From kde-i18n-doc  Mon Jul 10 21:50:44 2006
From: Albert Astals Cid <aacid () kde ! org>
Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2006 21:50:44 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: Rosetta for Edgy and KDE [Was: Rosetta for Kubuntu Dapper and KDE]
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A Dilluns 10 Juliol 2006 23:07, Jure Repinc va escriure:
> Jonathan Riddell wrote:
> > On Mon, Jul 10, 2006 at 08:17:09PM +0000, Youssef Chahibi wrote:
> >> On Monday 10 July 2006 19:14, IIP wrote:
> >>> I am sure most translation teams
> >>> would wellcome new volunteers.
> >>
> >> This is indeed true, moreover easy involvement in translations results
> >> in bad translations.
> >
> > These two e-mails seem quite contradictory to me.
> >
> > Jonathan
>
> I see it this way. It is not good that a single translator on their own
> can submit translations too easily without any control and revision from
> long time translators and coordinators working on KDE translations.
>
> But yes those who wish to start translation should easily find the
> official team that is working on the translation for KDE. And the entry
> in the menu could be the link to official translator team which would
> instruct the volunteer how to do the translation with high quality and
> where and how to submit it.
>
> I think it is not good to separate the translators away from official
> teams and send them to a separate site doing separate translation.
>
> So basically the thing is the official teams need more translators but
> it would not be that great to have translators that are working alone
> (bypassing the official team) and the potential for bad translations is
> high.

All translators agree on that, it is just that Ubuntu people either:
a) are not translators and do not understand it
b) are obfuscated by the "Ubuntu rules" phenomenon
c) want to make translations worse

So if i was not clear, YES we want more translators, NO we don't like how 
rosetta works at the moment.

Albert