[Libreoffice] [libreoffice-l10n] Re: Update of the localization files

[Jan Holesovsky]

Hi Sophie,

On 2010-12-29 at 19:52 +0300, Sophie Gautier wrote:

> >> This is why I ask: do we merge Libo with the last dev versions or do we
> >> work on the last SDF file only (I think it's OOo330m9) because it is now
> >> two completely separated products?
> >
> > We are still working towards a plan how to cherry pick or merge from OOo
> > from now on, so do not expect any huge changes in the next 2 weeks or
> > so ;-)  We have to evaluate the possibilities first, but most probably,
> > this will be more on case-by-case basis, ie. the amount of strings to
> > translate will grow at reasonable pace, not a huge drop of stuff to
> > translate from a day to day.
> 
> Our concerns here, with Olivier and the few of us not doing localization 
> for OOo any more, is that the localization will be done by someone else, 
> may be a professional agency. Most of the time the quality is very very 
> low because the agencies know nothing about the product where we work 
> with it and localize it since years. So, no matter the amount of 
> strings, if we are sure of the consistency and we do not have to 
> research in the files to ensure it. Currently there is a little more 
> than 6000 new/fuzzy words until DEV300m90, it's not so much and even 
> less if we have a long deadline ;)

Ah, maybe I understand now ;-)  So of course, it is up to you to define
if you want to have the translations merged from the OOo tree to the LO
tree for 3.4, or not.  I understand it that you'd prefer not to, ie.
l10n repo (containing the localize.sdf's) untouched by the merges from
OOo, right?

Thank you,
Kendy