123 - Bulgarian Installation Manual

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123 - Bulgarian Installation Manual

Post by unndomiell » Sat Dec 08, 2007 5:50 pm

Hello, I'm Mira from Bulgaria and I added comment " I claim this task" 2 days ago.
I want to translate the manual in Bulgarian but the status of the task hasn't been changed yet.
I've checked and Bulgarian hasn't been claimed.
Should I proceed with the translation or not?  ???
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Re: 123 -Translate part of the Installation Manual to a non-English Language

Post by AmyStephen » Thu Dec 13, 2007 2:04 am

Mira -

I assume you are unndomiell on Google?  If so, Elin recognized you as the claimant on this task. Please do proceed with your work.
Comment 9 by elin.waring, Yesterday (38 hours ago)

Claimed by  unndomiell,

Please read: http://forum.joomla.org/index.php/topic,239201.0.html
Please let us know if there is something we can do to help with your task. Also, it would be much appreciated it you reported back, every few days, to let us know how you are progressing.

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Re: 123 -Translate part of the Installation Manual to a non-English Language

Post by ivo.apostolov » Thu Dec 13, 2007 8:38 am

If you need some assistance, please let me know.

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Re: 123 -Translate part of the Installation Manual to a non-English Language

Post by unndomiell » Sun Dec 16, 2007 6:00 pm

I'll upload the translation in Monday.

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Re: 123 -Translate part of the Installation Manual to a non-English Language

Post by unndomiell » Mon Dec 17, 2007 11:52 pm

I think I'm done. This is the link for the translated files (html) http://rapidshare.com/files/77304469/bg_html_.rar.html .
Please, chek it and tell me if any changes are needed.

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Re: 123 -Translate part of the Installation Manual to a non-English Language

Post by AmyStephen » Tue Dec 18, 2007 3:55 pm

I PM'd Ivo to notify him you are ready for a review.

Thanks so much for your hard work and contribution to the Joomla! community,
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Re: 123 - Bulgarian Installation Manual

Post by ivo.apostolov » Tue Dec 18, 2007 8:02 pm

Hi Amy and unndomiell,

let me share my points about the translation in Bulgarian.
Overall it can be assessed as good.
Although I have some remarks, which I am not sure that are valid for the GHOP:

1. Screenshots are not changed, therefore the installation screenshots are in English. While a Bulgarian user would most probably consider choosing the Bulgarian as an installation language. This leads to that some phrases (mainly buttons) are left untranslated.
2. The translation style used is not the best one and significantly differs from the current translation of Joomla! in Bulgarian. Especially when we talk about transcripting English words, when there is a Bulgarian equivalent. (i.e. account is not translated but transliterated - see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transliteration )
3. Some words/phrases are translated directly, which makes them hard to understand in Bulgarian. Re-wording would be a better option.

As I said, I am not 100% sure what part of that is covered and has something to do with the GHOP. The overall impression is good.

Hope that I was helpfull.

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Re: 123 - Bulgarian Installation Manual

Post by mcsmom » Fri Dec 21, 2007 8:02 pm

Hi,

In terms of screen shots, we have that as an extra credit piece. It would certainly be great to have them in Bulgarian.

In terms of style, I think this is worth looking and maybe you can give unndomiell some specific comments or point to documents that might be helpful.

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Re: 123 - Bulgarian Installation Manual

Post by AmyStephen » Fri Dec 28, 2007 6:05 am

Mira -

You can make adjustments, with Ivo's comments in mind, or submit your work on your Google task page, as is.

Please let us know your plans. Thank you very much for your contributions to the Joomla! community.

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