[ptg][kolla] Please stop translating Etherpads

Mark Goddard mark at stackhpc.com
Mon Oct 26 08:54:08 UTC 2020


Hi,

Over the weekend, the Kolla Etherpad [1] has had various sections
replaced with (what I think is) a Chinese translation, twice. This
replaces the original English text for everyone. I guess that this is
some browser based translator that does not realise it is modifying
the page content for everyone. The export/import procedure I used to
restore the etherpad loses some formatting, attributions, and may have
lost content if changes were made in between.

Please, we need to find another solution for translation. If you need
to make translations, please copy text to another window, or at least
provide translations for specific text *next to the English*.

If this happens again we will need to move to another tool, such as
Google docs. I would much prefer not to do this, and rather use an
open source tool that is widely accessible, but we do need to be able
to collaborate this week without disruption.

I look forward to working with you this week. I hope this does not
discourage non-native English speakers, of which there is generally a
majority. If I can provide any assistance to make the sessions more
accessible, please get in touch.

Cheers,
Mark

[1] https://etherpad.opendev.org/p/kolla-wallaby-ptg



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