[OLPC New Zealand] Maori Localization

[Chris Leonard]

I think this is where I got the list from, maybe the online vetrsion should
be checked to see if there are new names.

http://www.tetaurawhiri.govt.nz/english/registry_e/registry1.shtml


On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 2:05 PM, Nevyn <nevynh at gmail.com> wrote:

> There's the NetHui on this coming week in NZ and there's a specific "Mā<http://nethui.org.nz/programme/maori-meetup>ori
> meetup" stream going on. Perhaps that would be a place to promote the idea
> if someone is going?
>
> On 7 July 2013 05:54, Chris Leonard <cjlhomeaddress at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> As a number of the issues noted by the NZ testing crew have to do with a
>> need for additional (or improved) Maori translation, I was wondering if
>> there was anyone in NZ or OZ that feels like helping to recruit Maori L10n
>> volunteers?
>>
>> We have plenty of work for them:
>> http://translate.sugarlabs.org/mi/
>>
>> I understand that Barry had gone out-of-pocket for the L10n we currently
>> have, but in the end of the day, we really need to build a sustainable and
>> active Maori L10n team of volunteers to keep the strings current and
>> address issues as they arise.
>>
>> I simply can't do this on my own, but if someone is brave enough to
>> cold-contact Maori translators and try to recruit them to volunteer, I have
>> attached a list of certified Maori translators that I found on a website a
>> while back.
>>
>> I don't want to step on OLPC-AU's toes or interfere with any efforts they
>> might have underway, and I know it is not easy to get people to give away
>> something they get paid to do (translate), but there has to be a chance
>> that someone on the attached list will embrace what OLPC is trying to do in
>> Maori and be willing to donate some of their precious time and skill.  It
>> is a matter of developing a compelling story in the request for their help
>> and actually asking them.
>>
>> If any localizers are recruited, they will need to contact me (
>> cjl at sugarlabs.org or cjl at laptop.org) with a preferred username so I can
>> set up an account on Pootle for the m.  We used to have self-service
>> sign-on, but some nasty forum spamming robots had started creating and
>> activating accounts, so we had to revert to manual registration to protect
>> our precious translations.
>>
>> Is there anyone willing to step up to make the ask (assuming OLPC-OZ
>> doesn't say no)?
>>
>> cjl
>> Sugar Labs Translation Team coordinator
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Nevyn
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