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Contributing Writer: [[RunaBhattacharjee|Runa Bhattacharjee]]
Contributing Writer: [[RunaBhattacharjee|Runa Bhattacharjee]]


=== FTP Meeting to be held on 4th November 2008 ===
=== FLP Meeting held on 4th November 2008===


FLSCo member [[NorikoMizumoto|Noriko Mizumoto]] announced the next meeting of the Fedora Translation Project to be held on the 4th of November 2008[1]. The time for the meeting is yet to be determined, with 1900 UTC and 2000 UTC being the two probable candidates. The meeting and agenda is open for all[2].
The fortnightly meeting of the Fedora Translation Project was held on 4th November 2008 at 1900 UTC[1]. The important points of discussion were centered around the Fedora Release Notes and Installation Guide Translation for F10, approval of members into the cvsl10n group, FLSCo elections etc[2].
[[KarstenWade]] also suggested about introducing a level of completeness for the Fedora Release Notes that would allow individual teams some amount of flexibility while translating them.


[1] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-October/msg00215.html
[[DimitrisGlezos]] announced that the cvsl10n group has grown to 450 members last week.


[2] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/Meetings
[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/Meetings#Next_Meeting:_Tuesday.2C_4_november_2008_19:00_or_20:00_UTC.3F


=== Package Rebuild requested by FTP ===
[2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00016.html


[[DimitrisGlezos|Dimitris Glezos]] has requested the maintainers of the Fedora packages that were translated for Fedora 10 to rebuild them[3]. This would ensure that the translations submitted by the Fedora Translation Project members are included for all these packages.
=== FLSCo Elections to be held in December 2008 ===


[3] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-October/msg00209.html
The Fedora Translation Project is gearing up for the next Fedora Localization Steering Committee (FLSCo) elections[3] to be held in December 2008. In these elections three new members would be elected to replace the bottom three seats from the last elections[4]. These seats are currently held by [[MarekMahut]] (Slovak Team), [[FabianAffolter]] (German Team) and [[PiotrDrag]] (Polish Team).


=== TQSG repository set to be moved ===
[3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/SteeringCommittee/Elections


[[FabianAffolter|Fabian Affolter]] has initiated discussions to move the the Translation Quick Start Guide (TQSG) to fedorahosted[4]. The move has been endorsed by [[PaulFrields|Paul Frields]] on behalf of the Fedora Documentation team, subject to confirmation by FLSCo about the move and the ownership of the document[5]. The final decision, particularly about the VCS to be used, is pending at the moment.
[4] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-April/msg00208.html


[4] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-October/msg00203.html
=== cvsl0n approval process ===


[5] https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-October/msg00222.html
The current process of approving new members into the cvsl10n process is currently being discussed for enhancement[5]. Due to some recent problems related to submission of translations by unknown translators[6] and other problems related to translation submission, the request for a review of this process was raised again in the FLP meeting last week.


=== Dimitris Glezos nominated for the Fedora Board ===


FLSCo Leader [[DimitrisGlezos|Dimitris Glezos]] has been nominated[6] by [[MaxSpevack|Max Spevack]] as one of the candidates for the upcoming Fedora Board elections to be held in December 2008. These elections would be held to elect two new members for the Fedora Board.
[5] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00017.html


[6] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Board/Elections/Nominations#Dimitris_Glezos_.28glezos.29
[6] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00030.html


=== Diego Zacarao interviewed ===


Fedora Translation project member [[DiegoZacarao|Diego Zacarao]] (Rasther) was recently interviewed about his contributions to Transifex and Fedora Translation Project [7].(The Original version in Brazilian Portuguese[8].)
=== Request for frequent updates of the Status page ===


[7] http://tinyurl.com/6kndvw
A new ticket[7] was filed by [[RunaBhattacharjee]] requesting to increase the frequency of updates of the Translation Status page[8] as translators rely heavily on these status pages while coordinating the translation work requirements.


[8] http://vladimirmelo.wordpress.com/2008/10/31/entrevista-com-diego-zacarao-sobre-o-transifex
[7] https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/963
 
[8] http://translate.fedoraproject.org
 
 
=== F10 Docs and Translation Schedule update ===
 
As part of the ongoing schedule finalization process for the Fedora Docs and Translation Project, [[JohnPoelstra]] has built a special report combining the Docs and Translation tasks into one schedule[9][10]. Further discussions are expected to continue as part of preparation for the F11 schedule.
 
 
[9] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00048.html
[10]  http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-10/f-10-docs-and-trans-tasks.html
 
=== F10 Docs Translation Update ===
 
The Release Notes package (release-notes, readme, readme-burning-isos, about-fedora, readme-live-image) translation deadline for F10 GA is unchanged at 13th November 2008[11]. In case of non-completion of the translations until that date, translations can be done until 21st November 2008 for the web version of the F10 Release Notes[12].
 
20 November 2008 is the deadline for translations of the Installation Guide[11].
 
[11] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00013.html
 
[12] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00044.html

Revision as of 04:45, 10 November 2008

Translation

This section covers the news surrounding the Fedora Translation (L10n) Project.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N

Contributing Writer: Runa Bhattacharjee

FLP Meeting held on 4th November 2008

The fortnightly meeting of the Fedora Translation Project was held on 4th November 2008 at 1900 UTC[1]. The important points of discussion were centered around the Fedora Release Notes and Installation Guide Translation for F10, approval of members into the cvsl10n group, FLSCo elections etc[2].

KarstenWade also suggested about introducing a level of completeness for the Fedora Release Notes that would allow individual teams some amount of flexibility while translating them.

DimitrisGlezos announced that the cvsl10n group has grown to 450 members last week.

[1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/Meetings#Next_Meeting:_Tuesday.2C_4_november_2008_19:00_or_20:00_UTC.3F

[2] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00016.html

FLSCo Elections to be held in December 2008

The Fedora Translation Project is gearing up for the next Fedora Localization Steering Committee (FLSCo) elections[3] to be held in December 2008. In these elections three new members would be elected to replace the bottom three seats from the last elections[4]. These seats are currently held by MarekMahut (Slovak Team), FabianAffolter (German Team) and PiotrDrag (Polish Team).

[3] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/L10N/SteeringCommittee/Elections

[4] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-April/msg00208.html

cvsl0n approval process

The current process of approving new members into the cvsl10n process is currently being discussed for enhancement[5]. Due to some recent problems related to submission of translations by unknown translators[6] and other problems related to translation submission, the request for a review of this process was raised again in the FLP meeting last week.


[5] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00017.html

[6] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00030.html


Request for frequent updates of the Status page

A new ticket[7] was filed by RunaBhattacharjee requesting to increase the frequency of updates of the Translation Status page[8] as translators rely heavily on these status pages while coordinating the translation work requirements.

[7] https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-infrastructure/ticket/963

[8] http://translate.fedoraproject.org


F10 Docs and Translation Schedule update

As part of the ongoing schedule finalization process for the Fedora Docs and Translation Project, JohnPoelstra has built a special report combining the Docs and Translation tasks into one schedule[9][10]. Further discussions are expected to continue as part of preparation for the F11 schedule.


[9] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00048.html [10] http://poelstra.fedorapeople.org/schedules/f-10/f-10-docs-and-trans-tasks.html

F10 Docs Translation Update

The Release Notes package (release-notes, readme, readme-burning-isos, about-fedora, readme-live-image) translation deadline for F10 GA is unchanged at 13th November 2008[11]. In case of non-completion of the translations until that date, translations can be done until 21st November 2008 for the web version of the F10 Release Notes[12].

20 November 2008 is the deadline for translations of the Installation Guide[11].

[11] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00013.html

[12] http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-trans-list/2008-November/msg00044.html

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