Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Writing good documentation requires good understanding of the source
> code of the program. While writers documenting free software often
> have that, translators almost never have it. Translated documentation
> is almost always of much lower quality than the real thing
* Ingo Schwarze [2019-10-28 21:00]:
> Salut Jean,
>
> Jean Louis wrote on Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 07:56:21PM +0530:
>
> > If you only refer to group of people who know computing and software,
> > those people anyway speak English and may not need any translations.
>
> Even though i do travel at ti
Salut Jean,
Jean Louis wrote on Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 07:56:21PM +0530:
> If you only refer to group of people who know computing and software,
> those people anyway speak English and may not need any translations.
Even though i do travel at times, you have clearly travelled *much*
more than i do
On 2019-10-28 Ingo Schwarze wrote:
> Note that there is no consensus about this opinion.
> For example, personally, i consider translating documentation
> a waste of time if not outright harmful.
It is a point of view. You could also argue that we live in a
time where the English language is so d
Dear Ingo,
Danke, I agree to most of what you said technically. Just one comment:
* Ingo Schwarze [2019-10-28 19:48]:
> For a program used by a relatively small and technical community
> like groff it makes even less sense than for software used by vast
> crowds of unskilled people. And for a l
Hi,
Jean Louis wrote on Mon, Oct 28, 2019 at 11:12:51AM +0530:
> * Angelo Mattia [2019-10-28 02:04]:
>> I'd like to know if it is possibile translate the entire groff manual
>> in italian obtaining some money for this kind of work.
> It is good idea. You could hire somebody to translate it.
No
* Angelo Mattia [2019-10-28 02:04]:
> Good morning,
> I'd like to know if it is possibile translate the entire groff manual in
> italian obtaining some money for this kind of work.
>
> Angelo Mattia.
It is good idea. You could hire somebody to translate it.
Jean
Good morning,
I'd like to know if it is possibile translate the entire groff manual in
italian obtaining some money for this kind of work.
Angelo Mattia.
