[wp-polyglots] Using Launchpad for translation

[Nikolay Bachiyski]

2008/1/14, Jeroen Vermeulen <jtv at canonical.com>:
> Hello,

Hello Jeroen,

> ...
>
> The problem is this: Wordpress is registered as a project on Launchpad,
> and some people use it for translating Wordpress.  But nobody is in
> charge, and nobody knows which language teams use it.  So people try to
> help translate Wordpress to some language in Launchpad, and discover
> that nobody is using their work.  Other people register their own
> versions of the Wordpress project just to translate one version to one
> language, and nobody knows which is the "real" Wordpress.
>
> Here's how we can solve it: we set up a translation group for Wordpress
> in Launchpad.  The group consists of one team per language, and only
> members of these teams get permission to edit the translations.  Each
> team can have its own owner and manage itself, but our volunteer would
> be in charge of the translation group as a whole.  That means talking to
> Wordpress translation teams that want to use Launchpad, and making them
> members of the translation group.
>
> Who's willing to take on that role?  There'd be other things to do as
> well: registering each new major Wordpress release in Launchpad, and
> uploading the latest templates so people can translate them.  But the
> main thing is that somebody should be in charge of the Wordpress project
> on Launchpad.

I can take care, Jerone.

Also I have a few questions for you:

Is it a problem for you if Launchpad isn't the exclusive way of
translating WordPress? We have a large translators community and we
want to give them the freedom to use whatever tools they want.

Can we automate the process of synchronizing the pot file with your system?

Happy translating,
Nikolay.