[Localization] ¿How many people is needed to start a translation team ?

[Janet Melchor]

Thank you Edward for the feedback. I'll review the links in detail.I'm excited to know about the tutorial. Please keep us informed We'll love to see your work.
Regards,
Janet Melchor

> Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:46:24 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Localization]  ¿How many people is needed to start a translation team ?
> From: mokurai at earthtreasury.org
> To: jenny_pue_mex at hotmail.com
> CC: localization at lists.laptop.org
> 
> On Thu, July 21, 2011 5:14 pm, Janet Melchor wrote:
> >
> > I'm guessing we need at least one language specialist and a programmer for
> > making a translation work
> 
> I believe that the correct answer is one person competent in both
> languages (not necessarily a specialist), in computing, and in
> understanding children; and one Pootle administrator, who can be the same
> person. It is not necessary to have a programmer for localization, only
> for internationalizing new software in preparation for localization. Here
> is more detail.
> 
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Localization#Getting_started
> 
> See also
> 
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Sugar_Labs/Getting_Involved#Translator
> 
> http://translate.sugarlabs.org/ includes Etoys
> 
> http://translate.flossmanuals.net/
> 
> > in Tenek language from San Luis Potosi State
> > that is located at center of Mexico.
> 
> I am pleased to see that Tenek, or Teenek or Huastec, is a Mayan language
> with something like 150,000 speakers. Please let your Teenek-speaking
> colleagues know that I am working on a tutorial in visual numerals,
> including Mayan numerals and the Long Count calendar. In part I make the
> point that Mayan civilization was one of only two to invent positional
> numerals with a 0 (the other also not being European), and that the Mayan
> calendar was and remained until quite recently far more precise than the
> Gregorian calendar or its predecessor the Julian calendar. Another
> important point is that Mayan numerals are much easier for children to
> learn than Hindu/Arabic/European numerals, the other system with a 0.
> 
> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Activities/TurtleArt/Tutorials/Numerals
> 
> > Please I need this information to call a local team.
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> 
> 
> -- 
> Edward Mokurai
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> ج) Cherlin
> Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation.
> The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination.
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