On Sat, 8 Aug 2015 13:37:00 +0200 Dave Barton <[email protected]> wrote:
> -------- Original Message -------- > From: Hazel Russman > Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 11:50:56 +0100 > > > On Fri, 07 Aug 2015 16:13:23 -0400 > > elderdanlewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> If you want others to review your work, should we upload this > >> material to a new "Base Handbook 5" folder on the ODF Authors > >> website and process this through the the normal review/edit > >> procedure there? > >> > >> As a matter of general interest, is there any kind of review/edit > >> process used in the production of the German edition of this > >> handbook, or is this something you work on alone? My reason for > >> asking is to see if there is a way to refine the ODF Authors > >> review process to make it easier for new contributors to follow. > >> Milos Sramek did not get any feedback when he raised this issue > >> some time ago, but I believe it is something we need to give some > >> consideration. > >> > >> BTW I will not start laughing a your translations until my > >> knowledge of German is better than your knowledge of English. > >> Which means you will not hear a single giggle from me for a very > >> very long time. ;) > >> > >> Thanks & Regards > >> > >> Dave > >> > >> I have downloaded chapter 1 to review it. There is a method for > >> doing this. Right now I don't remember where this information is. > >> I will send it to you by tomorrow morning. As soon as I can get > >> the review done, I will upload it to the Base Handbook folder. > >> That is when you can give it an review. I will tell you when I > >> finish. Meanwhile, I noticed one thing that needs to be done > >> before anything else: converted to the 5.0 template. I will be > >> doing this later today. > >> > >> Dan > > > > I'd like to do my bit but I don't want to accidentally duplicate > > someone else's work. If someone could assign me specific chapters to > > work on, that would be best for me. Correcting "English as she is > > spoken" is one of the things I enjoy doing. > > Hello Hazel, > > Great to see you posting here again. > > Maybe I got it wrong in an earlier post, where I suggested that you > understood German. I may have got the idea from seeing your name > against reviews of previous revisions of the handbook, where you > applied your grammatical skills to the English translations. > > If it is acceptable to others here, I am willing to coordinate the > compilation of the Base Handbook - English Edition and try to avoid > duplicated work. > > Dan is currently reviewing Robert's translation of Chapter 1 and based > on the tone of his previous post, is keen to upload this for further > review. Since nobody else has come forward yet, please work on Dan's > review when it becomes available. > > Thanks & Regards > Dave > > > Oh I know quite a lot of German! My parents were both native German speakers. In fact I was the one who translated most of Robert's earler Base Handbook. -- H Russman -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
