Re: [HACKERS] Anyone want to assist with the translation of the Advocacy site?

Michael Paesold <mpaesold@gmx.at>

From: "Michael Paesold" <mpaesold@gmx.at>
To: "Justin Clift" <justin@postgresql.org>, "PostgreSQL General Mailing List" <pgsql-general@postgresql.org>, "PostgreSQL Hackers Mailing List" <pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org>
Date: 2002-10-02T23:21:00Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers, pgsql-general
Justin Clift <justin@postgresql.org> wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Have just put together a prototype page to show off the multi-lingual
> capabilities that the Advocacy sites' infrastructure has:
>
> http://advocacy.postgresql.org/?lang=de
>
> The text was translated to german via Altavista's Babelfish, so it's
> probably only about 80% accurate, but it conveys the concept.
>
> Is anyone interested in translating the English version to other
> languages?  All Latin based languages should be fine (German, French,
> Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Turkish, Greek, etc).
>
> If there's strong interest, then an interface to let volunteers
> translators do it easily can be constructed over the next fortnight or
> so.

Hi Justin,

I am from Austria, and I would like to help. I could provide a German
translation. The Babelfish's translation is really funny. Machine
translation is readable, but it is no advocacy. ;-) I do not really nead an
interface, but just tell me in what way you want the texts.

Best Regards,
Michael Paesold