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| Re: Translation of help pages [message #1764 is a reply to message #1763] |
Mon, 22 April 2002 19:27   |
Ilia
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I'd rather you didn't just yet, because they have been simply ported from FUDforum 1.2X, so they they'll probably be changed prior to the final release.
Once we reach 1.9.9, then you can translate them without worrying about drastic changes.
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| Re: Translation of help pages [message #1776 is a reply to message #1771] |
Mon, 22 April 2002 21:46 |
Ilia
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To be honest we are not planning on translating the admin panel. There are few reasons for that.
The admin control panel & the settings a user can control are generally describing technical terms that carry the same name in nearly all languages, since that is the language where the terms were adapted from.
Beyond admglobals.php, other panels have virtually NO text on them, and the text that is present is pretty simple & even basic command of english should be sufficient for proper understanding.
I want the admin panels to remain static, so that in case the template system is broken through user actions, there is a way to restore the forum without having to do so manually by editing files.
All this said, we are planning to seperate some common control panels from the adm/ dir. This will be done so that extra things can be done by moderators, without needing the admin access. Those panels will be translatable once they are moved.
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| Re: Translation of help pages [message #1816 is a reply to message #1814] |
Tue, 23 April 2002 10:41 |
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Hello,
I know it sounds strange, but there are a number of people in Germany administrating systems - thus they should be able to deal with English terms - who are indeed helpless by the time they have no German interface. Just happened yesterday night, as I tried to convince someone of the forthcoming FUD2 release. No matter how much I stressed the advanced security features the guy eventually chose to use the phpBB 2.0 just because it has been nicely translated into German. I asked him why he ignores the fact that this board has a great lack of security the answer I got was rather typical "I live in Germany and I want to deal/speak/read German and not to be confronted with foreign stuff that I don't understand...". Ok, the guy who said this was a typical Microsoft Certified Mouseclick Admin who's afraid of Linux  But it's a good example that u cannot expect people judging with sensible arguments, most of them only seem to care whether they can do administration in their native language.
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Ken
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| Re: Translation of help pages [message #1827 is a reply to message #1818] |
Tue, 23 April 2002 16:14 |
Ilia
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Unfortunately I am not as fluent in foreign languages as I like, so I can only offer support in English.
That does not that people cannot ask questions in other languages, because I can use the Google or babblefish translator to translate their questions. And then can translate my response back using the same tools.
It is not the best solution, but such is life.
Actually the 2 commercial forums I know, UBB & Vbulletin do not even support foreign languages. And tech support is ONLY offered in english, so in actually we offer better foreighn language support then they do.
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. But honestly I think ppl who are that helpless should rather stick to commercial products because they purchase their subscription to 24/7 support and can blame them if something isn't working as expected. Maybe easier for some ppl then to solve problems on their own 
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