Open Stack

On 11/07/2012 11:33 AM, Kevin L. Mitchell wrote:
> On Wed, 2012-11-07 at 23:43 +0800, Ying Chun Guo wrote:
>> First of all, there is an agreement within community that user-facing
>> string should be translated. As to LOG messages, there are arguments
>> but no consensus yet. One argument says the LOG messages are useful
>> for operators/administrators especially in the case of abnormal
>> behavior and is certainly accessible to users and therefore just like
>> all user-facing text, thus LOG messages should be translated. The
>> opposing argument could say that LOG is primarily useful for
>> developers, developers can read English LOG, and LOG in different
>> languages will block the communication between developers and users,
>> thus LOG should not be translated.
 >
> It's also worth pointing out that another argument for log messages
> remaining in English is that it will be easier to search the web for
> those log messages, whereas if they're translated, discussion about them
> may end up being fractured.

I think that assumes that everyone uses the same search engines and user 
forums for their content. I think if you look at China in particular 
this isn't going to be the case. 
http://chineseseoshifu.com/china-search-engine-market-share/

I think the discussions are fractured already, which isn't a bad thing. 
There are user groups cropping up all over the place - 
http://wiki.openstack.org/OpenStackUserGroups and I full well expect 
they'll be having discussions (support and otherwise) in their native 
language, and will probably be the first and best lines of support for 
folks in each locality.

	-Sean

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Sean Dague
IBM Linux Technology Center
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