQyugkaCVB6oC7xEWfPKR3Ac8%2BSfeMEHBuZA_p4V7w%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
