[gcompris-devel] Text for voices

[Chester Cressman]

On 02/24/2011 11:04 AM, F Wolff wrote:
> Hallo everybody
>
> We just started working on the voices for Afrikaans, and it is quite a
> job!  We're excited about the idea to have the voices translated for the
> next release.
>
> We've been listening to the English, looking at the instructions used in
> the game, and comparing with the text on this page:
> http://gcompris.net/wiki/Voices_translation
>
> I'm not sure what we should be doing, since there seems to be big
> differences. There are also differences between existing languages, with
> different directories present. Are incomplete voice sets possible?
> Exactly how does that work?
>
> For the recorded introductions, are the text on the wiki page meant to
> be up to date? Some of them I find hard to understand, and I'm wondering
> if I can just record the translation of the instructions given in the
> game. I just encountered this one, for example:
>
>> You are responsible for the lock, you must help Tux pass the lock.
>> click on the small valves to cause a drop in or to increase the level
>> of water.
Another way to say it would be: "Click on the small valves to raise or 
lower, the water level."
> What does "cause a drop in" mean?
>
> Thank you for any help.
>
> Friedel
>
> ... by the way... is the release still planned for Saturday? Just
> checking if we maybe have extra time :-)
>
>
>
> --
> Recently on my blog:
> http://translate.org.za/blogs/friedel/en/content/better-lies-about-gnome-localisation
>
>
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