[Ambassadors] LATAM Release Notes Localization

["Guillermo Gómez S."]

Nicolas Antonio Corrarello escribió:
> Karsten:
> Volunteering for LATAM Release notes, I think Pablo from Argentina also
> will also help me.
>
> Y.S.
I can help, pls let me know how....
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> Karsten Wade escribió:
> >>> Last release we had an idea that I'm proposing we try for Fedora
> 7.  For
> >>> reasons that should be obvious as you read, the Ambassadors seem
> to be a
> >>> natural group to do this.  Perhaps in coordination/collaboration with
> >>> Fedora Translation/L10n contributors?
> >>>
> >>> The basic idea is to distribute to countries/regions a list of
> "talking
> >>> points".  Talking points are specific items we want to see covered in
> >>> any release announcement.  Then each region/language can choose to i)
> >>> form a small team, and ii) collaborate to write a truly localized
> >>> release announcement.
> >>>
> >>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Drafts/ReleaseAnnouncements#Process
> >>>
> >>> Background
> >>> ----------
> >>>
> >>> In the past, the announcement introduction has been written in English
> >>> in a semi-humorous way.  To understand it, you had to know specific
> >>> cultural references.  This made them fairly impossible to
> translate (or
> >>> transliterate).  Or even understand, period.
> >>>
> >>> This new method would rely entirely upon the local groups to
> collaborate
> >>> on an announcement, then distribute it within their region as a formal
> >>> Fedora release announcement.  One place to start is fedora-announce.
> >>>
> >>> How many different language announcements can we get on
> fedora-announce
> >>> for Fedora 7?
> >>>
> >>> One concern that is that a release announcement is a very big
> chance to
> >>> start misinformation about Fedora.  For example, an announcement
> may be
> >>> written in a language not read by most of the Fedora leadership,
> and the
> >>> authors accidentally choose terms or phrasing that reflect
> negatively on
> >>> Fedora.  The quality of the writing or grammar also reflects on
> Fedora.
> >>>
> >>> To lower this risk, it seems like a good idea to have the release
> >>> announcement draft due for review by the final test (usually test3,
> >>> occasionally test4).  Every draft announcement then needs an
> independent
> >>> review by a reader of that language.
> >>>
> >>> I'm sure that this has been done informally in various countries. 
> This
> >>> idea is to formalize the process, recognize the people involved
> with the
> >>> honor of speaking LOUDLY for Fedora, and make an ever bigger
> impact with
> >>> this next release.
> >>>
> >>> - Karsten
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
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