[Kde-i18n-fa] Review process

[Arash Zeini]

On Thursday 15 May 2003 02:10, Aryan Ameri wrote:

> On Wednesday 14 May 2003 13:50, Arash Zeini wrote:
> > On Wednesday 14 May 2003 03:02, Zoup wrote:
> > > > Arash, Can I review translation of KWord, after I finish kate?
> > > > (which has taken me more than it should have).
> >
> > KWord is yours for review.
> >
> > > I can take care of Kspread , if no one still take it .
> >
> > If you are talking about the review, yes, KSpread is yours.
> >
> > But let us first find a way how we can optimize the review process.
> > Don't just jump in please.
> >
> > The topic is on for discussion and suggestions!
>
> What's in your mind?

I would like to make sure that the translation database is used and that each 
reviewer has a good sense and "memory" of the past translations. 

I think there are three main issues while reviewing:

- Consistency
- Quality of translations
- Spellchecking and related issues, like use of pseudo space, punctuation...

No. 2 and 3 are not a big problem in that they can be viewed as complete in 
themselves. These points don't really relate to individual translations of 
the same word or phrase.
But consistency check is different, because we have to make sure that we are 
aware of the past translations. The use of the translation database and the 
find function in the catalog manager of KBabel are very important.

I request also all to take a look at the following article by Iraj Kaboli:
http://www.linguism.org/wordseams-new.htm

Without knowing this article and on a different level of expertise, we have 
kind of been following his rules. And who doesn't know what the pseudo space 
is (Shift+Space) will know after reading this article.

As a followup on Abbas's suggestion of using pure Farsi words, I will try also 
to contact Mr. Kaboli. We can use his help.

Other thoughts or suggestions?

Arash

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