From kde-i18n-doc  Wed Apr 03 23:08:41 2024
From: Albert Astals Cid <aacid () kde ! org>
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2024 23:08:41 +0000
To: kde-i18n-doc
Subject: Re: Persian Translation
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El dimecres, 3 d=E2=80=99abril del 2024, a les 21:47:23 (CEST), Mohi Mirdam=
adi va=20
escriure:
> Hello dear Albert and Sohrab
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> I want to add that Sohrab is gonna be the new translator for the Persian
> l10n team. He seems to be a young and motivated person and I hope we can
> make the team grow and be effective.
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> As the process of adding him might take a while, I will review and commit
> his translations so that they could be used and counted.

I think that would be the optimal solution at this point, you commit his wo=
rk=20
for a couple of months and then he can ask for commit access again and cite=
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you as person that vouches for him doing good work.

Does that work for you both?

Cheers,
  Albert

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> So happy to have you on board. Hope the things go smoothly and constantly.
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> Regards
> ~mohi
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> =E2=80=AB=E2=80=AASohrab Behdani=E2=80=AC=E2=80=8F <=E2=80=AAbehdanisohra=
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> > thanks for your answer,
> >=20
> > im subscribed to the mailing list.
> >=20
> >=20
> > im new to translation and i haven't seen or heard of mr. ali moeini
> > anywhere inside the community.
> >=20
> >=20
> >=20
> > i had translated dolphin, okular, plasma-welcome and the system settings
> > but i dont have access to commit them.
> >=20
> >=20
> > and currently im working on kwin and plasma-mobile shell.
> >=20
> > -------- Original Message --------
> >=20
> > On 4/3/24 2:56 AM, Albert Astals Cid <aacid@kde.org> wrote:
> > >  El dimarts, 2 d=E2=80=99abril del 2024, a les 21:29:11 (CEST), Sohra=
b Behdani
> > >  va
> > > =20
> > >  escriure:
> > >  > Hi,
> > > =20
> > >  Hello,
> > > =20
> > >  Please subscribe to the mailing list.
> > > =20
> > >  > i reached before for Persian translation and i was told to message
> > >  > the
> > >  > Persian team mailing list which is no longer responses to messages.
> >=20
> > as far
> >=20
> > >  > as i can see in PO files, the Persian translation is from KDE 4 and
> >=20
> > never
> >=20
> > >  > been updated since.
> > >  > i grabbed the PO files from the svn repository and had translated
> > >  > some
> > > =20
> > >  applications and i reached the old Persian team leader to get
> >=20
> > permission for
> >=20
> > >  uploading PO files. when he wanted to add me inside the l10n.kde.org
> >=20
> > as new
> >=20
> > >  Persian team leader with sohrabbehdani username, this was shown to h=
im:
> > >  > > ErrorUnable to create this user. Please verify that this username
> >=20
> > already
> >=20
> > >  > > exists.
> > >  >=20
> > >  > i have an account inside KDE identity with that username, so i ask=
ed
> >=20
> > inside
> >=20
> > >  > the l10n matrix room and i was told that the l10n webpage cannot
> >=20
> > manage
> >=20
> > >  > users anymore and i should ask for a developer account inside KDE
> >=20
> > identity
> >=20
> > >  > which as a translator i`m not qualified for any of those requireme=
nts
> > >  > listed there.
> > >  >=20
> > >  > the documentation for translation said that i should use the l10n =
web
> >=20
> > page
> >=20
> > >  > for submitting my translation files.
> > > =20
> > >  As discussed on Matrix/IRC, no, the documentation doesn't say that or
> >=20
> > at least
> >=20
> > >  when I said it doesn't say you didn't disagree so I guess i convinced
> >=20
> > you
> >=20
> > >  > i`m now confused and don`t know what to do next.
> > > =20
> > >  You need to be patient and communicate more clearly.
> > > =20
> > >  On IRC/Matrix you said "im the only one that is translating back to
> >=20
> > persian
> >=20
> > >  again" which made it seem like you had already done translations for
> >=20
> > KDE in
> >=20
> > >  the past, which as far as I can see it's not the case.
> > > =20
> > >  So let me try to see if I understand the scenario, please correct me=
 if
> >=20
> > i am
> >=20
> > >  wrong.
> > > =20
> > >   * There is no translation that you made that currently resides in K=
DE
> >=20
> > source
> >=20
> > >  code
> > > =20
> > >   * You want to collaborate to KDE translations
> > >   * There is no one translating to Persian at this point, this is may=
be
> >=20
> > not
> >=20
> > >  100% correct, Ali Moeini did translations back in October, I'm CC'ing
> >=20
> > him to
> >=20
> > >  see if he's still around
> > > =20
> > >   * You want to commit new translations to KDE that you have already
> >=20
> > done.
> >=20
> > >  Which files have you translated?
> > > =20
> > >  Please subscribe to the mailing list.
> > > =20
> > >  Cheers,
> > > =20
> > >    Albert
> > >   =20
> > >  > any help would be appreciated
> > >  >=20
> > >  >=20
> > >  >=20
> > >  > Thanks
> > >  > Sohrab Behdani