[openstack-dev] [i18n] Edge and Containers whitepapers ready for translation
Frank Kloeker
eumel at arcor.de
Mon Jul 30 07:15:50 UTC 2018
Hi Jimmy,
Korean and German version are now done on the new format. Can you check
publishing?
thx
Frank
Am 2018-07-19 16:47, schrieb Jimmy McArthur:
> Hi all -
>
> Follow up on the Edge paper specifically:
> https://translate.openstack.org/iteration/view/edge-computing/pot-translation/documents?dswid=-3192
>
> This is now available. As I mentioned on IRC this morning, it should
> be VERY close to the PDF. Probably just needs a quick review.
>
> Let me know if I can assist with anything.
>
> Thank you to i18n team for all of your help!!!
>
> Cheers,
> Jimmy
>
> Jimmy McArthur wrote:
>> Ian raises some great points :) I'll try to address below...
>>
>> Ian Y. Choi wrote:
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> When I saw overall translation source strings on container
>>> whitepaper, I would infer that new edge computing whitepaper
>>> source strings would include HTML markup tags.
>> One of the things I discussed with Ian and Frank in Vancouver is the
>> expense of recreating PDFs with new translations. It's prohibitively
>> expensive for the Foundation as it requires design resources which we
>> just don't have. As a result, we created the Containers whitepaper in
>> HTML, so that it could be easily updated w/o working with outside
>> design contractors. I indicated that we would also be moving the Edge
>> paper to HTML so that we could prevent that additional design resource
>> cost.
>>> On the other hand, the source strings of edge computing whitepaper
>>> which I18n team previously translated do not include HTML markup
>>> tags, since the source strings are based on just text format.
>> The version that Akihiro put together was based on the Edge PDF, which
>> we unfortunately didn't have the resources to implement in the same
>> format.
>>>
>>> I really appreciate Akihiro's work on RST-based support on publishing
>>> translated edge computing whitepapers, since
>>> translators do not have to re-translate all the strings.
>> I would like to second this. It took a lot of initiative to work on
>> the RST-based translation. At the moment, it's just not usable for
>> the reasons mentioned above.
>>> On the other hand, it seems that I18n team needs to investigate on
>>> translating similar strings of HTML-based edge computing whitepaper
>>> source strings, which would discourage translators.
>> Can you expand on this? I'm not entirely clear on why the HTML based
>> translation is more difficult.
>>>
>>> That's my point of view on translating edge computing whitepaper.
>>>
>>> For translating container whitepaper, I want to further ask the
>>> followings since *I18n-based tools*
>>> would mean for translators that translators can test and publish
>>> translated whitepapers locally:
>>>
>>> - How to build translated container whitepaper using original
>>> Silverstripe-based repository?
>>> https://docs.openstack.org/i18n/latest/tools.html describes well
>>> how to build translated artifacts for RST-based OpenStack
>>> repositories
>>> but I could not find the way how to build translated container
>>> whitepaper with translated resources on Zanata.
>> This is a little tricky. It's possible to set up a local version of
>> the OpenStack website
>> (https://github.com/OpenStackweb/openstack-org/blob/master/installation.md).
>> However, we have to manually ingest the po files as they are
>> completed and then push them out to production, so that wouldn't do
>> much to help with your local build. I'm open to suggestions on how we
>> can make this process easier for the i18n team.
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Jimmy
>>>
>>>
>>> With many thanks,
>>>
>>> /Ian
>>>
>>> Jimmy McArthur wrote on 7/17/2018 11:01 PM:
>>>> Frank,
>>>>
>>>> I'm sorry to hear about the displeasure around the Edge paper. As
>>>> mentioned in a prior thread, the RST format that Akihiro worked did
>>>> not work with the Zanata process that we have been using with our
>>>> CMS. Additionally, the existing EDGE page is a PDF, so we had to
>>>> build a new template to work with the new HTML whitepaper layout we
>>>> created for the Containers paper. I outlined this in the thread "
>>>> [OpenStack-I18n] [Edge-computing] [Openstack-sigs] Edge Computing
>>>> Whitepaper Translation" on 6/25/18 and mentioned we would be ready
>>>> with the template around 7/13.
>>>>
>>>> We completed the work on the new whitepaper template and then put
>>>> out the pot files on Zanata so we can get the po language files
>>>> back. If this process is too cumbersome for the translation team,
>>>> I'm open to discussion, but right now our entire translation process
>>>> is based on the official OpenStack Docs translation process outlined
>>>> by the i18n team:
>>>> https://docs.openstack.org/i18n/latest/en_GB/tools.html
>>>>
>>>> Again, I realize Akihiro put in some work on his own proposing the
>>>> new translation type. If the i18n team is moving to this format
>>>> instead, we can work on redoing our process.
>>>>
>>>> Please let me know if I can clarify further.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jimmy
>>>>
>>>> Frank Kloeker wrote:
>>>>> Hi Jimmy,
>>>>>
>>>>> permission was added for you and Sebastian. The Container
>>>>> Whitepaper is on the Zanata frontpage now. But we removed Edge
>>>>> Computing whitepaper last week because there is a kind of
>>>>> displeasure in the team since the results of translation are still
>>>>> not published beside Chinese version. It would be nice if we have a
>>>>> commitment from the Foundation that results are published in a
>>>>> specific timeframe. This includes your requirements until the
>>>>> translation should be available.
>>>>>
>>>>> thx Frank
>>>>>
>>>>> Am 2018-07-16 17:26, schrieb Jimmy McArthur:
>>>>>> Sorry, I should have also added... we additionally need
>>>>>> permissions so
>>>>>> that we can add the a new version of the pot file to this project:
>>>>>> https://translate.openstack.org/project/view/edge-computing/versions?dswid=-7835
>>>>>> Thanks!
>>>>>> Jimmy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Jimmy McArthur wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi all -
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have both of the current whitepapers up and available for
>>>>>>> translation. Can we promote these on the Zanata homepage?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> https://translate.openstack.org/project/view/leveraging-containers-openstack?dswid=5684
>>>>>>> https://translate.openstack.org/iteration/view/edge-computing/master/documents?dswid=5684
>>>>>>> Thanks all!
>>>>>>> Jimmy
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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